Microsoft’s Outlook web mail service has finally come out of preview, aqnd Microsoft says 60 million people are already using it – which signals the imminent passing of the much-maligned Hotmail client.
Over the coming months, Microsoft is planning to migrate Hotmail users to the Outlook web client, named after the personal information manager included in the Microsoft Office suite – and the public will have to put up with a “large-scale marketing effort” on the email service.
“A number of people have expressed appreciation that Outlook.com replaces advertising with the latest updates from Facebook or Twitter when they’re reading email from one of their contacts. In fact on average, people saw 60 percent fewer ads when using Outlook.com because they’re now getting much more relevant updates from their friends.”
Launched last year, Outlook was designed to offer a cleaner, smoother experience than Hotmail and other clients. Most changes were aesthetic, with a cleaner interface and less intrusive advertising.
The email market should actually get interesting in the coming months, with Yahoo planning a major offensive and Google adding plenty of features to Gmail, such as bringing messages into search.
Test your Microsoft knowledge with our quiz!
Originally published on eWeek.
Tesla shareholders to be asked to reinstate Elon Musk's $56 billion pay package, days after…
Catching WhatsApp? Billionaire founder of Telegram claims encrypted platform will reach one billion users within…
Good news for Mark Zuckerberg as judge dismisses some claims in dozens of lawsuits alleging…
Consequences of Assembly Bill 886. Google begins removing California news websites from some search results
CEO Tim Cook during visit to Jakarta says Apple will look into building a manufacturing…
Introduction of digital services tax on tech firms will begin in 2024 Canadian government confirms,…