Neowin News Feed for: Outlook.com

Outlook.com Android app updated based on your feedback

Brad Sams — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:43:59 +0100

Microsoft's Outlook.com team has pushed out an update to the Outlook.com Android app that has a few bug fixes that will likely appease those of you who use the app on your Android phone. Read more...

Larry Page: Microsoft putting Google Talk in Outlook.com is "sad" [Update]

John Callaham — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:41:02 +0100

During a Q&A session as part of the Google I/O keynote, its CEO Larry Page said that he was "sad" that Microsoft offered Google Talk support for Outlook.com users but did not do the reverse. Read more...

Microsoft adds Google Talk support to Outlook.com

Brad Sams — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:00:02 +0100

Microsoft has announced today that Outlook.com will now include Gchat support within the email client which should give those of you who have stuck to gmail for this feature, a reason to switch. Read more...

Microsoft's Hotmail-to-Outlook.com transfer totaled 150 petabytes

John Callaham — Fri, 03 May 2013 01:49:09 +0100

Microsoft has released a new infographic that shows how how much data was transferred when it transitioned all of Hotmail's users to the new Outlook.com web email service. Read more...

Outlook.com: 400 million active accounts, 125 million mobile users

Brad Sams — Thu, 02 May 2013 18:57:20 +0100

Microsoft has announced that the transition from Hotmail to Outlook.com has been completed and that there are now 400 million Outlook.com accounts with 125 million mobile users accessing the service. Read more...

Skype video calling for Outlook.com launches today

Tim Schiesser — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:40:48 +0100

Microsoft has begun rolling out Skype video calls integrated right into your Outlook.com inbox, bringing the highly anticipated feature to the UK right now, and to the US in the coming weeks. Read more...

Microsoft puts in new tile-based ad format in Outlook.com

John Callaham — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 02:12:01 +0100

Microsoft has just launched a new ad format in its Outlook.com email service that it calls versaTiles, which allows those ads to have a number of different features. Read more...

Microsoft and Outlook.com celebrates MythBusters' 10th anniversary

John Callaham — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:22:51 +0100

Microsoft has uploaded a new video that not only promotes their Outlook.com email service but also celebrates the 10th anniversary of the MythBusters TV show on Discovery. Read more...

Outlook.com to add alias support and new international domains

John Callaham — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:27:33 +0100

Microsoft's Outlook.com email service will soon add a way to sign into an account via any alias that is linked to the account, along with support for 32 new international email address domains. Read more...

Outlook.com Android app gets major redesign with latest update

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:44:42 +0100

The Outlook.com Android app has received a major update, designed to bring it up to par with the web version of Microsoft's e-mail service. This update brings a complete redesign and some new features Read more...

Microsoft hits out at Google with new "Scroogled" ad

Max Slater-Robins — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 22:30:04 +0100

Microsoft have restarted their "Scroogled" advertising campaign against Google, hitting out at them over their privacy violations regarding the Play Store, claiming Google gives out sensitive info. Read more...

Microsoft offers Windows 8 workaround for Google Calendar events

John Callaham — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:31:49 +0100

Microsoft has now offered a workaround for Windows 8 users who want to see their Google Calendar events, even though the Windows 8 Mail app removed Exchange ActiveSync support. Read more...

Outlook.com launches an insider program for the Neowin community

Brad Sams — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 22:25:47 +0100

Neowin and Outlook.com have had a lot of fun over the years and today the Outlook.com team is launching an insider program with the Neowin community to keep you update on the email service. Read more...

Outlook.com calendar finally updated

Brad Sams — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:13:36 +0100

If you have used Outlook.com you will know that the calendar was stuck with the Hotmail theme. Microsoft has finally announced today that the calendar was upgraded and is now available. Read more...

Microsoft now allowing users to rename their Microsoft Account - again

John Callaham — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:51:34 +0000

Microsoft has quietly allowed people who have a Microsoft Account to rename their account again, after taking that feature away in December due to some users being unable to access their older content Read more...

Apple joins two-step verification trend; Outlook.com still lacks it [Update]

John Callaham — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:49:34 +0000

Apple has now joined the growing list of companies offering users two-step verification options for some of its services. Meanwhile, Microsoft's Outlook.com still does not have such an option. Read more...

Microsoft blames heat for Outlook.com, Hotmail, SkyDrive outage

Tim Schiesser — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:18:59 +0000

Microsoft has laid the blame on an overheating data center for the recent outage to Outlook.com, Hotmail, Calendar and SkyDrive, which caused service disruptions for nearly 16 hours Read more...

Microsoft's new outlook.com commercial highlights its support of gay marriage

Brad Sams — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:13:45 +0000

Microsoft's new outlook.com commercial has taken on a social agenda with its support of gay marriage. This is not the first time Microsoft has made it known that it is in favor of gay marriage. Read more...

New Outlook.com video shows Skype integration

John Callaham — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:54:22 +0000

A new video designed to show some of the features of Microsoft's Outlook.com email service has a few seconds of footage showing Skype integration, which has yet to be added to Outlook.com. Read more...

With over 3.5 million hits, Microsoft winds down Scroogled advertisements

Brad Sams — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:46:05 +0000

Microsoft's Scroogled campaign has been a concentrated effort by Microsoft to attack Google's core values and paint them as a company who invades your privacy but the funn appears to be over. Read more...