Morgan Stanley analysts have removed Salesforce from it "Best Ideas" list and said that a acquisition is "a relatively low probability event." The report found that thanks to its recent growth and acquisitions, Salesforce is is well-positioned to "reap the yields on those investments." However, the report suggests that Salesforce's growth prospects give the company an expensive valuation.

Conspire, a new email app, is designed to help email users make better use of the time they spend in their inbox. The tool tracks and analyzes a user's email usage and then delivers a weekly report card to inform the user of their habits. The tool tracks things like how long it takes the user to reply to an email, how often it takes contacts to reply, who the user emails most and their ratio of emails sent to emails received, among other things.

Giphy, a GIF sharing service, has released a new feature that lets users add animated gifs to their email messages. The tool works with Gmail through a Chrome extension which appears directly in the Compose box. The feature includes a drop down menu with popular gifs to make it easier for users to scroll through.

The British newspaper The Telegraph is being investigated by the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for sending an email encouraging readers to vote for the conservative party. The email was a first for the paper and featured a note from the editor to vote in this direction and was sent on the day of the election. The email surprised readers who claim they only signed up for select newsletters.

The leading cause of data breaches among healthcare providers stems from criminal behavior and malicious attacks, according to the Ponemon Institute's fifth annual report on privacy and security issues facing healthcare organizations. According to the report, more than 40 percent of respondents had experienced more than five data breaches over the past two years. In addition, 39 percent said a criminal attacker caused the breach and 10 percent attributed the breach to a malicious insider.

Twenty percent of marketers are currently employing behavioral targeting based on web activity in their email marketing programs, a 43 percent increase over last year, according to a new report from Econsultancy. The Email Marketing Census, which was carried out in partnership with Adestra, included insights from more than 1,000 marketers. The research also revealed that 39 percent of respondents are planning to use behavioral email targeting.

Microsoft is reportedly not considering an offer to buy CRM giant Salesforce.com, despite reports to the contrary. Two insiders told Reuters that despite a report in Bloomberg News earlier this week, Microsoft is not going to buy the company. These two unidentified Microsoft staffers said that the company considers Salesforce's current market valuation expensive.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has asked users that have sent emails in support of net neutrality that don't want their email ids revealed to specifically state this fact in their emails. This comes after the organization published the names and email addresses of one million people who had shared support for net neutrality with the organization. Many users have complained about this approach on Twitter.

Soverin, a new tech startup based in Amsterdam, has launched a pay email service that ensures that user data is kept private and not sold for ads. Unlike Gmail users, Soverin users will not see ads in their inbox and pay EUR29 a year for the hosted service. The service includes 25GB od storage and works with any email client due to full IMAP support.

British psychologist Sir Cary Cooper has warned employers to address what he calls an "epidemic" of staff checking work emails after-hours. The former government advisor claims that people become less productive when they are overworked and the practice of checking emails at night, on the weekend and while on vacation is only hurting the health of workers. He encourages companies to put limits on internal emails, advocating for face-to-face meetings and phone calls.