E-Mail

Google Makes Gmail Web-based E-mail Available to All

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 14, 2007 - 11:25am.

Mountain View, Calif. - Google has made its Gmail Web-based e-mail service available to all users, following a three-year stint where new users had to be invited to join by an existing user, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday.

Report: Internet Search Closing on E-Mail as #1 Web Application

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 21, 2005 - 2:54am.

Washington - Using an Internet search engine has become the second most-popular use of the Internet, behind e-mail, according to a report from the Pew Internet & American Life project. The survey showed that use of search engines on a typical day has grown from 30% of the Internet-using population (38 million) in mid-2004, to 41% (59 million) in September 2005, an overall increase of about 55%. The Pew data found that 52% of American Internet users send and receive e-mail on a typical day now, up from 45% in June 2004. Reading news on the Internet was the third most-popular online activity, according to the report.

tags: Internet | Reports | E-Mail | Web Application |

AOL Survey: IM Usage Up 19%; 38% Send More IM Than E-Mail

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 10, 2005 - 8:09am.

Dulles, Va. - Instant messaging is up 19% this year compared with last, with many Americans now sending more IMs than emails, according to a new survey by America Online. All told, 38% of those surveyed said that they send as many or more IMs than e-mails, and the younger users are, the more likely they are to favor IM. The company said that a quarter of users want to see entertainment content within IM and 20% want to make voice calls to landlines and cell phones directly from their IM service. The top markets for instant messaging include Miami, New York, Boston, Chicago and Atlanta.

tags: AOL | Survey | E-Mail | IM Usage |

Study: E-mail, Weather, Search Sites Preferred by Mobile Users

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 8, 2005 - 4:39am.

San Francisco -- E-mail, weather and search web sites are the most popular among consumers logging online through their mobile phones, according to a new study by San Francisco-based Telephia. The company said that 4.8% of the 191 million U.S. wireless users accessed web email sites in June. Weather0related sites (3.9%) and search sites (2.9) weren't far behind, followed by sites featuring sports and news and politics. The most popular sites among mobile users included The Weather Channel, Yahoo Mail, MSN Hotmail, Google Search and ESPN. "For people on the go, accessing the Internet through their mobile devices is an extension of their Internet use on their PC," said Kanishka Agarwal, Telephia's vice president of new products. "It is not surprising top mobile Internet categories mirror Internet content categories accessed via a computer."

AOL Gives Members Unlimited E-Mail Storage, Launches AIM Mail

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 6, 2005 - 10:56am.

Dulles, Va. -- Attempting to gain an edge on rivals Google, Yahoo and MSN, America Online on Monday became the first online service to offer unlimited email storage to its members. With the move, AOL members using nearly 80 million AOL Mail accounts will be able to save and store an unlimited number of emails, attachments and folders on the company's servers. "Our members will be able to keep every single message and attachment they ever receive, if they wish," said Mark Greatrex, the executive vice president of access marketing for AOL. Also on Monday, AOL officially launched its free, web-based email service, known as AIM Mail. The service features two gigabytes of storage. AOL launched a test version of the service in early May.

tags: AOL | E-Mail | AIM Mail |

Judge Orders Microsoft to Search for E-Mail Related to Burst.com Case

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 24, 2004 - 7:37am.

Santa Rosa, Calif. -- A federal judge in Baltimore has ordered software giant Microsoft to search for an e-mail from one of its executives that allegedly ordered employees to delete any e-mails relating to the company's discussions with a Bay Area firm, the Associated Press reported. Santa Rosa, Calif.-based Burst.com sued Microsoft in 2002, alleging that the company stole its ideas for multimedia software after discussing the technology for several months with Burst. Now, U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz has ordered Microsoft to search computers, servers and backup tapes, as well as question the company's lawyers, about the alleged e-mail sent by vice president James Allchin. According to lawyers for the plaintiff, the e-mail warns employees not to save their e-mail for more than 30 days. Spencer Hosie, an attorney for Burst.com, said that the e-mail could have large ramifications, since Microsoft at the time was "up to its neck in high-stakes litigation." "It appears Microsoft as matter of institutional policy has decided to destroy e-mails in anticipation of litigation," Hosie told the AP.

tags: Microsoft | Burst.com | Judge | E-Mail |