A Trampoline Park in Rhode Island has revealed that its email service account was hacked. The email addresses on the company's list may have been compromised in the exposure. "We at Launch Trampoline Park regret to inform you that our email service account through Constant Contact was recently exposed to unauthorized entry," Derek Charello, director of marketing at Launch, said in a statement.

U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of Washington will hear arguments today about Hillary Clinton's user of a private email system while serving as Secretary of State. The judge will consider whether State Department officials and Clinton aides should be questioned under oath about the issue.

InboxVudu, an email management app, is shutting down at the end of the month. The move follows Dropbox's closure of Inbox last year, illustrating the challenges that inbox management tools are facing these days. Parachute, the company that owns InboxVudu is also shutting down its tool BookVibe, and will be focusing on new projects in the coming year.

New iOS app My Blend allows consumers to make their newsletters look like a magazine. The tool collections and organizes a number of newsletters and delivers them in a packaged email that reads like a magazine.

Australian cloud accounting business Xero has entered into a partnership with Google. The company is integrating Gmail and Google Apps for Work into its platform to help pitch its services to small businesses. Clients will now be able to export content between Xero and Google Sheets in real time.

The State Department has released a new batch in Clinton's emails from her tenure as secretary of state. The latest dump includes 562 with content ranging from ambassador appointments to NATO-led bombings in Afghanistan.

Congress is moving forward on a bill that would limit government access to citizens' email accounts. An update to the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the new law will require law enforcement to get a warrant in order to access emails that are older than 6 months old. In March, a House panel is expected to move this bill forward.

The Internal Revenue Service revealed that there has been a 400 percent increase in phishing and malware attacks so far this tax season over last year. The agency is warning consumers to beware emails claiming to come from the IRS. These emails try to gather information about refunds, filing status, ordering transcripts and PIN information.

Tim Cook has emailed Apple employees regarding the FBI's request for help to unlock the San Bernardino terrorists' iPhone. The subject line of the email reads, "Thank you for your support." The email explains why Apple's is refusing to participate in the investigation. "This case is about much more than a single phone or a single investigation, so when we received the government's order we knew we had to speak out," writes the Apple CEO. "At stake is the data security of hundreds of millions of law-abiding people, and setting a dangerous precedent that threatens everyone's civil liberties."

Multichannel retailers sent 26.1 percent more emails during Q4 2015 than during the rest of the year, according to a new report from Experian. The research revealed that as email volumes increased, open rates and transaction rates among these companies held strong with 21.6 percent opens in Q4 2015 compared to 21.4 percent year over year.