Microsoft switches Hotmail accounts to Outlook.com

Microsoft has begun moving Hotmail users to a free, beefed up Outlook.com email service, aiming to grab back territory largely dominated by Google’s multi-faceted online offering.

Microsoft’s move follows a test phase in which it adapted the service to try and better serve lifestyles that now increasingly revolve around smartphones, tablets, social media, and software “rented” as a service online.

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