New Year’s resolutions for computer users
In addition to losing weight and quitting smoking, we suggest adding some of these computing-related goals to your list of New Year's resolutions for 2013.
Safeguard your email: tips for making your account more secure
Keep business transactions and personal messages as safe as possible with these tips to defend your email account against any malicious interference.
Why won’t my email work in Windows 8’s Mail app?
So you've upgrade to Windows 8 and are now wondering why your email isn't working in Windows 8's Mail app? We know why, and we also know how to help.
Hands on with AOL’s Alto: A webmail client that’s big on beauty, and has decent brains to boot
AOL is introducing a new webmail application, Alto, that groups your various inboxes into one stylish stop.
Google adds sliders to help declutter Google+ streams
Ideal for curating the amount of posts within a Google+ feed, new features added this week should be helpful to most Google+ users.
Why you have an @facebook.com email address and how Facebook screwed up the rollout
The introduction to our Facebook email address was just a little too quiet, and that could turn us off to any of its inherent value before we even give it a try.
Google Meter breaks down your email habits
As email continues to be the dominant form of digital communication within businesses, Google has rolled out a set of analysis tools that will help users better understand their inbox.
Believe it or not, email is still the killer app
Despite the booming popularity of social networking like Facebook and Twitter, a relic from the 1980s remains the most-used feature of the Internet. Here's why email is still the glue that binds the Web together, and why the end may not be as near as you think.
New York Times email meant for 300 people goes to eight million by mistake
The New York Times won't have been the only one to send an email to the wrong person, it's just that in this case there were eight million of them.
Amazon plans to update Kindle Fire: Here’s a list of what needs fixing
After some criticism and negative user reviews, Amazon has promised that an over-the-air update will be sent to Kindle Fire owners in less than two weeks. Based on some browsing of negative user reviews and our own experience, we've come up with a list of the Fire's biggest problems.
Turn to Web and mobile apps for your holiday greeting cards this year
Whether you want to go green or just need an easy fix, there are plenty of options for creating and customizing your own greeting cards this holiday season.
Europe’s largest IT company bans email
Atos is taking the plunge and not looking back: the international IT organization will ban email and look to chat clients for office communication.
Over two-thirds of Americans check work email during major holidays
While many people around the country have been obsessed with shopping on Black Friday and Cyber Monday in the past few days, many Americans spent some of their time during this Thanksgiving holiday on keeping up with work-related emails.
Ford automobiles will read text messages aloud with SYNC upgrade
While the irresponsibility of texting while driving still contributes to many car wrecks despite state laws against the practice, Ford has come up with a way to listen to text messages while on the road.
Television struggles to captivate tablet and smartphone owners
While television networks attempt to keep the attention of the viewers with new forms of programming, smartphones and tablets are currently distracting viewers from the Fall schedule.
RIM co-CEO apologizes for BlackBerry outages
RIM founder Mike Lazaridis has issued a video apology explaining the recent BlackBerry outages and when service may be restored.
BlackBerry outages spread to the United States and Canada
BlackBerry service outages have spread to North America, affecting users in the United States and Canada.
Microsoft overhauls Hotmail
Hotmail gets a new look and more importantly, crucial updates that make the Webmail client more efficient.
New US Postal Service ad campaign aims at e-mail security
A new ad campaign by the ailing the ailing United States Postal Service warns about e-mail security, asserting that snail mail is "safe and secure".
How technology could be the killer and savior of the US Postal Service
Can the post office, one of America's greatest institutions, find innovative solutions in what's lead to its demise? Here are some practical and far-fetched ideas that could pump new life intro a struggling enterprise.
Facebook wants to send you fewer email notifications
Facebook is testing a new way to limit email overload, but should it have asked first?
Updater: An online solution for handling your offline communication
The Internet seems to be the sometime-enemy of paper mail, but a new service might actually make your mailbox a friendlier place.
Passwords are made obsolete with Mozilla’s BrowserID
Tired of creating complicated passwords? Having trouble remembering passwords for different sites? Mozilla is attempting to eliminate the password and add more privacy with one click.
Email could use a revamp, not a replacement
New services rely on the idea that a consumer's attention span is so short that the traditional email can't even hold it.
Cisco: Spammers shifting to targeted attacks
Cisco says the amount of money attackers earn from bulk spam has declined sharply...so they've shifted towards targeted, personalized attacks.
Email still ‘crucial’ for Google, Yahoo and Microsoft
Experts have been predicting the death of email more than a year now. But the numbers related to the three largest free email services — Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Hotmail — tell a different story.
New Gmail features include personalized backgrounds
Gmail adds some new features to its popular Web-based email service, including the ability to further personalize inboxes.
TripAdvisor hacked, member emails stolen
Hackers have stolen the email addresses of some of TripAdvisor.com's 20 million members, according to a email sent out to users today.
Samsung shows iTunes-like social, reading, music, media, business ‘Hubs’ for Galaxy Tabs
In addition to announcing new tablets at CTIA, Samsung also showed off a whole suite of apps, services, and business features for its Galaxy Tab and Galaxy S devices.
Study: Gmail users younger, better-educated than AOL, Yahoo! users
Do you judge people by what email address they use? If so, a study by Hunch.com may be able to back up your stereotyping with actual statistics.
Google unclutters Gmail with ‘Smart Labels’
Gmail's newest feature, "Smart Labels" helps users clean-up their inboxes by automatically filtering low-priority messages.
New technique unmasks anonymous email senders
In an attempt to help police with investigations, researchers at Concordia University have developed a technique for unveiling the identities of anonymous email senders.
Gmail will be restored for everyone very soon, says Google
Google now claims that fixes are imminent for the software bug that caused .02 percent of Gmail users to lose their emails.
Survey: Most young workers use personal email for work
A new survey finds 85 percent of employees under age 25 use personal email for work communications - driving corporate security absolutely nuts.
Google rolls out 007-style ‘two-step verification’ security
Google has added a new "two-step verification" security option for all accounts, allowing users to implement much greater security for private data.
Polls show e-mail popularity waning, Facebook Messages ready to fill in
As e-mail popularity declines, Facebook Messages seems ready to swoop and officially takeover online communication.
Hotmail adds throwaway account functionality
New Hotmail functionality gives users the ability to manage up to five "throwaway" email address from one inbox.