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Outlook.com

Microsoft's Web-based email. Formerly Hotmail and Windows Live Hotmail, as of April 2013, all users with hotmail.com and live.com email addresses were redirected to outlook.com. Resembling the Outlook client program, Outlook.com provides seamless editing of Office Web Apps attached to email messages. Users can also make a Skype video call while in Outlook.com.

Hotmail Was Always Hot
Hotmail was a very popular Web-based email service. Originally developed by Hotmail Corporation in 1996 and acquired by Microsoft in 1998, Hotmail was available free or paid based on message storage and attachment capacity, security and other features. Later falling under the Windows Live umbrella, Hotmail was officially Windows Live Hotmail, and it was also branded as MSN Hotmail for a while. See Windows Live Mail, Windows Live and Outlook.
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According to Microsoft's feedback site for Outlook.com, Dark Mode is one of the most requested feature for the web email client.
That's why we are bringing Skype audio and video calling to your Outlook.com inbox," the company said in a blog post on Tuesday.
Outlook.com, the company's refurbished online email service, is a major effort by Microsoft to rejuvenate its popular but aging Hotmail property, with a clean, slick interface and integration with social networks like Facebook and Twitter.
"Starting today, Microsoft will begin to upgrade every Hotmail user to Outlook.com.," the company said in a statement.
Outlook.com was released in summer 2012 as a preview, since when it has been actively used, reportedly growing from zero to 60 million in just six months.
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After keeping Outlook.com in a "preview" phase since July 31, Microsoft Corporation is ready to accept all comers.
The service has been rebranded as Outlook.com, and Microsoft describes is as reimaging of personal email, and "modern email designed for the next billion mailboxes".
The integration with Outlook.com and iCloud arrived last year, however, with the latest improvements, you will now be able to move or reschedule events using your voice, The Verge reported.
Gmail has ads, as does Microsoft's Outlook.com. The maker of Windows though is giving users a respite from ads, allowing them to pay $3.99 (approx.
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