Instant messaging will soon surpass email in terms of usage, a new research report claims. According to new data from research and analytical firm Juniper Research, 43 trillion instant messages will be…
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WorkMail: Amazon’s email, calendar services take on those from Microsoft, Google
Amazon has announced a new corporate email and calendar service dubbed WorkMail that will take on Microsoft’s Outlook and Google’s Gmail. Powered by Amazon’s cloud-based computing unit, Amazon Web Services (AWS), the…
Symantec warns LinkedIn users of phishing emails
Internet security firm Symantec has warned LinkedIn users to be careful of phishing emails claiming to be sourced from LinkedIn’s support team. Symantec said that it has observed an increase in phishing…
Microsoft: Complying with US Court order could “put all of our private digital information at risk”
Microsoft on Monday argued that complying with the US court’s order which requires the software giant to hand over customer’s email data stored on a server in Ireland to US prosecutors could…
Google Inbox to bring ‘undo send’, cross browser support
Google is working hard to bring a much requested email feature of recalling an email that has been sent, the Inbox development team confirmed during a recent Reddit AMA session. The team…
Microsoft bags mobile email startup Acompli
Microsoft has acquired mobile email app startup Acompli – a move that Microsoft claims is part of its efforts to provide provide with ways to accomplish more with their mobile devices. Rumors…
Microsoft suspends its email notification service
The service isn’t likely completely shuttered as Microsoft is sending out suspension notices rather than a full-scale shutdown.
Emails to and from iCloud to other providers will soon be encrypted, Apple assures
After lax security practices were disclosed, Apple promises to get it right.
Microsoft stands strong against US request for email data disclosure
Microsoft: Government cannot conscript Microsoft to do what it has no authority to do.
Google to bring End-to-End email encryption to Chrome
End-to-End Chrome extension – Google’s extra layer of security in email transmissions!!
Microsoft Outlook.com gets advanced rules & new features
Microsoft has updated its email service Outlook.com with a slew of new features including Advanced Rules, in-line reply and a new undo option.
Virgin Media apologises for the email glitch
Virgin Media on Wednesday offered an apology to thousands of its customers whose e-mail inbox were bombarded with spam emails, following a mailing list error. The issue was that one of the…
Microsoft changes privacy policy in wake of Hotmail snooping
Microsoft announced changes to its privacy policy on Friday under which it will no longer snoop on customers’ private communications on suspicions of violating intellectual property rights. This move comes a week…
Microsoft admits snooping on blogger’s Hotmail account to track leaks; revises policies
Microsoft acknowledged that it had searched an anonymous blogger’s Hotmail account to track software leaks and identify an employee it suspected of leaking information. A former software architect Alex Kibkalo, a Russian…
Google brings always-on HTTPS to Gmail; claims 99.978% availability in 2013
Google has announced always-on HTTPS for Gmail to protect users’ email from snooping when they check, read and send email. “Starting today, Gmail will always use an encrypted HTTPS connection when you…