Hotmail was founded in the year 1996 by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith. Within a year, more than a million people had their email accounts registered with Hotmail. Microsoft saw an opportunity in it and offered to buy it out. After acquiring the service in the year 1997, Microsoft made additions to this email account, bundling email service with Skydrive, better Contact management system, calendar, to-do checklist and more. Recently, Microsoft also upgraded its email service to Outlook, with the option to switch back to Hotmail too (for now; later...