Entries tagged with hotmail - Channel 10

Outlook Connector Version 12.1 Beta Released

sarahintampa — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:52:00 GMT

The Microsoft Office Outlook Team have just announced a new beta version of the Outlook Connector - the add-in that lets you sync your Windows Live Hotmail data in Outlook. In the past, email and contacts syncing was available for free, but syncing your calendar was only available with a subscription service. No more! Calendar sync is free! Not only that, but the calendar syncing service now also syncs with the Windows Live Calendar Beta service, too! That means you can sync your work calendar in Outlook to your personal calendar in Hotmail to your family calendar in Windows Live Calendar and vice versa. And since Windows Live Calendar supports calendar sharing, other shared calendars that you have access to will also sync back to Outlook. The new Outlook connector is faster, more reliable, and, as always, free. You can download it from here.

Windows Live Hotmail and Windows Live Messenger Come to Blackberry

sarahintampa — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:39:00 GMT

It was announced that Microsoft and Research in Motion, makers of the Blackberry, have formed an agreement which will allow RIM to provide some Windows Live services on their Blackberry smartphones. Starting sometime this summer, new Blackberrys will start shipping that feature mobile versions of both Windows Live Messenger and Windows Live Hotmail. Often when apps go mobile they lose a lot of features in the process, but that doesn't seem to be the case with either of these. Windows Live Hotmail, for example, will send email to phones via Blackberry's "push" technology, will have its own dedicated inbox, and will display email in full HTML, showing graphics, links, and even contact photos. Live Messenger will also be feature-rich, offering the ability to join group chats, set presence indicators and status messages, save conversations, display avatars, send and receive files and photos, and allow you to use more than 60 emoticons.

i'm Making a Difference - Now in Your Email, Too!

sarahintampa — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:12:00 GMT

You've heard about the i'm initiative before - it's the charitable movement that allows you to donate to your favorite causes just by using IM. Now, you can participate in both Windows Live Messenger or Hotmail or both. You can choose to support the same organization in both places or pick a different one for each service. To get started, go to http://im.live.com to join. This program is currently available only in the U.S. and benefits organizations like the American Red Cross, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, the National AIDS Fund, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, ninemillion.org, Sierra Club, StopGlobalWarming.org, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, The Humane Society of the United States and the U.S Fund for UNICEF. (via LiveSide)

Get a yourname@live.com email now!

MaxPowerhouse7 — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:23:00 GMT

Ever since we came out with live.com I have been a huge fan of the domain name. You say "Google it" I say "Live it!" To each his own.

Either way, for a long time I have been asking the product teams to use username@live.com instead of user@hotmail.com as my email address... and today they have delivered! Starting right now you can go here and register a name, like clownmember.f4r7@live.com.

Access your Windows Live Hotmail in Outlook 2003/07

Nic — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 03:55:00 GMT

Got Hotmail? Got Outlook? Bring them together with Microsoft Office Outlook Connector.

Microsoft Office Outlook Connector gives you access to your Windows Live Hotmail and Office Live Mail accounts from within Outlook (2003 or 2007). Send and receive email as well as manage your contacts without having to open a browser.

Calendar, Tasks and Notes access is also available for those with a premium Windows Live Mail/Hotmail/Office Live Mail subscription.

More Info Here & Download Here

Sign Into Hotmail With One Click

sarahintampa — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:27:00 GMT

Did you know that you can sign into Hotmail with just one click? Neither did I, until I saw this post on Windows Live Chronicles blog. Here's how it works:

Install the "Windows Live Sign In Assistant." Currently, this comes with Windows Live Messenger if you check the option to "Install Windows Live Sign-in Assistant."
Go to http://mail.live.com instead of http://www.hotmail.com
Check "Remember on this computer", and "Remember my password," then click "Login."
Repeat process if you have more than one account. (For details on those steps, see their blog post.)
From now on, you can access your mailbox from mail.live.com with one click!

Windows Live Hotmail is here!

Laura — Thu, 10 May 2007 19:32:00 GMT

This week we launched Windows Live Hotmail, a new Web-based e-mail platform and the follow-on to its successful MSN Hotmail service. The new e-mail service will not only look a lot more like Outlook, Microsoft's popular e-mail application, but it will integrate with it, too.

Windows Live Hotmail will bring a few changes to Hotmail. Most notably, the interface was designed after Outlook, and will include familiar Outlook features, like right-click and drag-and-drop capabilities, preview pane customization, and auto-complete addressing.

Check out this clip and see it in full action. Then....go get it!

Hotmail gets a new look and name: Windows Live Hotmail

Tina — Mon, 07 May 2007 17:07:00 GMT

Microsoft has decided to take the plunge with one of its most popular brands and give it a new name and look. We all know hotmail as Microsoft's Web-based email service. Well, they've officially changed the name to "Windows Live Hotmail". Microsoft is specifically talking about the following features:

Reading Pane
Ability to Drag and Drop objects
Better Performance
Integration with other Live services (including instant messenger)

With more then 280 million active hotmail accounts worldwide this new version is bound to make an impact on your emailing services.
Microsoft will also have new software called Outlook Connector which will allow users to access their Live Hotmail accounts in Microsoft's desktop e-mail product.