Microsoft has waived its Hotmail email service in favor of a new, more functional design that can compete with Gmail. Under the new name of the familiar Outlook. com for a simple, "easy", intuitive interface with elements of Metro, integration with Office and SkyDrive, as well as support chat Facebook.
Right out of the mailbox user can open and edit files Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Postal service automatically "catches up" contacts Facebook and LinkedIn. On this support does not end with social networks. On the side of the Outlook. com can not only broadcast content from Facebook and LinkedIn, but also from Twitter.
Microsoft claims that the postal service is still in beta, the final version as Outlook. com will be integrated with Skype. The client VoIP-service need not be installed on the computer.
"Mailer" from Microsoft offers users an unlimited amount of space to store messages and attachments, spam protection, the lack of content-relevant advertisements, detailed contact information derived from social networks, mobile device support, and more.
Journalists have already named Outlook. com «killer» Gmail. The majority of reviewers like the interface and functionality of the new items. Many, however, believe that the fight will not be easy with Google, simply because users are accustomed to Gmail, that they are completely satisfied.
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