San Francisco: Microsoft will add its popular Outlook email program to more tablets running on a lightweight version of its Windows operating system as part of a free software update this year.
The Outlook 2013 app will be given to owners of Microsoft's Surface tablet and similar devices running Windows RT. That's a slimmed down version of Windows 8, a radical overhaul of the ubiquitous operating system used on most personal computers.
Microsoft Corp. is preparing to modify Windows 8 in response to consumer complaints about the redesigned system released last October. The Redmond, Washington, company announced the addition of Outlook for Windows RT tablets Wednesday at a computer trade show in Taiwan.
A specific release date still hasn't been set for the upcoming update, called Windows 8.1. A preview version of Windows 8.1 will be available June 26 when Microsoft starts an annual programmers' conference in San Francisco....
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11:15 AM, Jun 06, 2013
San Francisco: Microsoft's disdain for Google doesn't extend to all of its rival's products. In a rare bit of cooperation, Microsoft's Outlook.com is giving users of its free email service the option of logging into Google Talk to exchange instant messages and engage in audio or video conversations. The tie-in announced on Tuesday represents an uneasy alliance in the midst of a typically contentious relationship between Microsoft and Google. Microsoft...
07:05 AM, May 15, 2013
New Delhi: Microsoft has rolled out a preview version of Skype for Outlook.com. The preview version has already been rolled out in the United Kingdom and will be made available in the United States and Germany in the coming weeks. In the coming months, audio and video calling powered by Skype will be available in every Outlook.com inbox. "With the preview version of Skype for Outlook.com you can enjoy Skype...
12:27 PM, Apr 30, 2013
Washington: Asserting that inflation is likely to remain stable as the recovery strengthens, the International Monetary Fund has said fears about high inflation should not prevent monetary authorities from pursuing highly accommodative monetary policy. "With long-term inflation expectations firmly anchored, inflation is also likely to remain stable as the recovery strengthens-the dog has been muzzled and is unlikely to bark. Therefore, fears about high inflation should not prevent monetary authorities...
07:41 PM, Apr 09, 2013
The "western outlook" about women was a reason for rape and the concept that women were inferior to men was repugnant' to Indian philosophy, BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Friday said. "The difference between western concept and Indian concept is that one considers them (women) the weaker sex and we consider them the mother sex," he said. ...
10:17 AM, Mar 09, 2013
Longtime users of Hotmail, MSN and other Microsoft email services will start noticing a big change: When they sign in to check messages, they'll be sent to a new service called Outlook.com. ...
06:00 PM, Feb 20, 2013
Microsoft is so confident it has the Internet's best email service that it's about spend at least $30 million to send its message across the US. ...
12:43 PM, Feb 19, 2013
No other Bollywood star has been in as many controversies as Shah Rukh Khan. Recently in the news for an article on being Muslim, the actor now says he won't speak on anything political or religious. ...
07:29 AM, Feb 08, 2013
Supporting his friend Shah Rukh Khan, filmmaker Karan Johar called the entire controversy around SRK's article in Outlook magazine as 'ridiculous'. ...
03:51 PM, Jan 30, 2013
This is the full text of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's statement to the media clarifying his essay in Outlook Turning Points magazine. ...
11:50 AM, Jan 30, 2013
Shah Rukh Khan's essay for the special edition of Outlook Turning Points publication has raised a controversy. In the piece, the actor shared his views on what it meant to be a Khan in India. ...
06:45 PM, Jan 29, 2013
As the war of words between India and Pakistan over actor Shah Rukh Khan continues, Mumbai Police sources have indicated to CNN-IBN that his security has been reviewed and the security to the actor will remain intact. There were reports that he had been stripped of police security after a recent review concluded that he no longer faces any threat. ...
01:27 PM, Jan 29, 2013
India has responded strongly to Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik's demand for security for actor Shah Rukh Khan. Home Secretary RK Singh has asked Rehman Malik to worry about the security of Pakistan's citizens and said that India is fully capable of looking after its citizens. "We are capable of looking after our own citizen, let him worry about the security of his country's citizen," RK Singh said. ...
11:10 AM, Jan 29, 2013
Mumbai: Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has run into a controversy after he demanded that India provides security to actor Shah Rukh Khan. This came after Khan wrote a first-person account of what it means to be a Muslim post 9/11. "He (Shahrukh) is born Indian and he would like to remain Indian, but I will request the government of India to please provide him security and I would like...
09:31 AM, Jan 29, 2013
The hashtag #WeStandBySRK was one of the top trends on Twitter, with fans showering their support for 'King Khan'. ...
06:23 PM, Jan 28, 2013
Whether Khan is being candid in his confession or not, none can deny his skill at bouncing right back into the arc light. As he has. Again. ...
04:26 PM, Jan 28, 2013
In a recent interview to Outlook magazine, SRK bares it all on what it means to be a Muslim in the Post-9/11 world. ...
11:21 AM, Jan 23, 2013
IBN7 along with Outlook magazine rewarded many states for their outstanding work in many fields including education, health, social development, and law and order. ...
11:53 AM, Dec 26, 2012
New Delhi: Microsoft is renaming its vintage Hotmail email service as Outlook.com. Hotmail was still the world's largest email service with 324 million users (about 36 per cent of the market) but had been losing its market to Google's fast-growing Gmail. The name Outlook is familiar to most corporate workers who use the popular Microsoft Office email application. Hotmail was launched in 1996 by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith and...
07:07 AM, Aug 01, 2012
Seattle: Microsoft unveiled a revamped, Facebook-friendly version of its free, online email service on Tuesday in an attempt to reverse market share losses to Google's fast-growing Gmail. The world's largest software company is renaming its Hotmail service Outlook, giving it a sharp new look, social network links, and new features for handling the tide of junk and mass mail that swamps many users. Hotmail was still the world's largest online...
12:03 AM, Aug 01, 2012
