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Microsoft unveiled several new features for its Hotmail email service on Monday designed to give users new tools to manage the clutter in their in-boxes. The software company made the announcement during its Windows Live event in San Francisco. One of the new tools seeks to help users eliminate so-called “graymail” -- newsletters and social networking updates that aren't quite spam, but may be unwanted.  Other features include the ability automatically “clean up” an in-box,...

GoodHumans is pleased to announce today the release of the 1.5.8 version of eMailGanizer, the intelligent email reader for the iPhone. This update adds support for Hotmail users. Now, people with Hotmail accounts can quickly file emails into their Hotmail folders directly from their iPhones. The Hotmail integration also includes folder management operations, making eMailGanizer the first iPhone App with the ability to manage folders for both Hotmail and IMAP accounts. Santa Cruz, CA...

  Microsoft's online services like Hotmail, Office 365 and SkyDrive were unable to be accessed overnight. "If you've been trying to use Hotmail, SkyDrive, or our other Live properties in the last couple of hours you may have noticed problems accessing our services," Microsoft said in a blog post. The company said it is still analyzing the cause of the problem, but it appeared to be related to the Internet's DNS address system. Microsoft's Office 365 is the company's alternative...

Based on e-mail recipient data, iPhone is the most popular e-mail client among BuildZoom home improvement contractors Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) August 12, 2011 Today, BuildZoom released usage data, drawn from a national sample of around 3,000 home improvement contractors, which indicated that the iPhone was the most popular tool for accessing e-mails. In fact, the data revealed that over 40% of BuildZoom home improvement contractors use the iPhone to receive the bulk of their e-mails...

Hotmail users are going to have to be a little more creative when it comes to choosing their passwords, as Microsoft is getting set to ban easy-to-remember, easy-to-crack passwords such as "123456" and "password", according to various media reports on Friday.According to a July 14 blog post, Dick Craddock, the Group Program Manager for Hotmail, said that the webmail service was prohibiting customers from using one of several common passwords," including the two...

With the release of TheClickToCall video tutorial library, users can now have an on demand guide to setup each of the possible features step by step. TheClickToCall's Youtube channel and the site's Video library provide users with the help needed at their moment of choice. Miami, Fl (PRWEB) July 14, 2011 With the establishment of TheClickToCall platform, the customer support team recorded and released video tutorials in order to help users setup their preferred service to include their...

A British consumer organization is accusing Yahoo! of searching through users' personal emails for information that they can use to sell advertising, according to a BBC News report Friday."¨According to the BBC report, Yahoo!, the largest email provider on the planet, is currently offering a new service that utilizes scanning technology to block spam. That same technology can also be used to scan the content of a user's inbox and display advertising targeted specifically to them."¨In the...

NEW YORK, June 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- New online venture, MeebleMail.com, enables consumers to turn drab everyday email into stylish personalized stationery. MeebleMail.com features a library of over 500 designs that appeal to a wide variety of tastes - from contemporary and sophisticated to whimsical. Each stationery design can be personalized with the user's name, monogram, address and more - providing endless possibilities for users to completely customize their everyday email....

Internet security firm Trend Micro said on Friday that cyber attackers have been trying to infiltrate popular email services. The firms said that Microsoft's Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail and Google's Gmail have been among the services pinpointed for cyber attackers. "There has been a variety of recent attacks on popular Webmail platforms," Trend Micro senior threat researcher Nart Villeneuve said in an online post."In addition to Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail have also been...

Yahoo Inc. is giving its email service a facelift in an attempt to make it more appealing to people who are increasingly using Facebook, Twitter, Google and other online alternatives to communicate, according to various media reports. About 277 million users of Yahoo's free email service will be switched to the new version during the next few weeks.  The facelift enables updates to Facebook and Twitter accounts to be posted from within Yahoo's email boxes.  The revamped service is...