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The cool features of Hotmail-the first web-based email service
We’ve all heard of or had a Hotmail account at some point. This is no coincidence, today Hotmail is one of the largest web-based email services in the world, and they were also one of the first on the market.
The history of Hotmail
Hotmail, or Windows Live Hotmail as it is today called, has changed its name a few times since its inception for this email service. Dear child has many names as the saying goes. Hotmail started out by being called HoTMaiL in July 1996, when it was for all the first time launched. The name with the specific letters in kaps, refers to HTML, which is the formatting language that is still used today to produce web pages.
HoTMaiL was already acquired by Microsoft in 1997 and later changed its name to MSN Hotmail, as a form of rebranding of the email service. Hotmail has always, and is still completely free and this has contributed to it becoming so popular. Since then, many other providers came to the market for email services, and interest was declining. Therefore in 2013 Microsoft decided to rebrand Hotmail under the name Outlook.com, in response to rekindle interest in its Windows Live products.
The many cool features of Hotmail
A lot has happened since the beginning of Hotmail and today they offer many great features that make everyday life easier for the many millions of users. Where before it was difficult to change the code, now it’s more simple, how to change the code in your Hotmail account. Here we take a look at some of the most important and smartest features we find in Hotmail these days.
- Integration of social networks. You should no longer feel alone in your Hotmail account. Microsoft has integrated Hotmail with the most popular social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter. This way you can both chat with your friends from these social networks, and get updates from them, directly in your Hotmail account. It’s simple to set up and has the same features no matter which social network you choose to integrate.
- Hotmail cleans up for you. It may sound too good to be true, as we all probably think that one’s Hotmail account can sometimes flow into useless emails, from senders we do not know about. This has Hotmail now a new feature that can clear up. It can now, completely automatically clean up your inbox. For example, if you receive too many news emails you don’t remember signing up for, Hotmail can now delete all mails from a specific sender. You decide how long it takes before they are deleted.
- Cloud storage with SkyDrive. Are you also missing a place to store all your most important documents or are you afraid of losing your precious work materials, Hotmail can now also store your documents in the cloud for you. In this way, you have secured your documents so that they lie on the web, in case your computer crashes. In addition, to access your documents from all computers, you just need to log in to your Hotmail account. The feature is integrated into your Hotmail account and is therefore completely free.
In this way, Hotmail has evolved a lot since its inception. They have managed to keep up with the Times and are today still one of the largest email services in the world. Hotmail possesses, today, many, for someone indispensable, features that help you on the job, as well as at home.
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We’ve all heard of or had a Hotmail account at some point. This is no coincidence, today Hotmail is one of the largest web-based email services in the world,…
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