After having launched the successor to Hotmail last summer in a preview state, Microsoft shed the preview tag and officially launched Outlook.com back in February. By that time the webmail service had reached 60 million active users in less than 6 months, but still had more than 300 million users left on Hotmail. Today the Redmond-based company announced that it has finally shifted all its Hotmail users to Outlook.com and now has more than 400 million active accounts. Alongside the milestone, Microsoft also ...

Microsoft has released a major update for its Outlook.com app for Android devices that flaunts a new user interface along with a number of feature additions to bring it at par with Windows 8 and web versions. With this update, the app sheds the old look to feature a cleaner, better arranged, user friendly interface, and carries several new features including more interactive thread-based conversations, adds filters for unread and flagged mails, and the ability to mark messages as junk. (more…)Google+

Few days after Microsoft’s announcement to bring major updates for its Calendar and other two apps for Windows 8, it has now revamped the calendar for Outlook.com with a new design and user interface, along with improved performance. The update applies to Outlook on web as well as integrates with apps across mobile and tablets. (more…)Google+

After launching the successor to Hotmail last summer in a preview state, Microsoft earlier today removed the preview tag and officially announced the launch of Outlook.com. Microsoft also announced that Outlook.com is currently the fastest growing email service and has reached 60 million active users in less than 6 months, a third of which have come from Gmail. (more…)Google+

After the launch of Outlook.com in July Microsoft gained a lot of critical acclaim in terms of UI design. People believed it to be a worthy successor to Hotmail, something that could actually compete with Gmail if not beat it.  Microsoft already has 25 million active users running Outlook.com and now it is taking the fight right to Gmail’s mobile home turf – Android. Microsoft has launched an Android app for its shinning new Email service and this has happened even before the company has launched one for...

Microsoft has revealed via Twitter it has over 1 million registered users for its just-announced Outlook.com email service. A preview for the revamped webmail service, which will phase out Hotmail was announced less than 12 hours ago. It is unclear at the moment how many users migrated from Hotmail and how many were new signups but we expect Microsoft to drop some numbers sooner than later. The feat is incredible considering the number of people ranting on Twitter who want to check out Outlook but have not be...

Hotmail is no more! The world’s first webmail service that was launched in 1996 and acquired by Microsoft is being phased out as Microsoft inches closer to launching its next generation Windows 8 platform. The Redmond-based software giant today announced a preview of Outlook.com, which is essentially the latest generation of Hotmail with Metro UI and social integration. It is a smart move by Microsoft to club its native Outlook email client on PCs with the webmail service from a branding point of view a...