Osama bin Laden used a simple but clever way to send lots of emails without being detected by the U.S., the Associated Press reports.
Citing interviews with counter-terrorism sources in the U.S. government, the AP said that bin Laden used …
Around 150,000 Gmail users woke up to a nasty surprise over the weekend: their Gmail accounts — including email, chats, attachments and contacts — had disappeared into the cloud, the Huffington Post reports.
It could have been worse for Google. …
Microsoft has enabled the use of aliases its widely-used Hotmail email service. The new feature enables Hotmail users to add temporary email addresses in situations when they do not wish to use their personal, or every-day email address.
According to …
Windows Phone 7 users can blame Yahoo Mail for their mysteriously high 3G data usage, the company revealed to Windows Phone Secrets yesterday.
Microsoft didn’t admit Yahoo was the problem until Within Windows’ Rafael Rivera did some sleuthing and confirmed …
Inbox “un-clutterer” NudgeMail now has tens of thousands of users within the first three months of its launch, with a significant gain this week that CEO Jeremy Toeman told VentureBeat is likely due to the startup’s recently announced integration with …
Microsoft, looking for a way to differentiate itself from other Web email services, has allowed a select group of companies to include JavaScript code in email messages that will introduce new functions, potentially opening up a fertile new canvas for …
I’ve got a really hot tip for all you folks out there on the Interwebs. It’s amazing. And no one knows about it.
You see, the latest red-hot technology, the keys to the proverbial kingdom, the ultimate cash-cow money machine …
Google announced today that it is launching a service called Google Message Community that will serve as disaster insurance for Microsoft Exchange users, backing up their email and contact data into Google applications.
The search giant isn’t one to shy …
Oh, AOL. The Internet giant, in mid-turnaround under CEO Tim Armstrong, can’t help but seem a bit bumbly still.
Take, for example, its announcement that it had recently revamped its AOL Mail system as part of an overall makeover of …
Facebook can’t remind us enough that its new messaging service, announced today, isn’t an email killer. Instead, it’s an all-encompassing messaging system that works across Facebook chat, email, and text messages.
Now that we’ve seen the product, it’s clearly not …
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Facebook just announced the new messaging service that the tech press has been speculating about as a “Gmail killer” — but the company’s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said that’s actually the wrong way to think about it.
“This is …
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What’s the difference between Facebook and the AOL of old? On Monday, Facebook is expected to announce that they are adding true email functionality, and users will be able to send emails to @facebook.com addresses, as well as use software …
Facebook is following in the footsteps of rival social network MySpace and gearing up to unveil its long-rumored webmail product — referred to internally as a “Gmail killer” — on Monday.
The existence of the webmail project, dubbed “Project Titan”, …
The newly launched Twezr iPhone app (free on the App Store) has an ambitious goal: To combine all of your communication with friends and close contacts, including email, Facebook and Twitter, in a single iPhone application.
But, as is usually …
Raise your hand if you could stand to be better about task tracking. Keep your hand raised if you rely on email entirely to manage your tasks. IssueBurner, a service developed by the data-management company Webyog, aims to bridge that …
Earlier this week, VentureBeat reported on New York City’s efforts to modernize its government. The Big Apple is moving ahead quickly, announcing a partnership with Microsoft today that will anchor the city’s technology infrastructure firmly in Microsoft’s cloud.
The five-year …
The last time I wrote about email startup OtherInbox, I was concerned that the service might feel a little redundant following the launch of Gmail’s Priority Inbox. Today, however, the Austin startup announced a new feature that could help it …
If you’re one of those people who could never get used to Gmail’s method of collapsing email conversations into threads, it’s time to rejoice. Google announced today that it will let you disable Gmail’s Conversation View, which will make emails …
Scayl is one of 70 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Fall 2010 event taking place this week in Silicon Valley. After our selection, the companies pay a fee to present. Our coverage of them remains objective.…
Among the many startups promising to help users take control of their overflowing email inboxes, one of the most intriguing is Liaise. The Palo Alto, Calif. extracts action items from emails and turns them into to-do lists. Today it’s leaving …
