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Hotmail
Outlook.com, formerly Hotmail, is a free personal email service offered by Microsoft. It also provides a webmail interface accessible via web browser or mobile apps featuring mail, Calendaring software, calendaring, Address book, contacts, and Task management, tasks services. Outlook can also be accessed via email clients using the Internet Message Access Protocol, IMAP or Post Office Protocol, POP protocols. Founded in 1996 by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith (Hotmail), Jack Smith as Hotmail, it was acquired by Microsoft in 1997 for an estimated $400 million'','' with it becoming part of the MSN family of online services, branded as MSN Hotmail. In May 2007, the service was rebranded to Windows Live Hotmail, as part of the Windows Live suite of products. It was changed back to Hotmail in October 2011 and was fully replaced by Outlook in May 2013, sharing the same brand as the Microsoft Outlook software which is offered via a Microsoft 365 (formerly Microsoft Office) subscription. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabeer Bhatia
Sabeer Bhatia (born 30 December 1968) is an Indian American businessman who co-founded the first free web-based email service, Hotmail.com (now Outlook.com) in 1996. In 2021 he co-founded ShowReel with Javed Yunus. ShowReel initially hosted short videos for job seekers and founders. It has since turned into an AI-based entrepreneurship course. Early life and education Bhatia was born in Chandigarh on December 30th, 1968, to Baldev Bhatia and Daman Bhatia. His father was a captain in the Indian Army, and his mother was working at the Central Bank of India. Bhatia studied at The Bishop's School, Pune. He then studied at St Joseph's Boys' High School, Bengaluru, St. Joseph's Boys' High School, Bengaluru, and St. Joseph's Pre-University College, Bengaluru. In 1985, he enrolled at BITS Pilani, where he studied for two years before earning a highly competitive transfer scholarship to the California Institute of Technology to complete his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineerin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |