Sabeer Bhatia Not Unhappy with Demise of Hotmail
The news that Microsoft planned to sunset Sabeer Bhatia’s Hotmail brand was made official Feb. 18. Bhatia and cofounder Jack Smith raised $300,000 to start a Web mail service back in 1996. Two years later, they sold it to Microsoft for $400 million. In the ensuing years, the Hotmail name lost Bhatia, it seems,…
Hotmail founder Bhatia hopes his new dreams will grow
Fifteen years since Hotmail co-founder Sabeer Bhatia sold it to Microsoft, he has not repeated similar success with any of his technology ventures. Bhatia is now hoping that companies he founded such as travel portal Arzoo.com and telecom venture Jaxtr will fetch him fortune. "I have been incredibly fortunate…
This Week: Yammer vs SharePoint + How Social is Changing E-Commerce
Social e-CommerceAn e-commerce website without social features is like a chocolate sundae without the chocolate sauce plain boring. Check out 3 ways that social media is shifting e-commerce. Your Take: SharePoint vs YammerMicrosoft has revealed a bit of its SharePoint-Yammer roadmap, but questions still remain. Is it a question of SharePoint…
Google brings iOS Gmail app’s interface to the mobile web and Gmail Offline
Google had a very warm reception to the improved search and overall sleeker UI in Gmail 2.0 for iOS — warm enough, in fact, that it’s spreading the redesign work to its web apps. Both the mobile web app and Gmail Offline now share the same basic look as the…
Windows Blue Screenshots, Video Leaked Online, Shows New Live Tile Sizes …
Not too long ago, a video was released that showed the Windows Blue version of "Fresh Paint" in all its artistic glory. For those of you who are wanting to see the actual OS in which you’ll be using your VoIP and messaging apps next, you’ll be happy to learn…
Microsoft Wants Students To Give Office A Try, Gives Them Up To 6 Free Months …
With Office 365 out of the door, Microsoft has now set its sights on getting more college students to give it a try. The company, which already makes a heavily discounted $80/4 years version of Office 365 University available to students, just announced a new offer that gives college students As a Microsoft…
Instant video messaging co Glide raises over $1m
Instant video messaging company Glide has raised more than $1 million from venture capital funds and private investors. The start up did not specify the exact sum raised in the financing round, only saying it was a seven figure amount, and named some of the investors as former CEO of The…
Saudi Arabia ‘threatens to ban’ Skype, WhatsApp, other instant messaging apps
The Saudi Arabian government has threatened to ban the use of instant messaging applications because of failure to control them, Saudi media reveal. It comes a month after the minister for media and culture confirmed censorship of Twitter. "The Communications and Information Technology Commission hasrequested companies operating the applications to…
Advantages Migrating Domino to Exchange 2010 Version
A range of email applications are available for executing email transaction which is a fact known to everybody but not only that, along with clients; there are a variety of email servers also available for carry out the email transaction successfully. There are variety of servers available like Microsoft Exchange,…
Gmail Adds Notification Drawer Shortcuts, Faster Search to Android
Android: Google just updated the official Gmail app for Android, adding quick shortcuts to the notification drawer and improved inbox search. Now, if you’re running Jelly Bean or above, you’ll see shortcuts for Archive and Reply under Gmail notifications in the notification drawer, letting you quickly act on messages as…
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