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The Uniform Law Commission, a group of lawyers that help standardize state laws, is urging lawmakers to enact legislation that would allow families to access the email and social media accounts of their deceased loved ones unless otherwise specified in a will. The law would give heirs access, but not control of these digital assets. For this to happen, each state's legislature would have to adopt legislation.

Sixty-six percent of Internet users have more than one email account, according to new research from My.com. According to the study, 74 percent of Internet users check their email first thing in the morning, 56 percent check email right before bed and 90 percent of people check it compulsively. The survey also revealed that 43 percent of people check email to find out about new products, 42 percent check email to look for discounts and 41 percent check their inbox for news.

Forty-one percent of email marketing messages are opened on a mobile device, according to a new report from Campaign Monitor. The research also revealed that readers are less likely to click through on emails that they open on mobile devices. In addition, the study suggests that improving the content will help drive engagement.

Almost forty-five percent of workers admit to checking work email at least once a day during personal time and 40.4 percent admit to checking multiple times during personal time, according to a new study from GFI Software, which explores the email habits of workers. The research also revealed that 3.6 percent of those surveyed now use a smartphone or tablet as their primary device for sending and receiving email.

It has been a year since Salesforce.com acquired ExactTarget for $2 billion, and experts say that the move has boosted Indianapolis' tech culture. Since the acquisition, the company has hired a number of new employees in Indianapolis. In addition, many of those executives that profited from the acquisition have been reinvesting their money into Indianapolis-based companies.

The German government is considering ditching email altogether, and instead relying on analog forms of communication, in order to evade NSA snooping. In an interview with The Guardian, German politician Patrick Sensburg said that the regime is seriously considering using manual typewriters prevent the US from spying on their communications.

Walgreens is testing a new digital program at its New York-based Duane Reade stores which involves sending mobile coupons via email or SMS to customers in ear their stores based on the weather. The store has partnered with Poncho, a weather alerts service, that personalizes daily weather alerts based on a consumer's location. The service will email users weather related coupons for products at the store based on the weather. For example, forecasts and Claritin and Allegra sent out a coupon on high-pollen index days to customers that said they suffered from allergies.

Seventy-two percent of Internet users check email on their mobile devices, including both phones and tablets, according to a new report from My.com. The company surveyed 1,000 American internet users and found that Google's Gmail app was the most popular email app with 48 percent of users using the Gmail app to check mobile email. Thirty-one percent of users reported using the Yahoo! Mail app and 28 percent use their device's native Mail app to check email on their phones. Only 9 percent of those surveyed said they didn't use an app to check email on the phone.

Email marketing services firm Act-On has released a new feature that lets marketers create visuals out of their funnel building and tracking in real time. Marketers can personalize these visual analytics reports for their business needs, be it for high-level marketing processes, or for specific campaigns. The tool tracks the lifecycle of a customer from their first visit to the site, and every interaction along the way, be it signing up for an email list or sharing content socially.