British intelligence had a partnership the U.S. National Security Agency in 2007, which gave them access to the phone, Internet and email records of UK citizens. Under the agreement with Britain, the NSA was allowed to analyze and keep records of this data in order to identify connections between phone numbers and email addresses. This news is part of the latest revelations by whistleblower Edward Snowden. The U.S. and the UK also shared data with Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Email exchanges between top White House and health officials from this past summer were released earlier this week revealing discussions about technical difficulties would be expressed on HealthCare.gov. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Deputy Chief Information Officer Henry Chao wrote an email to two of his coworkers, discussing imagery for when the website is down. "... can you think about a better way to convey to the public when the site is not available?," he wrote describing an image of an error message which read, 'The System is down at the moment.' "I am picturing in my mind all …

Personal assistant mobile app Donna was upgraded this week adding the ability to send emails on behalf of the user. App users can now automatically email meeting participants when they know that the user is going to be late for an appointment. The app can automatically detect this by identifying the app user's location and overlaying this information with their distance to the meeting and their calendar booking. Users can give Donna the power to send these emails or require that they oversee such mailings manually. They can also turn off this feature.

The Texas Rangers made a sloppy email marketing mistake this week. The team's marketing department sent out an email message promoting a 20-game ticket plan. The email featured a photo of the infielder Ian Kinsler. The trouble is, Kinsler was traded to the Detroit Tigers the day before the email was sent. After the team caught the mistake, they altered the original email and replaced the graphic of Kinsler with another player.

Boxer, an iOS app that is designed to help consumers sort through massive amounts of email, is now available as an iPad app. The app, which was previously just available for iPhones, lets users quickly sort and respond to messages and prioritize their inboxes. The iPad edition is available for free to those that have already bought the iPhone version. It is currently available for $.99 on sale from $5.99.

Russian Internet company Mail.ru Group, which runs the most popular consumer email service in Russia, has plans to open up shop in the USA. Mail.ru will introduce My.com, a suite of communication and entertainment apps designed for mobile devices. Consumers can get an @my.com email address and free instant-messaging tools through the service.

A former PricewaterhouseCoopers employee in Texas took to email to quit her job. In an email full of hashtags sent to her entire team, she accused her coworkers of being fake. In the email titled, "Farewell and QUEEN BEY ALL DAY!," she said that auditing is "for people who truly don't have any other options." She described meetings as, "#thatishissoawkward #icantdeal #soforced #fakeconvosforfakeauditors #noidontwanttogazeintoyoureyesatatablefortwo #waytoointimateformytaste."

Why is NSA email spying legal? Oddly enough, the legal precedents stem from the same law that allows the police to hold sobriety checkpoints and mandatory drug testing of student athletes and railroad workers, according to documents the authorities released on Monday. The new records revealed include the opinions from a secret tribunal which authorized the government to legally access email data from the "to," "from," "cc," and "bcc" fields of all emails "to thwart terrorist attacks."

Emailing throughout the day can lead to disruptions in breathing similar to those caused by the condition sleep apnea, according to new research. The new ailment is being referred to as email apnea."If people are in a stressful situation, perhaps having to deal with some stressful communication, they might end up holding their breath," Edward Grandi, executive director of the American Sleep Apnea Association, told WTop.com.

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff interviewed Dropox CEO Drew Houston on stage yesterday at Dreamforce and the Dropbox chief took the chance to take a stab at email. If we could go back in a time machine and "we showed email to its inventors, they'd cry," Houston reportedly said. He explained that Dropbox acquired Mailbox because "everybody hates their inbox," and Mailbox helps make it easier to deal with.