• Morning Mail Aims to be Tinder for Email
    Morning Mail is a new app that aims to solve the inbox overload problem with an interface like Tinder's. Users can use swipe gestures to manage their messages, which are served as cards with basic details and a preview. A user can swipe left to delete, right to archive it, or down to mark it as read. Users can read and respond to messages by tapping on them.
  • Susan Sarandon Thinks Clinton Will Be Indicted Over Email
    Hollywood actress Susan Sarandon, a Bernie Sanders supporter, is pretty sure that Hillary Clinton will be indicted over her use of a private email server while Secretary of State. In an interview with MSNBC, the actress brought up the issue and questioned by no one was talking about it. She also said she believes that charges are inevitable.
  • Australian Government Exposes All-Women Email List
    The Australian government accidentally revealed a list of names of 800 women it has been considering for jobs. The confidential list was created to improve gender balance in government positions. However, the group exposed the names on the list when it sent an email to the list and cced every email address instead of bccing the address.
  • Microsoft Release Email & Calendar App for HoloLens
    Microsoft has released email and calendar apps for its HoloLens virtual reality technology. The tools allow users to access their Outlook email inboxes and calendars using their HoloLens device. The design is based on a traditional desktop design.
  • Salesforce Acquires Demandware for $2.8B
    Salesforce has agreed to acquire e-commerce services firm Demandware for $2.8 billion. With the acquisition, the company will launch a new business division: the Salesforce Commerce Cloud. "With Demandware, Salesforce will be well positioned to deliver the future of commerce as part of our Customer Success Platform and create yet another billion dollar cloud," said Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO, Salesforce, in a statement.
  • Companies Lost $263M to Email Scams Last Year
    U.S. companies lost $263 million to email scams in 2015, according to a report published by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). The FBI received 7,838 complaints during the year and financial losses came it at just over $263 million. The attacks include a mix of CEO spam, as well as spoofed emails, intercepted facsimiles, and telephone communications to redirect invoice remittance payments.
  • Wish Uses Abandoned Cart Emails to Draw Customers Back
    Wish, a shopping site for bargain hunters, has a robust email abandonment platform. The company sends out a series of emails after customers abandon their carts. The cart abandonment email includes images of the product, as well YouTube videos. Follow up emails include trending products and recommendations, along with wishlist reminders.
  • Half of Voters Consider Clinton's Email Use Illegal
    More than half of U.S. voters think that Hillary Clinton's use of a private email system while she was secretary of state was illegal, according to a new poll from Morning Consult. The poll also revealed that 22 percent of voters considered Clinton's email practices legal and 27 percent are unsure.
  • Microsoft Users See Increase in Spam Due to Technical Issues
    Microsoft email users are experiencing excessive spam due to ongoing issues with the company's email servers, the company has revealed. "Some users may be receiving excessive spam mail," the company said on its website. The Redmond, WA-based giant is working on the issues which are affecting Outlook.com and Hotmail accounts.
  • Democrats Have Larger Email Lists, Trump Has Better Open Rates
    Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have much larger email list sizes than Donald Trump, but the GOP nominee has a higher email open rate than the Democrats, according to recent data from Return Path. The research looked at more than 2.5 million individual inboxes and found also that Sanders has the lowest "deleted without opening" rate. In other words, his subscribers are least likely to trash his campaign messages upon receiving them.
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