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Lying online? Most of it happens in emails.

Lying online? Most of it happens in emails.

Human beings lie. It is almost second nature that at some point during the day we will lie. White lie or otherwise it doesn't matter we all lie but interestingly enough when it comes to our online ... continue
AOL Email Addresses Are Only For Cool People, No Seriously

AOL Email Addresses Are Only For Cool People, No Seriously

Remember that AOL.com email address you decided not to hold onto when everyone jumped ship to hotmail and then eventually gmail, it turns out those addresses are now considered some sort of weird status symbol among some ... continue
Spam Product Orders Are Typically Delivered Says New Study

Spam Product Orders Are Typically Delivered Says New Study

Spam in email can be annoying and oftentimes it's all a scam, however a recent research study has found that when products are involved they are often delivered more times than not. Researchers used temporary credit cards to ... continue
QuickForget lets you share secrets electronically that eventually self-destruct

QuickForget lets you share secrets electronically that eventually self-destruct

While disseminating sensitive information via a third-party is not entirely desirable overall, it could be a better method than sending it to a GMail account you might accidentally leave logged in at a public terminal in Best ... continue
Study says email domain stereotypes really do bear out

Study says email domain stereotypes really do bear out

I'll admit it- I have a strong prejudice against certain email address domains and even occasionally try to convert people still using undesirable domains. I don't know what this says about me (I'm sure it's not entirely positive), ... continue
A screenshot of your GMail inbox

A screenshot of your GMail inbox

Missing: six copies of Apple news you've already unwilling read from ten other sources. [Source] continue
[Video] A rap about how bad Hotmail sucks

[Video] A rap about how bad Hotmail sucks

Quite catchy- a rap about all the ways Hotmail infuriates its remaining users. [via Consumerist] continue
Rackspace data mines your emails for facts and fun

Rackspace data mines your emails for facts and fun

Okay, so Rackspace isn't really data mining your actual emails that pass through their servers, either on the cloud or off of it. Rather they have produced a fun infographic in relation to general email activity to ... continue
Geez Facebook I’ve got a strainer that doesn’t leak as bad as you do

Geez Facebook I’ve got a strainer that doesn’t leak as bad as you do

No sooner does Zuckerberg finish up his tête-à-tête with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher on the stage of the D8 conference than we find out that there is yet another security flaw in Faccebook. It turns out ... continue
Wear your unread email on your sleeve .. err .. chest [VIDEO]

Wear your unread email on your sleeve .. err .. chest [VIDEO]

There is geek and then there is geek and this definitely vaults these people right up there into the second level. Not only that but you can also get instructions on how to turn your tee-shirt into ... continue
Spammers hitting us through Google Maps emails

Spammers hitting us through Google Maps emails

I haven't seen this vector for spam before so excuse me if this isn't something new but it is for me. I just got both these emails not 5 minutes ago and as you can see below ... continue
Forgetting to turn off the CAPS lock could get you fired.

Forgetting to turn off the CAPS lock could get you fired.

Man talk about touchy people with absolutely no sense of ha ha. Sure I can see getting irritated is some co-worker decided to emphasis their point by using the CAPS lock as well as ... continue
Can following Tim Ferriss’ theories save you from email? Lets find out

Can following Tim Ferriss’ theories save you from email? Lets find out

One of the most popular self-help management books in recent years has been the somewhat controversial "Four Hour Work Week" from Tim Ferriss. Everyone in the web industry claims to have read it, but very few have actually ... continue
GMail’s ultimate gift to mankind

GMail’s ultimate gift to mankind

I would bet that just about anyone reading this post still has one or two newsletter, or newslist, types of emails that they are no longer interested in coming into their email inboxes. These ... continue
Please keep sharing your crap on Facebook – it may save our email inboxes

Please keep sharing your crap on Facebook – it may save our email inboxes

I think everyone probably has some favorite relative; or so we keep telling ourselves they are, who no matter how nicely you try and tell them to quit it keep on sending you all ... continue
Microsoft shows once again how it doesn’t listen

Microsoft shows once again how it doesn’t listen

Just as one thinks that Microsoft has begun to understand the whole idea of listening to its customers and is turning that battleship around it shows that maybe it’s still deaf in one ear. ... continue
About that ‘The world is a global village’ theory

About that ‘The world is a global village’ theory

One of the biggest buzz phrases we hear is how the world is getting smaller and becoming more of a global village. This is one they like to throw around in the social media ... continue
GMail under investigation for killing … Outlook

GMail under investigation for killing … Outlook

Here we go again. Once more some-one in need of a weekend post to make it to Techmeme latches on to the fact that GMail has added ‘offline’ capabilities to its web email client and how ... continue
With a new round of $35 million, could Mail.com be the next Yahoo?

With a new round of $35 million, could Mail.com be the next Yahoo?

Custom email provider Mail.com has taken $35 million in a round led by Quadrangle Capital Partners. My first take of the news was to write this up as being the last great round at the end of ... continue
July Sets E-Mail Virus Record

July Sets E-Mail Virus Record

July has set a 2008 record for virus-laden e-mail, according to tracking information released by Google's Apps Security & Compliance Team this afternoon. The data shows more malicious messages sent in July than in any other month so ... continue
Yahoo Tries to Outdo Outlook with Zimbra

Yahoo Tries to Outdo Outlook with Zimbra

Yahoo has a new plan to seemingly lure AOL and Gmail users into its service. The company has released the beta version of Zimbra Desktop, an offline mail client marketed specifically to users of Yahoo Mail, AOL Mail, ... continue