That was fast: 1M people already signed up for Microsoft’s new Outlook service

July 31, 2012 4:04 PM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Microsoft’s just-announced Outlook email service, which replaces Hotmail today, has already attracted 1 million signups, according to a tweet from Microsoft.

As I wrote earlier today, Hotmail had a serious branding problem, especially with the tech community. So Microsoft has …

Microsoft rebrands Hotmail as Outlook, adds fresh Metro design & Skype calling

July 31, 2012 9:00 AM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Microsoft's Hotmail service is still popular with more than 325 million monthly active users, but the company has decided the Hotmail brand must die in favor of something without as many negative connotations. Here comes Outlook.

Gmail finally blows past Hotmail to become the world’s largest email service

June 28, 2012 5:05 PM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Editor's Pick

Google announced today that its Gmail service has 425 million monthly active users. That means it has blown past Hotmail for the first time, becoming the largest email service in the world.

For many years, Microsoft’s Hotmail has been the …

Looks like Hotmail is about to go Metro

June 8, 2012 2:48 PM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Microsoft’s popular Hotmail client appears to be getting a Windows 8-style Metro makeover, according to screenshots leaked to Microsoft-focused site Liveside.

Hotmail is the largest webmail client by users in the world with about 350 million accounts, far above Yahoo’s …

If you love browsing Facebook, but loathe dealing with email, try Fluent

February 21, 2012 12:31 PM Sarah Mitroff
Sarah Mitroff

Fluent, a new email client created by three ex-Google employees, makes your inbox look like a mix of Facebook and Twitter.

We get it, going through hundreds of emails is not nearly as exciting as commenting on your friends’ statuses …

Week in review: Why Google needs DRM

December 11, 2010 10:00 AM Anthony Ha

Here’s our roundup of the week’s tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days:

Why Google needs the video digital-rights technology behind Netflix — Google recently announced that it has purchased Widevine, a …