For many tech-savvy web users, Microsoft’s Hotmail has become a badge of ancient times, a service that was valid a few years ago but that has gone the way of AOL as a symbol of not being “up with the times” in email technology.
People who see their friends using it might ask, “Why aren’t you using Gmail?”

Google’s thirst for speed is unquenchable, it seems: Google Chrome (
Google’s taking a stab at making web browsing social.