When Windows 8 was born one year ago, our review of its Mail application and other core communications apps found them to be just good enough for casual use on a tablet. For serious productivity—the ...

Microsoft's updated apps boast some helpful improvements, though people who also use Google Calendar have lost the ability to sync their appointments. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer ...

Microsoft has included desktop email clients in its Windows operating system for years. Early clients like Outlook Express offered an experience that felt more like a less sophisticated experience ...

Microsoft considered loads of customer feedback while developing the mail app for 8.1 and most importantly according to the changing trends in which people access their emails. Microsoft made sure ...

Email and calendar apps may not be much fun, but they’re essential if you intend to live on the grid, interacting with other human beings. Enter Microsoft’s new Windows 8 Mail and Calendar apps, each ...

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I have to use a proxy (through Putty) to get around the corporate web filter at work, and not a single Metro app seems to give a hoot about the proxy settings I set up in IE, including the Metro ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. As promised, Windows 8 and Windows RT's native productivity apps have finally received some update ...

Microsoft is finally releasing an update for its built-in Mail, Calendar and People apps. The Mail app will support organizational functions like flagging emails and creating folders. The Calendar app ...

We know that Windows 8 is getting a facelift with Windows Blue sometime soon, but in the meantime, Microsoft is busily updating its apps with tweaks to make them work better and give users enhanced ...

The new app commands bar in the Windows 8 Mail app shows several new features. (Microsoft image.) Microsoft will release an update to its native Mail, Calendar and People apps for Windows 8 and ...