Hotmail Servers Down – Again
Can’t get into your Hotmail account? Not getting that expected email from a Hotmail user? That’s because the Hotmail servers are down, again. Special Announcement from the Internet Patrol! Get ALL of...
View ArticleBlackberry Network Suffers Major Outage (Updated April 18, 2007)
April 18, 2007 – If your Blackberry isn’t working, you’re not alone. Neither is anybody else’s. In fact, Research in Motion (RIM) is experiencing what may be their largest network outage ever,...
View ArticleICANN Overpayment Refunded to Users by Registrars
Recently ICANN agreed to lower a particular fee which they were charging to domain registrars from 25 cents to 22 cents per transaction. That means that for every domain you registered, your registrar...
View ArticleFederal Court Ruling Boosts Laws About Email Privacy
In a Federal ruling this week, personal email privacy laws received a shot in the arm, as the Court ruled that laws about email privacy preclude the government from demanding access to an individual’s...
View ArticleGmail Available in Many Different Languages
Did you know that people from all over the world use Google Gmail, and not all people want to (or can) use Gmail in English? Welcome to Gmail for the global community, because Gmail .com is now...
View Article“Gmail” Outlawed in Germany – To Access Google Gmail in Germany Requires...
Google had its Gmail tail handed to it on a platter when a German court held – not once, but twice (in preliminary and final orders) – that it could not use the name “Gmail” in Germany, as it infringed...
View ArticleIs Gmail Rejecting Your POP Password? You’re Not Crazy and You’re Not Alone
If you retrieve your email via POP from Gmail, you may on occasion find that Gmail completely rejects your password. Now, having Gmail rejecting your POP password can be very disconcerting, not to...
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Jazz Up Your Gmail Account with Gmail Themes – Free from Google!
If you haven’t visited your Gmail settings in your Gmail account for a while, then you may have missed the fact that you can now apply Gmail themes to your Google gmail email account! Instead of that...
View ArticleAmazon Rolls Out Email Service
As Amazon takes on more and more of a competitive stance against the likes of Google and Microsoft, Amazon has added to its cloud offerings an email sending service which effectively makes Amazon an...
View ArticleNetwork Solutions Accidentally Deactivates Countless Domains
First it was Go Daddy going down for the count due to a hacker, now it seems that the granddaddy registrar of them all – Network Solutions (NetSol) – has just ‘lost’ countless customer domains, when...
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New Gmail Inbox with Tabs – Now Even More Time Consuming (Here’s How To Get...
We applaud Google’s ingenuity and initiative. We really do. We just wish that they wouldn’t shove it down our throats, in much the same way that Facebook does, whenever they get one of their great...
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Edward Snowden’s Encrypted Email Provider LavaBit Forced to Close
Lavabit, the secure email service that offered an encrypted email service, says it was forced to close rather than “commit crimes against the American people.” Lavabit was Edward Snowden’s email...
View ArticleGoogle Launches Google Inbox App – Its Not Your Mother’s Gmail
Today Google unveiled the new Google Inbox. While Google's announcement says that it's not Gmail, in fact Google Inbox seems to be a layer on top of Gmail, with a bunch of enhanced features such as...
View ArticleWith Amazon WorkMail Amazon Enters the Email Provider Space
Move over, Gmail, Google Apps, and Outlook, there's an old kid in town: Amazon WorkMail. With Amazon WorkMail, Amazon moves firmly into the ISP webmail provider space. But only for businesses.
View ArticleHow to Add a ‘Send From’ Address in Gmail in 2015
If you've tried to add a 'Send From' email address in Gmail recently, you know that Gmail now insists on your providing a non-Gmail SMTP server username and password. Here's how to get around that.
View ArticleU.S. House of Representatives Passes Email Privacy Act
For more than four years we have been telling you that law enforcement can get to any electronic communications you have stored for more than 180 days in the cloud (and that 'cloud' is just a fancy...
View ArticleFacebook Shuts Down All Facebook Hosted Email and Email Forwarding
Back in 2014 Facebook announced that it was discontinuing the Facebook email service (where people could email you at your_username@facebook.com). That's because it wasn't very popular. But just in...
View ArticleVerizon Gets Rid of Email – Sends Verizon Email Users to AOL
If you use Verizon for your email, receiving email at or sending it from a verizon.net email address, have we got some news for you: Verizon is retiring their email service. This means you have two...
View ArticleAmazon Rolls Out Email Service
As Amazon takes on more and more of a competitive stance against the likes of Google and Microsoft, Amazon has added to its cloud offerings an email sending service which effectively makes Amazon an...
View ArticleNetwork Solutions Accidentally Deactivates Countless Domains
First it was Go Daddy going down for the count due to a hacker, now it seems that the granddaddy registrar of them all - Network Solutions (NetSol) - has just 'lost' countless customer domains, when...
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