Hotmail envía los correos de un usuario fallecido a los familiares que lo soliciten

Existe poco inters por saber qu sucede con la informacin que se ha compartido tanto en las redes sociales como en los servidores de correo electrnico tras el fallecimiento del usuario. Muchas empresas suelen desactivar la cuenta tras un perodo determinado de inactividad, pero cada vez son ms los sitios…

Posted on: December 22, 2013 2:00 pm

Microsoft Studios working on “beloved franchise” for Windows 8

An employment position for a senior software development engineer with Microsoft Studios reveals they’re working on something for PC. Specifically they’re working on something for Windows 8. The project involves a "robust and highly scalable cloud service that is central" to the game. Phil Spencer says they’re "starting to look at…

Posted on: December 22, 2013 9:00 am

Microsoft offers educational institutions free access to its Office 365 Pro Plus

Student Advantage enables students to access the familiar experience of Office in an always-up-to-date cloud service across their compatible PCs, tablets and phones. Microsoft recently introduced Student Advantage, a new benefit to qualifying educational institutions aimed at making Microsoft Office 365 Education more accessible to students worldwide, thereby helping to As…

Posted on: December 22, 2013 9:00 am

That Shiny New Microsoft Gadget Is Missing Something

Sponsored by Microsoft. As a promotional post, this post reflects the views of the writer, not ReadWrite’s editors. You wouldn’t give an electric train without batteries, would you? Don’t let the tech fan on your holiday gift list wonder what to do next with their shiny new Windows device. Give…

Posted on: December 21, 2013 2:00 pm

Set basic HTML as default view in Gmail

December 19, 2013, 4:16 PM Here’s how you can access the basic HTML view of Gmail, and how you can set it as the default. The basic HTML view in Gmail can be quite useful on older computers that aren’t as powerful as newer machines. 1. Google has removed it in the interface https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=html&zy=h…

Posted on: December 21, 2013 2:00 pm

Gmail’s Quality Paradigm: Email Opens Down, Conversions Up

Emails sent to Gmail users now drive higher purchase values while scoring lower open rates, according to studies conducted by email marketing firms. Open Rates Fall Sailthru published its Black Friday and Cyber Monday report, confirming ClickZ’s earlier prediction that the rolling out of tabs would be more of an…

Posted on: December 21, 2013 2:00 pm

Indian gov’t wakes up to risks of using Hotmail and Gmail

Like many of his peers in ministries across New Delhi, IT Minister Kapil Sibal’s office recently sent an email inviting journalists to the launch of his new personal website using the free email service. Others, including senior foreign ministry officials, the information and broadcasting minister and the health ministry secretary,…

Posted on: December 21, 2013 2:00 pm

How Google is Torturing Marketers by Tweaking Gmail

Google has gone nuclear on email marketers in 2013. In May, it shuffled promotional emails into a separate tab in Gmail inboxes. Now it has now taken away a key tracking mechanism marketers have traditionally leaned on. Earlier this month, Epsilon released a study that concluded that tabbed inboxes are negatively…

Posted on: December 21, 2013 2:00 pm

White House Taps Former Microsoft Office Head To Lead Healthcare.gov

Longtime Microsoft executive Kurt DelBene is taking over the troubled Healthcare.gov website. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday that DelBene, the former head of Microsoft’s Office Division, was named senior adviser to Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services. In that role, he will…

Posted on: December 21, 2013 9:00 am

We’re Losing 80% Of Our Scientific Data Because of Hotmail Email Addresses …

Floppy disks (and other outdated storage devices) are one of the main reasons we lose scientific data at such a rapid rate. (Photo: Shutterstock) Everyone assumes that some amount of old scientific data gets lost along the way. However, no one knew how bad it really is. A new study…

Posted on: December 21, 2013 9:00 am