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How to keep strangers out of your Gmail and your face out of Google ads
Google now lets other Google+ members send messages to your Gmail account and can use your Google+ name and photo in ads. Here’s how to stop both from happening.…
Read More4 startups to watch from Entrepreneur Roundtable Accelerator’s demo day
At the Entrepreneur Roundtable Accelerator Demo Day in New York, 10 startups debuted, pitching services ranging from marketplaces for custom goods, catering and yoga gear to companies looking to optimize online video. Here are a few that stood out.…
Read MoreWeb giants take on phishing in quest to make the Internet better
Companies such as Google, PayPal, Facebook and Microsoft have teamed up to create a standard to help boost email security. They are part of a working group to create the DMARC standard, which will help cut down on the number of phishing attacks.…
Read MoreProblems at Posterous: Possible outage, private messages shared
UPDATED. Posterous encountered "server connectivity issues" that made the blogging site inaccessible to a number of users Wednesday. The apparent outage occurred after at least one Posterous user received a series of email posts from random Posterous groups, some of which were meant to be private.…
Read More3 simple tips for getting to inbox zero with Apple Mail
A common New Year’s resolution is getting more organized, and email is often very much in need of organization. I've long been a fan of the “Inbox Zero” philosophy. It’s easier than you think to accomplish, and these simple tips will help you get there.…
Read MoreUpdated: NYT Mistakenly Sends Mass E-Mail Claiming Subs Have Canceled
My first impulse when I got an e-mail offering a discounted subscription if I'd rethink my decision to cancel home delivery of the New York……
Read MoreIn Russia, DST's Mail.ru And Yandex Ramp Up Mobile Presence
Following on from its acquisition of mobile software developer SPB at the end of November, Yandex is making one more move to increase its ub……
Read MoreDo we need a line between big data and big brother?
We often laud big data when it's capturing and storing all sorts of new data types, but would the positive tone change if we we're talking about monitoring your every digital interaction while at work to discover questionable behavior? Cataphora CEO Elizabeth Charnock doesn't really care.…
Read MoreDailyCandy Deals Teams With NBCU Sibling LX.TV On Video Series
Women's fashion and lifestyle e-newsletter and deals network DailyCandy is unveiling its first foray into broadband video through its partne……
Read MoreMovable Ink breathes life into e-mail
While the web is interactive and dynamic, e-mail reflects very little of that evolution. But Movable Ink, a New York start-up, is trying to breathe new life into e-mail marketing by making e-mails real-time and context aware, creating messages that don't go stale.…
Read MoreThe Wages Of Spam: ‘Spam King’ Who Hit Facebook, MySpace May Go To Jail
A famed spammer's long career in the business looks like it's coming to a close, and could end with a prison sentence. Sanford Wallace-long……
Read MoreHacking Digest: Sun Editor Sacked; Miskiw Speaks; Lawyer Victims; Sunday
James Murdoch's testimony on phone hacking is getting called into question by those who were closest to the situation at the time: that coul……
Read MoreNYT On The ‘Psychology Of Sharing’: E-Mail Still Rules
When the New York Times first began talking about creating a metered paywall for its website last year, the company was quick to note that s……
Read MoreWill You Be Able To Get Your iCloud E-Mail Through A Browser?
Could iCloud, Apple's boldest attempt at Web services to date, have been so myopic as to cut one of the most basic Web-based capabilities ou……
Read MoreThe Morning Lowdown 04-26-11
» YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) On The Verge Of A Big Movie Upgrade? (paidContent) » St. Louis Post Dispatch owner Lee Enterpr……
Read MoreExactTarget Raises $30 Million More In Part For M&A
E-mail marketer ExactTarget has raised $30 million in new funding, which it says it will use to "fund key acquisitions, enter new global mar……
Read MoreThe Misadventures Of PlayBook: Questioning Reviews Jump The Launch Gun
RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) has been previewing and talking up its new PlayBook tablet for months already, with demonstrations shepherded by the likes……
Read MoreWhy Microsoft and Google Are Fighting Over Uncle Sam
Microsoft today accused Google of lying about its Google Apps for Government offering being certified for use by federal agencies, which is just the latest salvo in an ongoing war to be the premier provider in the lucrative market for cloud-based collaboration tools.…
Read MoreGoogle Promises ‘Better Ads’ In Gmail Embeds
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is updating the ads that are embedded in users' Gmail messages, promising a more "relevant" experience. The move comes a……
Read MoreE-Mail Certification Startup Goodmail Systems Shuts Down
Heavily-backed e-mail startup Goodmail Systems is shutting down. The company, which had raised more than $45 million in venture capital back……
Read MoreThe Morning Lowdown 01-28-11
» The Newspaper Guild of New York, which represents Newsweek edit staffers, has given its assent to merger between the magazine I……
Read MoreGovernment Needs A Warrant To Look At Private E-mails, Court Rules
When it comes to law-enforcement investigations, the government has long treated e-mail differently than telephone and postal communications……
Read MoreAOL Tries To Beef Up E-Mail With Unblab Acquisition
AOL's latest acquisition is designed to help build out an area that was mostly neglected for years: it's e-mail service. The company has bou……
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