On Tuesday Microsoft unveiled the new Metro UI version of its e-mail service that is set to replace the old Hotmail/Live service. You can see the clean, sleek look of Outlook.com in action with this walkthrough video from the Microsoft Outlook team. We also have additional article links with more information to share with you.
Outlook.com Homepage Note: At the moment “outlook.com” redirects to a .live login address but the URL is valid.
Outlook.com Walkthrough [YouTube] [via Softpedia]
Learn More About the New Look and Features
How to create a new outlook.com mail ID [The Windows Club]
Outlook.com Webmail Keyboard Shortcuts [NirmalTV]
Microsoft unveils Windows 8-inspired “Outlook.com” freemail service [Ars Technica]
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