The world's largest software company Microsoft is renaming its Hotmail service Outlook.com, giving it a sharp new look, social network links, and new features for handling the tide of junk and mass mail that floods many users.
Hotmail was still the world's largest online mail service as of June, according to the latest comScore figures available, with 324 million users, or about 36 per cent of the global market. But it is losing customers to Google's Gmail, the fastest-growing rival, which now has about 31 per cent of the market. Yahoo Mail is static with about 32 per cent.
Hotmail, launched in 1996, was one of the first online email services, but it has not been updated by Microsoft for eight years.
Users can link up with their Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Skype (integration is coming soon) and Google+ accounts, to see the latest updates from friends and contacts. Online chat is available via Facebook.
Unfortunately, the Skype feature isn't not available at launch, but it will enable users to instantly video call with their contacts straight from the Outlook.com web site and without having to open the Skype application itself.
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