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MSN (meaning Microsoft Network) is a web portal and related collection of Internet services and apps for Windows and mobile devices, provided by Microsoft and launched on August 24, 1995, alongside the release of Windows 95.
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A 2001 Hotmail inbox layout embedded in Microsoft Outlook The old MSN Hotmail inbox from 2007. Hotmail was sold to Microsoft in December 1997 for a reported $400 million (~$705 million in 2023), and it joined the MSN group of services. [17] The sale had been preceded by a major incident in 1997 where all email was lost for 25% of mailboxes. [18]
Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd. [b] (also known as MSKK) is a Japanese subsidiary of Microsoft headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. It develops both hardware and software technologies for consumers and business partners.
Microsoft account, a user login service (previously MSN Passport) Outlook.com, a webmail and calendar service (previously MSN Hotmail and MSN Calendar) Windows Live, the umbrella name under which several MSN services were rebranded; Windows Live Messenger, an instant messaging client (previously MSN Messenger)
In 1993, both America Online (AOL) and Delphi started connecting their proprietary e-mail services to the Internet. [9]As of October 1997, AOL Mail was the world's largest e-mail provider, with around 9 million subscribers [10] (identical with the number of AOL subscribers).
In the following few days, MSN Search began redirecting to the new Windows Live Search, and the rollout was complete. [2] On August 3, 2007, Microsoft Japan revealed details for Windows Live 2.0 in its annual Business Strategic Meeting 2008, including a new version of Windows Live homepage.
On December 31, 1997, Microsoft acquired Hotmail.com for $500 million (~$882 million in 2023), its largest acquisition at the time, and integrated Hotmail into its MSN group of services. [3] Hotmail, a free webmail service founded in 1996 by Jack Smith and Sabeer Bhatia, [4] had more than 8.5 million subscribers earlier that month. [5]