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Outlook Mobile (formerly Acompli) is a mobile personal information manager for Android, iOS and Windows 10 devices. The app was designed to provide comparable to similar apps on personal computers, as opposed to splitting functionality into multiple, focused apps. Similarly to its desktop counterpart, Outlook Mobile integrates email, calendar, and contact management, along with an aggregation of attachments and files stored on cloud storage platforms; a "focused inbox" highlights messages from frequent contacts, and calendar events, files, and locations can be embedded in messages without switching apps. The app supports a number of email platforms and services, including Microsoft Exchange and Google Apps among others. First released in April 2014 by the venture capital-backed startup of the same name, Acompli was acquired by Microsoft in December 2014. On January 29, 2015, Acompli was re-branded as Outlook Mobile—sharing its name with the Microsoft Outlook desktop personal information manager and Outlook.com email service.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/29/7936081/microsoft-outlook-app-ios-android-features )〕 == History == Acompli was co-founded as a startup by Javier Soltero, the former chief technology officer of VMWare, alongside JJ Zhuang (CTO), and Kevin Henrikson (VP of Engineering). It received $7.3 million in funding from Redpoint Ventures, Harrison Metal and Felicis Ventures. In order to distinguish itself from other recent email startups, such as Mailbox, Soletero decided to target the enterprise market—particularly, users of Microsoft Exchange servers. He felt that such users had been underserved by the lacking or non-existent support for Exchange in existing mail apps, believing that their developers—despite its wide adoption, "do not fathom the possibility of anyone using Exchange." A result of this mandate was the decision to make the app a personal information manager rather than only an email client, integrating a calendar, a list of recent contacts, and a list of recent files from attachments and cloud storage services.〔 Acompli was first released on April 25, 2014 for iOS.〔 An Android version was released in September 2014.〔 On November 26, 2014, an incomplete post on its official blog prematurely revealed that Acompli had been acquired by Microsoft. The acquisition, valued at over $200 million, was officially announced on December 1, 2014. Rajesh Jha, vice president of Microsoft's Outlook division, stated that "We’re excited about what’s possible as we build on the app’s success and bring it together with work currently in progress by the Outlook team." Soltero assured users that the Acompli app would not be discontinued, and would continue to receive regular updates.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/1/7298679/microsoft-acquires-acompli )〕 On January 29, 2015, Acompli was re-branded as Outlook Mobile, uniting it with one of its original influences.〔 On February 4, 2015, Microsoft acquired Sunrise Calendar; on October 28, 2015, Microsoft announced that Sunrise would be discontinued, with its functionality being merged into Outlook Mobile.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://techcrunch.com/2015/10/28/microsoft-to-shut-down-sunrise-mobile-calendar-after-integration-into-outlook-completes/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Outlook Mobile」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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