1st Franklin Financial, a consumer finance company in Georgia, was having issues with inbox overload among employees who are inundated with client emails and social networks. So the company tapped Asana Project Management to help turn the inbox into one power collaboration tool. The platform allowed the finance company to take a bird's eye view of Outlook and the ability to turn the inbox into action items, as well as file share with colleagues.

Yahoo has introduced a new feature in its email platform to help users know just who is in their email chains. The Contact Cards tool allows users to mouse over an email address see information about the person including their name, phone number, job title, as well as links to their social media pages.

Hillary Clinton didn't just use a Gmail account to go about her business as Secretary of State. According to The Associated Press, Clinton ran her own servers from her family's New York home. The White House has said that it is her responsibility to archive communications about official business on the server. An investigation is now pending.

The Florida Senate has filed a proposal that would prevent the DMV from releasing a citizen's email address on file with the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. The bill would make email addresses exempt to public records requests. The Florida Senate Transportation Committee said that this move would help prevent identity theft.

Startup Emailage has raised $3.8 million in a series A round to help build a technology that identifies risk based on an email address. The tool analyzing shoppers' email addresses to find fraudulent transactions. Last year, the platform found more than 2 million risky transactions. The tool scores email addresses based on hundreds of elements to help merchants protect themselves against risky clients.

Hillary Clinton wasn't the only former Secretary of State to use a personal email account while on the job. Colin Powell revealed today that he also did, after news has circulated about Clinton's usage. "He was not aware of any restrictions nor does he recall being made aware of any over the four years he served at State," he said in a statement issued through an aide.

Hillary Clinton used her personal email account while she was secretary of state, not an official government account. In fact, she didn't have a government email address during her four years serving in the post. Since her emails were not preserved on department servers, she could be in violation of the Federal Records Act.

British phone and email provider TalkTalk has revealed a data breach that exposed customer data in late 2014. The hackers stole customer account numbers, addresses, emails and phone numbers, and used this data in targeted phishing attacks. The company attributed the breach to a third-party contractor that had access to the data.

Employees that are sent emails and text messages after work are more likely to become angry, says a new report from the College of Business at the University of Texas at Arlington. The researchers surveyed 341 working adults overseen days and identified the subject's feelings when they opened work emails outside of the office. "People who were part of the study reported they became angry when they received a work email or text after they had gone home and that communication was negatively worded or required a lot of the person's time," Marcus Butts, Ph.D., the author of the study …

Autopilot, a San Francisco-based tech firm, has launched a multichannel marketing platform that aims to take marketers beyond just email. The service offers email automation and personalization tools for the SMB marketplace. The company's co-founder has positioned the company between MailChimp and Marketo.