Gmail vs Hotmail: Why Hotmail is better than Gmail

Gmail vs Hotmail: Why Hotmail is better than Gmail

With Google Plus-ifying its search results and updating its Privacy Policy and Terms, many users are planning to make a move away from using many of its services. We have already seen some Google Search Alternatives. For Gmail too, there is an alternative …more >>>

Hotmail app for Kindle Fire released

Hotmail app for Kindle Fire released

Microsoft is making sure that its Hotmail users can access Hotmail from any device and also get a rich experience in the process. That’s why they are releasing apps for various device platforms, and they will continue to invest in it …more >>>

How to set up Automated Vacation Reply in Hotmail

How to set up Automated Vacation Reply in Hotmail

If you have decided to go on a vacation and don’t have net access or you don’t want to be disturbed during vacation, Hotmail provides you with an option to send automated replies to all the mails received during your vacation period. …more >>>

Stay Organized with Hotmail’s Sweep and Schedule Cleanup features

Stay Organized with Hotmail’s Sweep and Schedule Cleanup features

In our last post, we saw how Hotmail improves Newsletter filtering and how it reduced Spam drastically, and how it also trained its SmartScreen technology to identify a specific kind of Graymail. Now although it categorizes such Graymail under various headings like …more >>>

Hotmail improves Newsletter filter – Categorizes over billion Newsletters automatically everyday!

Hotmail improves Newsletter filter – Categorizes over billion Newsletters automatically everyday!

We all have subscribed to some or the other Newsletters and we get them almost daily in our Inboxes. They can be anything – maybe product offers, discount coupons, deals, new arrivals, technology updates from various companies etc. So while …more >>>

Hotmail updates its Sign-in page, Website and Help Center

Hotmail updates its Sign-in page, Website and Help Center

As you know, Hotmail is gradually rolling out its new version with lots of new features, which we have been covering here. Hotmail has now also come up with a new Hotmail Sign in page, focusing on getting Hotmail on …more >>>

Hotmail’s mail attachment reminder, reminds you to attach forgotten attachments

Hotmail’s mail attachment reminder, reminds you to attach forgotten attachments

The New Hotmail has become more intelligent ! It now not only provides some great features, but also reminds you of forgotten attachments which you were supposed to have attached, thereby saving you the embarrassment of re-sending a mail, this …more >>>

How to use Categories and Instant Actions; two new features in Hotmail

How to use Categories and Instant Actions; two new features in Hotmail

In our previous post, we saw how Hotmail’s new improved flag feature, pins mail to the top. Hotmail has also introduced two more new features - Instant Actions and Categories. Let us see how we can put them to use. There are …more >>>

Hotmail’s new improved flag feature pins mail to the top

Hotmail’s new improved flag feature pins mail to the top

Earlier we had a sneak peek at some of the new upcoming advanced features of Hotmail M2.  Now that I have the new Hotmail, let us see the new and improved Flags feature. All Hotmail user at some point of time must have …more >>>

Over 2 million iOS 5 devices connected to Hotmail; adding 100K more daily!

Over 2 million iOS 5 devices connected to Hotmail; adding 100K more daily!

Since the release of iOS 5, more than 2 million customers have connected Hotmail to iPods, iPhones or iPads and almost 100,000 new iOS 5 devices are being set up with Hotmail every day! Last year Hotmail added support for Exchange …more >>>

iOS 5 upgrade provides for a separate Hotmail option now!

iOS 5 upgrade provides for a separate Hotmail option now!

If you have updated your iOS devices with the recent upgrade to iOS 5, you will notice that the iOS 5 Mail now provides a separate Hotmail option. Among the so many new features provided in iOS 5, this new …more >>>

Sneak Peek at some of the new upcoming advanced features of Hotmail M2

Sneak Peek at some of the new upcoming advanced features of Hotmail M2

Hotmail keeps improving on its solid foundation providing faster performance achieved by caching emails, pre-loading messages, asynchronous operations, a virtually unlimited storage and several other innovative new features like: Spam protection: Combating the spam aggressively, Hotmail reduced the Spam reaching …more >>>

How to set up Hotmail on iPad / iPhone / iPod Touch with POP3

How to set up Hotmail on iPad / iPhone / iPod Touch with POP3

Earlier we had seen how to set up Windows Live Hotmail on your iOS devices using ActiveSync. In this post we will use POP3 to set up Hotmail on an iOS device. Hotmail on iPhone, iPad To do so, follow these …more >>>

Hotmail gets a new Storage System – making it still faster!

Hotmail gets a new Storage System – making it still faster!

Hotmail receives billions of email messages each day and these have to be stored safely and has to be made readily available efficiently. Hotmail’s cloud based storage system supports over one billion mailboxes and hundreds of petabytes of data (one …more >>>

How to export and import Calendars in Windows Live Hotmail

How to export and import Calendars in Windows Live Hotmail

In this article we will see how to export Calendars in Windows Live Hotmail which can be later imported as required in other applications. I will also touch upon how to subscribe to, or import calendars. Sign-in to Hotmail Calendar …more >>>

How to set up Hotmail on iPad / iPhone / iPod Touch using Active Sync

How to set up Hotmail on iPad / iPhone / iPod Touch using Active Sync

This article will show you step-by-step how to set up Windows Live Hotmail on your iOS devices. The steps involved are same for  iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. We can set this up by either using Active Sync (with Microsoft Exchange) …more >>>

New sign in page for Windows Live – Tweaked to showcase individual features

New sign in page for Windows Live – Tweaked to showcase individual features

Since the last couple of days I’m seeing a new sign in page for Windows Live. I don’t know if you have noticed this, but this sign in page displays one of the cool feature called, Hotmail Sweep.  Apart from Hotmail …more >>>

Are you a Piler, Filer or Deleter? Asks Microsoft!

Are you a Piler, Filer or Deleter? Asks Microsoft!

Microsoft has launched a new website called What’s your Inbox like. The aim is simple. It asks you what your Inbox is like – is it a happy mess, sorted & ordered or lean & light. So have a look …more >>>

Hotmail Sign In: How to securely login to Hotmail

Hotmail Sign In: How to securely login to Hotmail

Your email account contains a lot of important mail, personal data, sensitive business information, etc. It is therefore imperative that you do not take your Hotmail Sign In process casually. First of all, use a strong password. Do learn what …more >>>

Hotmail says Thank You – I say Thank YOU!

Hotmail says Thank You – I say Thank YOU!

Windows Live Hotmail has just launched a new site with a simple message: To say Thank You to all its users. The reason? Hotmail completes 15 years!

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