Windows Live Hotmail

In another great example of Microsoft tying its different services together, Windows Live Hotmail now integrates with Bing Maps. According to the Bing team, when you create a new email, one of the new options on the Insert Menu in Hotmail is “From Bing.” It sits to the right of the standard…

If you’re a Twitter user, you’ve probably noticed more than a few tweets about the new Hotmail, and they range from “New Hotmail is awesome!” to the every-typical “change=bad” sentiment, which seems to occur whenever a service (and especially Facebook, in recent years) gets a makeover. But new…

On the new Windows Live Contacts site (still rolling out now worldwide), you can store all your online contacts in one place – even those not originally in Windows Live! When you visit the URL http://contacts.live.com, you’re presented with a list of your Windows Live Contacts (assuming you have…

The updated version of Windows Live Hotmail is rolling out as of now to customers worldwide. Some users may find they receive all the new features at once while others will see certain features, but not all new features, at least at first. For example, the US, Canada, the UK and Ireland will be…

According to the Windows Live Team blog, you’ll soon see some new features arrive in your Hotmail inbox. The updates, which are more like improvements to existing Hotmail features, include a new buddy list for when you sign into your web Messenger from within your Hotmail inbox, improvements to help…

I’ve just come across a new backup utility for Windows Live Mail thanks to Steven Hodson of WinExtra. The program is called MailBrowserBackup, and, as it turns out, you can actually use it to backup a lot more than just your Live Mail. The recently updated .NET 2.0 application also lets you make…

The “Quick Add” feature in Windows Live Hotmail is an innovative way to quickly and easily add extra information to an email message including restaurants, business listings, photos, and videos. After choosing one of the available options, you can access a search box in Hotmail’s sidebar to find…

One of the most critical features needed to get people to switch over from one email account to another is the ability to still easily access email from their old accounts. Sometimes, this can be accomplished by forwarding the old account (if that’s an option of your webmail service), other times…

If you already use the Windows Live Mail application, a free desktop email program, you may be familiar with one of its better features – the ability to email photos without worrying about attachment sizes. When you use the program’s photo email feature (like Kylie does here), the software…

The Windows Live Hotmail team just announced some exciting news: Windows Live Hotmail is finally integrating IM functionality within its interface. With this new feature, you can IM your Windows Live Messenger friends from within your inbox or from the People (Contacts) page without having to…