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Microsoft revealed today that it is adding yet another new feature to Outlook.com: Google Chat compatibility. Soon, you’ll be able to chat with your Google friends in addition to those with Skype and Facebook....More

Microsoft announced today that it has completed transitioning user accounts from Hotmail to Outlook.com, providing those users with a modern and capable web email service. During the 6-week transition period, Microsoft moved hundreds of millions of accounts and over 150 petabytes of email data. And now they’re adding more features too....More

In addition to the earlier news about global two-step verification functionality for all services that use the Microsoft account, Microsoft today announced two more new features for its Outlook.com web-based email service: The ability to sign-in to the service with an alias and support for international domains....More

We may never know what took so long, but Microsoft today finally announced that it is transitioning the Outlook.com Calendar to the modern experience that has graced the service’s other components—Mail, People, and SkyDrive—since last year....More

Users of Microsoft technologies have found themselves in unfamiliar territory over the past year as the erstwhile software giant moves surprisingly quickly to replace old technology products and services with new ones. If you are a user or fan of such things as Zune, Windows Live Messenger, or Hotmail, you know what I’m talking about. And the level of pain you’re feeling is going to vary according to how well Microsoft manages those transition, and how well you can handle change....More