The Hollywood Reporter
Despite the fact that her email to former Sony Executive Amy Pascal went viral when the company's servers were hacked, actress Channing Tatum has failed to change her email address. Natalie Portman, on the other hand, has changed hers after being included on a Ryan Kavanaugh email conversation that went public.
Digital Trends
Half of all email replies happen within 47 minutes of an email being sent and two minutes is the most common response time, according to new research from Yahoo Labs and Cornell University. The research analyzed 16 billion messages and found that most replies are short. The most common is only five words and ore than half are under 43 words.
International Business Times
Love her or hate her Hillary Clinton is proving that email is a viable channel, and not just because she built her own server. The former first lady and former secretary of state announced her candidacy for president via an email sent from her campaign chair John Podesta as well as a YouTube video.
The Telegraph
Financial Fraud Action UK has warned its customers about a spate of phishing emails which are targeting self-employed, freelance and contract workers. The emails claim to be invoices and may even look like they come from a supplier. These messages solicit the banking details of recipients and pose a grave threat if opened, as malware on the emails allows the hackers to access a user's computer.
Business Insider
Microsoft has replied to its ongoing battle with the DOJ with a new legal brief arguing why the company should not have to turn over private user data that is stored in Ireland. "A warrant served on an internet service provider should only be able to cover things in the cloud world that would be covered in the physical world, namely materials inside US borders, and a subpoena should be issued to the target of the investigation, not the ISP," Microsoft attorney Brad Smith wrote in a blog post.
ZDNet
Many Outlook.com email users were left without access to their inboxes for a few hours on Wednesday. Users accessing the client through Windows Live Mail, Outlook Connector, MSN Premium client Windows Phone 8.1 and the Windows 8 Mail Client all experienced this service disruption. The company fixed the issue after a few hours but did not reveal the cause.
LearnBonds.com
Microsoft Corporation has introduced a new tool to help prevent malicious software attacks on commercial email users of Office 365. The tool is called Exchange Online Advanced Threat Protection (EOATP). It will allow users to analyze email messages before they are sent to identify viruses or malware that could be embedded within the message before it is sent.
The New York Times
Email delivery services firm SendGrid has confirmed that one of its Bitcoin-related clients clients was hacked earlier this week. Coinbase, one of the most popular Bitcoin exchanges, confirmed to The New York Times that hackers had broken into its SendGrid account. While no Bitcoin was stolen, hackers gained access to an outgoing Bitcoin email account and started sending spam emails on its behalf.
Digital Music News
Digital music marketing platform Show.co has introduced a new list building feature that allows bands to collect email addresses in exchange for the ability to download a free song. The feature costs $.05 an address. Polydor France, ADA, Believe Digital, and RED Associated Labels are all using the new tool.
Technical.ly Brooklyn
A Brooklyn based music discovery startup called BoomboxFM relies on email to help push its service. The company sends its list of music fans daily emails that include links to downloadable music from independent musicians based on the person's taste. "Email isn't very sexy, but it's kind of the holy grail of the marketing and business world, and the amount of time our target demo (21-35) is on email every day remains substantial," Dave Marcello, co-founder of BoomboxFM told Technical.ly Brooklyn.