While teenagers would never use email to communicate with friends, these text-savvy digital natives are having to learn how to use email in order to apply for higher education and jobs. Still it is a challenge. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, these kids are making basic email mistakes like 'reply all' fails or sending multiple responses to an email instead of one thought out response. According to a report from a USC Yahoo study, teens were the fastest to respond to emails and sent the shortest messages.

Yahoo email users in the UK experienced a massive outage over the weekend. Most of these users were unable to access their accounts on Saturday. TYahoo confirmed the issue and said that it was caused by a cut in an undersea fiber cable which was owned by a third party. Since then the company has been working to reroute the traffic until repairs can be made.

Researchers at the online security firm Secure Works have found a syndicate of criminals that are selling hacking services. The hackers have listed their services on a popular cyber-crime forum, according to the Secure Works report. One service listed is the ability to read a competitor's emails, which the scammers are charging $500 to do.

Email app Spark has been updated. The latest version (1.6.1) now supports Apple's Watch OS 2. This means that the tool is available in complication form for Apple's official watch faces. In addition, the latest release also brings custom Quick Reply sync between iPhones and iPads.

Blue State Digital aims to make email truly personal. The company's platform uses data to identify consumer profiles and develops personalized content based on these profiles. The company's clients include: Ford, Google, MIT, Tate Modern and UNICEF.

Tech startup Clearbit has launched a new app called Connect that aims to replace the popular email add-in features that LinkedIn removed from Rapportive. The new tool includes a handful of APIs that search the web and other public data sources for information about people and companies. App users can use this information for various things such as to find sales leads or to compliance checks.

CEO spam has cost companies $2.3 billion over the past three years, according to the FBI. The law enforcement agency issued an alert this week about the rise in this digital crime, in which a spammer impersonates the executive of an official of a company in order to trick an employee into wiring money. Since January 2015, the agency has seen a 270 percent increase in victims of this kind of scam.

ESPN's funny birthday email to basketball fans uses the line, "You may not be able to hit a contested three, but you're still a first round pick in our book." William & Mary's Connor Burchfield got this email and begged to differ. The best 3-point shooter in college basketball this year responded to the email. "Thank you for the Happy Birthday wish. However, it seems as though you did not do your research when it comes to the statement you made," he wrote. "I am fully capable of hitting contested threes and actually did so at the best rate in …

Palace Sports and Entertainment, the company that owns the Detroit Pistons has formed a partnership with Movable Ink to send real-time email messages. Consumers on the list will be served with up-to-date content based on when they open the email. The team's game-day email which goes out to ticket holders a couple hours before the game updates every time a recipient opens or reloads it. The email includes matchups and stats before the game, but as the game gets going, the email includes live scores. If the email is opened after the game, it features a final box score.

A NY-based startup One More Company, the company Trackbuster a company that lets email users turn off tracking, has released a new product that aims to enhance emails through relevance and context. The email service is called Senders, and allows users to create contact cards within emails. These digital business cards can include links to social networks, bios, photos, company address and other relevant information.