Hotmail is still the first email service, with more than 325 million users. Those who wish may keep @ hotmail.com in their email address.
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Microsoft will convert the Hotmail email service into a new and redesigned Outlook and stop providing hotmail.com addresses in a process that will progressively end the mythical domain, the company said today.
In the coming months, Hotmail users will be asked if they want to try the new Outlookin web version, which today introduced a new simplified service that tries to compete with Google Gmail .
Those who wish may keep their @ hotmail.com in their email address, but the goal is that progressively Hotmail's pioneering email, launched in 1996, will disappear in favor of the new Outlook, although Microsoft has not given a date in the one that hopes to complete the transition.
"We have created a new email service for a modern user experience, " Chris Jones, head of Windows Live, head of Hotmail, said in a statement.
Integrates social networks
Thanks to its seniority, Hotmail is still the first email service , with more than 325 million users, although Gmail has a much more robust growth and already exceeds 298 million accounts, while Yahoo! It is placed as the third.
In addition, the new Outlook integrates social networking platforms such as Facebook, Twitter or Skype.