What's next for Hotmail by Ina Fried, Beyond Binary (May 3)
Microsoft is giving out hints of the next version of Hotmail. Already quite social through live.com, it will become even more so with connections to social networks and more include more content creation options.
"According to the LiveSide report, users will be able to edit Office documents and view a Flickr slideshow or a YouTube video, all from within the new Hotmail. "
Of interest: ""It's a two-horse race at this point in e-mail," discounting Yahoo, even though it is still the leader in the U.S. market. Gmail, he said, continues to outpace Hotmail's growth, increasing 20 percent last year. However, he said that Microsoft still grew 8 percent, adding more than 50 million in-boxes to remain the global leader. Yahoo Mail, he said, was relatively flat. "
Posted by Gwen at May 4, 2010 02:36 PM