Email infrastructure services firm Message Systems has introduced a new public cloud email service called SparkPost, which allows developers to add email to web and mobile apps. The new service is built on top of Message Systems' Momentum platform, which powers about 20 percent of the world's legitimate email through ESPs including: ContactLab, Epsilon,Delivra, InfusionSoft, MaroPost, PureSend, Vertical Response and Yesmail.

Jeremy Gutsche, founder of the online site TrendHunter.com, was in for a big surprise when he used his flight to Singapore to catch up on email. The executive thought that he was buying a WiFi package for $30 but was charged $1,171.46 for using 30MB of data on the flight. Gutsche didn't read the small print about data fees and was stunned to receive the giant bill.

The World Health Organization has banned BuzzFeed from its media list, the organization accidentally revealed via email. The WHO staffer forwarded an email from a BuzzFeed reporter to another WHO employee explaining that she hadn't responded to the request. During the exchange one of the workers accidentally cced the BuzzFeed reported. The WHO defended the action saying that they hadn't banned BuzzFeed altogether, just one reporter who they claim misreported stories.

The IRS is looking to make its email archiving process more transparent after the IRS went through an embarrassing scandal in which they "lost" emails that were being requested in a court case. Representative Mark Meadows responded with legislation that would require the National Archive and Records Administration to issue regulations about government agencies store electronic records. The IRS has taken the issue to heart and has implemented a new records management directive to manage all temporary and permanent email records electronically by the end of 2016.

Only 5 percent of Americans feel that their emails are very secure, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center. The research revealed that 35 percent of Americans consider their emails somewhat secure, 36 percent consider it not very secure and 21 percent think that their email is not that secure at all.

The attorney general's office of Pennsylvania has fired four employees and suspended 11 without pay in response to a pornographic emails scandal. A state Supreme Court justice has already quit as part of the scandal and two other employees could be fired. The employees allegedly used their work email addresses to send and receive pornographic content.

Google has updated its search app for Android bringing some new features, such as suggested events based on email and the ability to search within apps. The app will suggest events based on email conversations and try to get a user to add it to their calendar.

ISPs have gotten some heat for interrupting STARTTLS, a tool that allows consumers to encrypt their email in transit. The ISPs have not been allowing the tool to negotiate between mail-servers which prevents the encryption tool from turning on. This has exposed the communications of millions of users to potential hacks.

Insurance carrier WellPoint sent out an email this week encouraging customers to get a specific preventative screening such as a colonoscopy or mammogram. The subject line, however, accidentally included personal health information. Wellpoint admitted the mistake and is working to understand what went wrong but claim that they did not violate any privacy laws.

Home Depot has sent out an email letting customers know that email addresses were exposed in its recent data breach. In the email, the big box retailer explained that 53 email addresses were stolen by thieves, along with the credit card numbers that the company had previously reported. The company reported that the file with the email addresses didn't have any other personal information.