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It was revealed in November that Google was working on a new Tab Group feature in their Chrome browser, with a code change requestin Google’s Chrome repository saying: Users can organize tabs into ...

Microsoft has pushed out an update to the Outlook for iOS app which brings a number of improvements, focussed on the area of search.Microsoft says Search is now front and centre, with its own tab with a new simplified navigation bar.The full changelog reads:A brand new spot for your search icon, at the bottom of the app. Tap on it to get direct access to your top contacts, upcoming travel itineraries, package deliveries and recent attachments.Search for emails, files, and contacts in any of your accounts from one single search box.Use our new filters to narrow down your search. Focus your search on a single account from the menu inside of the search bar or sort your results to only show emai...

I came to know about this neat little feature in Outlook for iOS app. You can now set Microsoft Edge as the default browser to open links inside Outlook app.Safari, despite being the default browser for over billion iOS devices offers very poor performance on older iOS devices. If you own an old iOS device, give Microsoft Edge a try, you will find it much better than Apple’s Safari web browser.Since Apple doesn’t allow users to change their default browser app on iOS devices, browser vendors like Google and Microsoft are forced to work around by having ‘Open links with’ option in all their iOS mobile apps. Have you tried Edge on an iOS device? How does it compare against Safari or any other ...

After much complaints, Skype messaging is once again available on the Outlook.com beta site. The feature was temporarily removed as part of the redesign of the site and was just retued a few days ago. Unfortunately not in the full, at present only chatting is available, but Microsoft promises further development will take place, saying: More improvements to the Skype integration will come in the future, but for now, please enjoy the upgraded Skype chat experience! The non-beta version of Outlook.com, of course, offer voice and video chats, and we can expect these experiences to also be available before the beta site rolls out to regular users. Via Neowin, onMSFT ...

Back in August, Microsoft aounced the new Outlook.com beta with a revamped UI, new features and significantly speedier web experience. Microsoft today aounced the new Outlook.com calendar experience with a similar redesign. This new calendar experience can be enabled using the “Try the beta” toggle on the top right coer. Take a look at the current Outlook.com calendar experience below for comparison. The new redesign looks a lot cleaner when compared to the older one. Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below. Microsoft has just begun the roll out of this new experience, so it will take some time for it to appear for millions of Outlook.com users worldwide. ...

The beta version of Outlook.com is already about 100 x better than the regular version, and the team has just added another feature to take it to the next level.Outlook.com beta now features a tabbed user window interface which makes it super easy to reference a number of emails when crafting a reply for example.The tabbed window appears to be the default for the New Email window, and can be accessed for other email by using the Open in New Tab option in the right-click menu.The improvement unfortunately further demonstrates how far Microsoft’s UWP mail app has fallen behind, with less than half the features of their web app.The Outlook.com beta can be accessed by flipping the toggle at the ...

Facebook has added a new feature to its Messenger app for Windows 10 Mobile today. The latest update brings a tiny new feature which will be helpful for those who are members of lots of crowded groups in Messenger. With today’s update, Facebook Messenger will now let you mention others in a group and notify them about a message even if they have the group muted. Moreover, when someone mentions you...

We reported a few days ago that afterApple started rolling out iOS 11 some users were having issues with their Outlook.com and Office 365 email accounts.Users with an Outlook.com, Office 365, or Exchange 2016 email account were not able to send emails using the default Mail app in iOS 11. When trying to send a mail, users will hit the “Caot Send Mail. The message was rejected by the server.” er...

Outlook’s shared calendars are a great way of sharing and managing a calendar together with a family member, friend, or a co-worker. Outlook’s Shared Calendars have been available on the web and other platforms for a little while, but it’s now heading to Android and iOS for those with Office 365 accounts. Microsoft is rolling out a new update that will enable shared calendars for Office 365 accoun...

Apple started rolling out iOS 11 yesterday. The latest update to the company’s operating system packs a wide range of changes and updates, including a new image file format that’ll help save storage. But if you use Apple’s stock Mail app in iOS 11, you will have some issues with your Outlook.com and Office 365 email accounts.Users with an Outlook.com, Office 365, or Exchange 2016 email account may...

To celebrate the Inteational Pirate Day, Microsoft added a new pirate mode to Outlook.com. Those using the new Outlook.com beta can get access to the new pirate mode which enables “pirate speak” throughout the app. Spam, for example, has been translated to “scum” and Folders are now called “Treasure Troves.”The new pirate mode in Outlook.com is pretty cool, but it’ll probably be gone by tomorrow...

Microsoft’s Outlook.com service might be temporarily down for some users. Earlier this moing, users began to report failed emails on both Outlook.com and Outlook for Office 365. Microsoft logged it as an issue at about 7AM, and has been working on fixing it since.Microsoft has currently fixed the Office 365 outages and restored that service for its paying customers, but users on the free Outloo...

Microsoftaounced a new Outlook.com beta experience last month. Some users were able to try the new experience using the Try the beta toggle available on the top right of the Outlook.com page. Microsoft today aounced that they have opened up the beta program for everyone. If you are interested, you can test drive the new experience today and switch back to the regular web experience any time....

Microsoft is finally bringing Outlook’s Focused Inbox feature to Windows 10 Mobile devices. The company started testing Outlook on Windows 10 PCs as early as February of this year, and it’s been gradually rolling the feature out to more users over the past few months. While you would expect the feature to be available on mobile devices at the same time as PCs because of the Universal Windows Plat...

Microsoft is introducingnew people and groups card for desktop Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Skype for Business users in the coming weeks. This new people card will be rolling out to Insiders who are on Fast Version 1708 (Build 8326.1000) or later. The card is part of an Office 3...

Microsoft unveiled the new Outlook.com design just yesterday. The company’s new look for Outlook is being tested by a small group of users, but there’s a workaround which lets anyone try the new design. I used the workaround to try out the new Outlook.com and I am really pleased with the new Outlook...

Microsoft’s Outlook.com is getting a major makeover. The company aounced a new Outlook.com beta program yesterday, which comes with a brand-new design, and some intelligent new features. The new Outlook.com is certainly much prettier and faster than the current Outlook.com, although it is only av...

Microsoft has pushed out their weekly maintenance update to their Outlook for Android app for phones and tablets. The update takes the app to versionv2.1.238 and brings important reliability improvements, improved support for Google Drive file attachments, and also allows larger attachments to be ...

[embedded content] Outlook’s mobile app is getting a huge boost on Android and the iPhone. Redmond today aounced a couple of major changes coming to Outlook on Android and iOS that’ll radically improve the app. Design improvements are a major part of the new Outlook updates, but Microsoft is also ...