Hotmail, a free Web mail service, will have a makeover come July or August this year. Microsoft Corp. will introduce new applications that will enhance its messaging system, a major improvement in 12 years.
Microsoft executive Chris Jones, who is also the person-in-charge, admits the web service was not performing that well in comparison with Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc., but the tables may turn.
The changes will require less time in managing incoming messages. Attachments in e-mails containing photos will be displayed as thumbnails. Photo uploads is up to 10 gigabytes that can be stored in Skydrive, Microsoft’s free storage device, and there is a search engine Bing, both connected to the web mail service.
Hotmail holds the record for the world’s most used service, while Yahoomail leads in the US. This breakthrough for Microsoft can level up its performance against Yahoo and Google. We will know when the application becomes available to users.
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