Mar 20
Microsoft might have succeeded in plugging a big leak in its Windows 8 department, but it might have unwittingly waded into a more shady legal department. Responding to concerns on … Continue reading
Mar 19
A class-action lawsuit against Google over allegedly scanning the contents of emails has been turned down in a US District Court. This marks a strong victory for Google, which would … Continue reading
Mar 05
Google has updated the Gmail app for iOS to support background refreshing, meaning the app will now download new email in the background rather than forcing the user to wait … Continue reading
Feb 28
It’s time for Congress to follow the Sixth Circuit’s lead and update one of the main online privacy laws—the Electronic Privacy Communications Act (ECPA).
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Feb 25
This article was written on November 05, 2007 by CyberNet.
I’m not sure if you should be getting your hopes up quite yet, but rumors have started to circulate around the Internet that Microsoft will be opening up the @live.com email addresses tomorrow for public registration. There is no official word from Microsoft that this will be happening, but the timing sounds about right. Back in June the Windows Live Product Manager said that the addresses will be available this fall, and we are indeed midway through the fall.
If you’ve been reading our site over the last year you probably already have an @live.com email address from one of the many loopholes that were found (here, here, here, and here). Microsoft had pondered shutting down all of the accounts that were created from those tricks, but they realized that doing so would anger their most hardcore users.
Remember, this can be your chance to get an email address people can easily remember. I managed to sneak in on one of the loopholes last year and snatched up my name, but I still only use Gmail. It is nice to have my name, however, in case I ever decide to switch over in the future.
If Microsoft does launch the @live.com email addresses tomorrow we’ll be sure to keep you informed.
[via LiveSide]
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Feb 24
Facebook axes email service
Posted in: Today's ChiliFollowing confirmation earlier today that it recently hired former Ryan Seacrest Productions’ worker Sibyl Goldman, the social network has ushered in another change, this one affecting (a small portion) of … Continue reading
Feb 24
Facebook is finally giving up on its email service, which is a great opportunity to remind you that
Posted in: Today's ChiliFacebook is finally giving up on its email service, which is a great opportunity to remind you that Facebook has had an email service this whole time.
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Feb 22
Gmail IMAP Support is Here!
Posted in: Today's ChiliThis article was written on October 23, 2007 by CyberNet.
Google has just started rolling out one of the most requested Gmail features: IMAP support! Much like POP3 access this will let you retrieve your email in third-party email clients such as Mozilla Thunderbird or Microsoft Outlook, but it has distinct advantages over POP3. We’ll get to those in a second, but first we want to tell you what to do if you don’t see the new IMAP option in your email account settings.
I didn’t see it in any of my Gmail accounts either after I read about this over at Download Squad. I decided to try and “refresh” my account by logging out and then logging back in. Wowsers! It worked. As you can see in the screenshot above I had the new IMAP settings located right underneath the POP configuration section. So if you don’t see the settings try logging into Gmail again, and it might not hurt to try it in a different browser that has the cookies and cache cleared.
So why is IMAP better? As you can see in the screenshot above the IMAP section doesn’t ask you what to do when messages are accessed from your email client. That’s because IMAP, unlike POP3, supports two-way communication between the email client and Gmail. Here’s why that’s cool:
- If you read/delete a message in, lets say Outlook, the same action will be taken on the message in your Gmail account.
- If you put an email in a folder, for example “Personal”, in Outlook it will also be labeled as “Personal” on Gmail.
The Gmail support page has setup instructions for Outlook Express, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007, Apple Mail, Windows Mail, Thunderbird 2.0, iPhone, and more. If you can’t tell I’m pretty excited about this!
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Feb 20
This article was written on April 02, 2007 by CyberNet.
Yahoo recently announced their “to infinity and beyond” unlimited email storage, and from that has come several things to think about. First, can any service truly offer “unlimited” storage to everybody? There has to be some cut off point, doesn’t there? Secondly, how much is too much? Do users really need that much storage?
Even extreme power email users probably don’t need that much storage. Especially when most people have at least two accounts – one for work, one for home, one for school, family, etc. With multiple accounts, you’re sure to have plenty of room.
To wrap up this topic, here are the results of our last poll where we asked , “You’ve got lots of email storage, but how much do you actually use?”
— Poll Results—
There were 343 votes total, and out of those, 42% of voters said they used between 51 and 500 MB of their storage space. Next was 0–10 MB with 19% of the votes. Very few people used anything more than 500 MB of storage.
Certainly, a lot of people are happy that Yahoo has made the move to “unlimited” storage and because of that, other services will probably follow. Regardless of how much storage space everyone uses, not one person can complain about the price for email storage these days. It’s free!
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Feb 12
Kids are very different from adults, not only in the way where they perceive things, but also at how they use things, too. I mean, lend your precious and pristine iPad to a toddler and you might get it back full of scratches all over the place, not to mention it might even have been dunked into the bathtub! The same goes for apps, too, as some kids do not know how to avoid online predators when using services such as email. Fret not, parents, as Tocomail is here to save the day. Tocomail is an app for the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and the Web, where it offers full parental control over email all the while making the email experience fun for your little ones.
Tocomail: Safe & Easy Email Service For Kids original content from Ubergizmo. 
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