Politico
While Hillary Clinton is trying to put her email scandal behind her, the FBI has recently increased its inquiry into the security of the former secretary of state's private email system. According to security experts, the agency's latest moves in the inquiry suggest that it will soon become a real investigation. The FBI has been trying to determine how aides used the system and whether classified information was put at risk on the server.
The Next Web
LinkedIn has a new email and notification platform called Air Traffic Controller (ATC) to help cut down on the number of emails its users receive. According to the social network, the platform will address volume, frequency and quality. The tool has already cut the number of emails that users receive in half.
Engadget
Upper West Side Councilmember Mark Levine is going to assign email addresses to an elite 200 NYC trees. The goal is to make the public interact with these tress and report things like broken branches and rot via email. Since the city has millions of trees, the city plans to survey the trees and then assign emails to trees based on how uncommon they are, their age, height and historic interest.
VentureBeat
Research firm CB Insights has raised $10 million in institutional funding. The new money will fund the company's expansion. The company is working on a new service that determines who its clients should get to know and then sends out email introductions accordingly.
The American Genius
CloudMagic email app allows users to compose and respond to work emails from on a mobile device. The app received a Webby award for its innovative design, which has attracted millions of users worldwide. The tool allows users to customize their account signature, receive push notifications, and remotely wipe your data if the phone is ever lost.
Venture Beat
Google has released a new comprehensive search feature for Gmail to make it easier to find emails that have landed in the trash or the spam folder. The inbox will identify matches with a footer at the bottom of the search results and direct will the user to view these messages. If the search is too general, Gmail will will suggest that the user refine their search using Gmail advanced search.
Marketplace
The Match Group, the parent company for online dating sites and apps Match.com, Tinder, and OkCupid, has revealed that email usage among its younger users is declining. The company revealed this fact in an SEC filing as the company moves to go public. "Communicating with our users via email is critical to our success, and any erosion in our ability to communicate in this fashion that is not sufficiently replaced by other means could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations," explained the company in the filing under "Risk Factors." "As consumer habits evolve in the era …
The Verge
Comcast reset the email passwords for about 200,000 of its email users over the weekend. The company changed the passwords after a database of customer information was listed for sale on a dark web marketplace for $1000. The database included 590,000 accounts, most of which were inactive. Only 200,000 accounts from the list were still live. The company has not explained how the data was leaked.
Wired
The hacking group that took credit for breaking into the email account of CIA Director John Brennan is claiming a new success. The group, which calls itself Crackas With Attitude, claims to have accessed a law enforcement portal with arrest records and other sensitive data. The site even has a tool for sharing information about active shooters and terrorist events in real-time chats between law enforcement agents. "Just to clear this up," Cracka tweeted. "CWA did, indeed, have access to everybody in USA's private information, now imagine if we was Russia or China."
Coin Telegraph
Emails claiming to come from the Syrian Electronic Army are in circulation. These spam messages demand a Bitcoin ransom in order to stop ISIS from killing someone in the recipient's family. "If you refuse to pay the money all the important files from your computer will be deleted," reads the threatening message. "Also, if you will go to the police after you have paid the money we will destroy you and all your family."