In a move to encourage small business adopt cloud technology, Google India has announced a 45 percent reduction on pricing for its Google Apps for Business. As a part of the new pricing, new and existing customers in India will now pay Rs 150 per user per month if they are on the flexible plan and Rs 1,500 per user per year on the annual plan – a 45% reduction on the previous price. “India...

Microsoft recently retired its Hotmail Service & went all out in ensuring its users migrate safely to its newer avatar; Outlook.com. Now the revamped & reworked iteration features core integration of Google’s instant messaging platform, Google Talk, more commonly known as GTalk. How did Google agree to such a synergy? Google has a competitive product in the form of Google Mail or Gmail....

Microsoft has announced that it is launching a preview of Skype for Outlook.com. The service will kickstart in UK and will be rolled out to users in the U.S. and Germany “in the coming weeks.” Further international expansion including India is expected this summer. The move allows users to make audio and video calls and send Skype instant messages via the website once they download...

Yahoo has announced the integration of cloud storage service Dropbox into its e-mail system. The partnership will make it easier to send, receive and manage attachments in Yahoo! Mail. Starting today, internet users with a Yahoo Mail account in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish can directly access all their Dropbox files from within Yahoo Mail as well as save emailed attachments directly...

Google is really paying quite a bit of attention to localization of its services around the globe. We reported recently that the company had introduced Devanagari support for Android keyboards. In the past they have also added Indic language support to Google Plus. Today, they have announced that they will be deploying it for feature phone users who use Gmail. Feature phone users will now get an option...

In December last year, Google had brought out the biggest update in the history of its official iOS client that brought radical changes and took it at par with the Android Gmail app. The features and changes have been such a massive hit that Google has introduced the same UI and features on Gmail for the mobile Web and on Gmail offline. “Since launching the rebooted Gmail app for iPhone and iPad...

When Microsoft launched Outlook.com last year, it was certain that sooner or later it will phase out its regular email service Hotmail.com, it was just a matter of when, and now it is final. Microsoft is officially shifting its services from Hotmail to Outlook.com and it aims to shift all the users by the end of the year. It would face certain difficulties as people don’t like change and there...

Microsoft attacked Google earlier in the week alleging that Google’s service Gmail is not really as personal and private as the company proclaims. It said that every mail that you and receive is read by the company and according to the data or conversation, appropriate advertisements are placed on the email service for free customers. Microsoft urged the users to be aware about this breach of privacy...

Google India has announced that they have launched the Google+ Hangouts service directly into Gmail. This will be available to all Gmail users starting today. Google+’s hangouts have been the killer feature for Google’s social network. Many prominent people and celebrities have utilized Hangouts to talk to and engage with many people in a way which was not possible before. This integration of...

Times Internet Ltd, the web management arm of the Times Group has decided to permanently shut its free e-mail service which is currently operational on its web-domain Indiatimes. Also known as Indiatimes Mail, the service has stopped accepting new users from yesterday & will cease operations completely post 18th February, 2013 – 12 P.M (Indian Standard Time). Though the official statement reads,...