Microsoft Casts a new Outlook on Email and Much More

Microsoft released Outlook.com, a new email service for people to use and a new interface for existing Hotmail users. It feats streamlined integration with Contacts (People), SkyDrive and Calendar and coexists comfortably with the Social Networks you connect. The new branding and theming of Outlook.com, which can be used by current Hotmail users, is reminiscent of the interface of Windows 8.

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Retrieving Your Hotmails With Gmail (The easy way)

Gmail and Hotmail are two completely different services, and if you've used Hotmail a lot, the move to Gmail can be a bit harsh. Here's a tip on how to make it easier until you're fully acquainted with it.

How to:

1. Go to Gmail Settings>Accounts and Import and Add a POP3 account

 Enter the appropriate information within the next steps, customizing this service to your own needs and preferences.

          2.  Click the link in the verification email sent to your Hotmail

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          3. Go back to Gmail settings and click "Check now"

That's it! You've set up your Hotmail to get its emails retrieved by your Gmail account.

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Setting up Mail in Mac OS X

If you are a Windows user, you may have to configure several settings before getting certain email providers – like Bell Sympatico in Canada – to work. The Mail program in Mac OS X is easy to configure and in three simple steps, you will be up and running.

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Lightbox: Everyone seems to be jumping on the train

I've noticed recently that a lot of photo sharing and storage websites have decided to jump on the lightbox train.

Here are some screenshots:

Skydrive:

Facebook

Google+

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Google Plus: New Method of Importing your Contacts

So you can add contacts to Google+ via Hotmail and Yahoo, but now you can also add an address book from various sources.

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Hotmail allows you to Spot Compromised Friends

So you receive a spam message or fraudulent email from a friend of yours. Chances are it wasn’t your friend who sent it. Hotmail will now allow you to report instances where your friends' account may have been hacked.

“When you report that your friend’s account has been compromised, Hotmail takes that report and combines it with the other information from the compromise detection engine to determine if the account in question has in fact been hijacked. It turns out that the report that comes from you can be one of the strongest “signals” to the detection engine, since you may be the first to notice the compromise,” says to Microsoft’s Dick Craddock.

Two things will immediately happen once you click on My friend’s been hacked in the Mark as menu:

1. The account can no longer be used by the spammer
2. Your friend will be put through account recovery to allow him/her to take back control of the account.

Another measure that Microsoft will take to fend off hijackers is to prevent customers from using common passwords when they create new Hotmail accounts.

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Migrating from Facebook to Google Plus

Facebook has went out on a limb to prevent its users from migrating to Google + which has been receiving a lot of buzz recently. However, Facebook can’t stop the drain forever and there are two sure fire ways to get the migration or synchronization if you plan to keep Facebook.

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