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Unit 12: Collaborating via Web-based Communication Tools

12.1.3 Windows Live Hotmail Notes

Windows Live Hotmail can be browsed free of charge from anyplace in this world and that too
from any of the web browsers available. Gmail or Yahoo! Mail provides you storage of 6GB
whereas Microsoft provides a storage of 5GB which is less than those provided by the formers.
Windows Live Hotmail is the first and the largest web based service that provides the facility of
email. Previously, it was known as Hotmail but after it has been transferred to Windows Live
Suite that provides online services it is now known as Windows Live Hotmail.

12.1.4 Apple MobileMe Mail

MobileMe Mail has a unique feature that it’s not limited to just computer users; you can also
send and receive emails from your Apple iPhone or iPod touch, via Wi-Fi internet or cellular
network.
It is a web based service and anyone can browse it using his prevailing ID’s on outlook, outlook
express, Mac, Windows Mail or any other email program that is web based. iPhone and iPod
touch contains its inherent interface.
12.1.5 Other Webmail Services

While you are looking for a web mail service and don’t want to go with one of the big three,
here’s a short list of some of the other major providers to check out:

AOL Mail (mail.aol.com)
BigString (www.bigstring.com)

Excite Mail (mail.excite.com)
FlashMail (www.flashmail.com)
GMX Mail (www.gmx.com)

Inbox.com (www.inbox.com)
Lycos Mail (mail.lycos.com)
Mail.com (www.mail.com)
Zoho Mail (zoho.mail.com)

Evaluating Instant Messaging Services

Instant messaging, however, doesn’t use servers at all. When you send an instant message to
another user, that message goes directly to that user’s PC; it’s not filtered by or stored on any
servers. The technical name for this type of connection is peer-to-peer (P2P), because the two
computers involved are peers to each other. Instant messaging needs to work on a piece of client
software (one for each computer involved, of course) and the IP addresses of each computer. The
messages go directly from one IP address to another, with no servers in the middle to slow
things down.

Today, big players in the instant messaging market, including America Online (with both AOL
Instant Messenger and ICQ), Google (Google Talk), Microsoft (Windows Live Messenger), and
Yahoo! (Yahoo! Messenger).

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