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Microsoft's Hotmail has just announced a new Active Views platform for messages, allowing users to receive interactive email. Starting this week with partners Orbitz and Monster.com will deliver the first interactive messages to users, allowing recipients to take action with these sites (say, booking a vacation) directly within their inboxes. More partners (like Netflix and LinkedIn) are coming Read more
How many email addresses do you have? I have about five. My main email account for family and friends, one for newsletters and junk, an oldie I keep around for long-time friends, and a few others I use for professional reasons. Having all these email accounts is good for keeping spam out of my main inbox but can prove to be tricky when I forget the log-in info. This dilemma is now a thing of the Read more
Over the holiday weekend, Hotmail users worldwide have been reporting disappearing emails from their inboxes. Microsoft claims it's not a widespread issue, but acknowledged that there is a problem and is working with impacted users to resolve it. The company expects to recover the missing messages completely. According to affected users, inboxes and folders have been completely emptied; some Read more
A messy inbox can lead to big-time stress, especially when you're short on time and can't wade through every unread. Although there are plenty of ways to keep your email's inbox in check on your own, Microsoft is picking up some of the slack for you with its updated version of Hotmail, making things easier than ever to work directly from your inbox. Hot on the heels of the revamped Microsoft Read more
New EcoATM kiosks will take your old electronics to be recycled and then provide you with an in-store payment — CNET Samsung's new Behold II with Android has just been announced on the T-Mobile network — MobileCrunch Twitter's cofounder Biz Stone talked to Martha Stewart about how Twitter got its start — Mashable Thousands of Hotmail accounts have been hacked and are being posted online Read more
If you want the best iPhone voice recording app, download SpeakEasy. It may cost you $2, but it comes with auto-pausing and gives you many recording options.— Cool Hunting Wait a minute, just when I get excited about Scosche designing an iPod Shuffle earphones adapter, I learn that Apple will be charging third parties a hefty fee for the privilege of making Shuffle accessories. Therefore, Read more
On Feb. 24, the TeleNav GPS Navigator will be coming to T-Mobile's G1 smartphone. — Crave Marvel has just announced that they will start selling its new "In Motion" comic books in the Apple iTunes Store. — Switched At last! There's finally a way that Hotmail users can import their email to other email clients like Gmail or Yahoo. — Lifehacker Apple may soon start to allow its iTunes Read more
Microsoft recently unveiled a mandatory site redesign for Hotmail, which looks blue and pleasant enough, but not everyone is as happy with the new look. I wanted to take a look-see, so I signed up for an account. Even though it's been years, I remembered my old Hotmail account info — not that it mattered, since everything is Windows Live now. But, oh to access my old Hotmail account — I had Read more
In the mid-nineties when email was creating quite the buzz, everyone and their sister signed-up for a Hotmail account. Soon after the release of email clients such as Yahoo Mail and the much later Gmail, Hotmail soon became an outdated email service. Well Microsoft is back in action with their latest launch, Windows Live Hotmail- the most significant upgrade to Hotmail since its introduction in Read more
It's good to get rid of all the clutter in your life — at home, at work, and even on your computer. Dealing with too many emails can make you overwhelmed and less productive, because weeding through a mess of messages can feel like a herculean task. Organization expert Peter Walsh shared some great tips for better managing your emails: Archive all your emails: "Bite the bullet: archive—don't Read more
