Computing, IT & AI
Webmail (Hotmail)
1996 CESabeer Bhatia and Jack SmithHotmail launchDiaspora (work abroad)
1996
Co-founded one of the first free web-based email services.
- Dated
- 1996
- As scholars put it
- 1996 CE
- Originator
- Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith
- Source text
- Hotmail launch
- Region
- Diaspora (work abroad)
- Discipline
- Computing, IT & AI
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
Popularised webmail globally; acquired by Microsoft.
Fair to say
Co-created with Jack Smith; an India-born-co-founder (diaspora) contribution.
Path to modern innovation
Webmail became the default way billions access email.
Transmission
Co-founded by the India-born Bhatia in the US.
References
- 1Histories of Hotmail
Further reading
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