Email News, Tips, Tricks & Ideas

In Shakespeare's Anthony And Cleopatra, said famous woman says "Give to a gracious message an host of tongues, but let ill tidings tell themselves when they be felt." I.e., when you have good news you can go round the houses, but if you have bad news - like sending an all-hands email to the staff at EA to let them know that, less than a year after the last round of layoffs, a further 5% of them are getting booted - then you should just come out and say it as quickly and simply as possible.

Google users can breathe a sigh of relief as recent rumours of Gmail's demise turn out to be only partially accurate. While the email service is not going anywhere, a specific feature is bidding farewell. Google is killing off Gmail's Basic HTML view starting January 2024, as revealed by updates on the company's support page.

Do you get anxious about what to write while sending an email or have so many in your inbox that it becomes a nasty and never-ending chore? If yes, then you are not the only one as many are in the same boat. Drafting a formal and informative email could take up a lot of time and there is a negative impact of that - it distracts teams from their important work. While replying to emails is also necessary, crafting a grammatically correct and formal draft could be tricky for many. To solve this problem, we have found a tool called “Superhuman” which is powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and is designed for Gmail and Outlook users. The tool simplifies sending emails and it does so quickly and easily. Know more about the Superhuman email tool here.

Gmail has continued its testing phase for the chat-style redesign of the email reply user interface (UI), extending it for three months. This week, the rollout is expanding to more users, although it has not achieved widespread availability yet. Despite potential resistance from power users due to an additional step to access "Reply all" and "Forward," Google appears committed to implementing this revamp and that means it will soon be appearing on your Gmail account too - sooner or later.

At about 1 a.m. California time in 2013, a scientist emailed Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook with an irresistible pitch. “I strongly believe that we can develop the new wave of technology that will make Apple the No. 1 brand in the medical, fitness and wellness market,” he wrote in the email, which was later included in legal documents. Some 10 hours after the message was sent, an Apple recruiter was in touch. And just weeks after that, the engineer was working at the tech company on a smartwatch with health sensors.

Tired of battling spam emails and unwanted subscriptions cluttering your inbox? Here is an email tip that you will be glad to adopt. Gmail users on iOS can now breathe a sigh of relief as Google has discreetly introduced a game-changing 'unsubscribe' button. In an ongoing effort to combat the onslaught of spam emails, Google recently announced a series of measures, one of which promises a more user-friendly unsubscription process. While the specific implementation timeline remained shrouded in mystery, the tech giant has quietly ushered in the long-awaited feature, exclusively catering to iOS users.

Seriously. I have had new emails today from PRs. What are you doing? Genuine question. But yes, Rock Paper Shotgun is closing up the treehouse for our Christmas break. It's far too cold to sit in a treehouse at this time of year! But owing to a miscalculaton, our bosses think it's plenty warm enough in January, so we'll be back on Tuesday the 2nd of Jan, 2024, at which time I will continually write the wrong year on things for at least three months. I hope that, whatever you're celebrating this season, you have a lovely few days off, as I imagine most of you will. In the meantime, we will not leave you completely bereft! Because we love you, we've got some hashtag content scheduled for you while we're gone.

With 2023 set to end, companies around the world are enjoying the Christmas period. However, malicious threat actors are taking advantage of this lapse in security measures.  Phishing scams, malware, and other forms of cyber-attacks are being discovered almost every day that target innocent people. Now, a new Instagram phishing email campaign is doing the rounds where threat actors are targeting the login credentials of users by posing as Meta employees in a bid to not only get access to their usernames and passwords but also their backup codes. Know how this new Instagram phishing email campaign takes place and how to stay safe - 5 tips.

PlayStation PC ports have been released steadily these past few years, and it seems like the process to get any approved is relatively straightforward if the port doesn't cost much to develop.

WhatsApp has been rolling out various safety features to keep the app secure for its users. In recent months the app has included features such as Chat Lock, Account Protect, and Device Verification. Now, the platform is working to improve its security features by introducing email address verification. Earlier the verification was only limited to SMS, now users will be able to get the verification done on their email address as well. Check out how the email address verification feature will work on WhatsApp.

Amazon Games is making significant layoffs, according to an internal email that’s been shared online.

A Russian-speaking hacking group obtained access to the email addresses of about 632,000 US federal employees at the departments of Defense and Justice as part of the sprawling MOVEit hack last summer, according to a report on the wide-ranging attack obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.

A former National Security Agency employee has pleaded guilty for trying to email state secrets to a Russian agent. 

Elon Musk's acquisition of X (formerly Twitter) has resulted in a myriad of changes on the platform, the majority of which have drawn flak from users. Consequently, many of them have switched to alternate platforms such as Mastodon, Threads, and Bluesky Social. While the former two platforms are accessible to everyone, Bluesky Social still follows an invite-only protocol, meaning only those who have invite codes can get onto the platform. Despite this, Bluesky last month announced that it had amassed 1 million users on its platform. To keep users engaged safely and securely on its platform, Bluesky Social has announced new safety features on its platform as part of the new update.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has detailed his plans regarding employee safety, cybersecurity initiatives, and curbing misinformation amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militia group Hamas in an internal email addressed to employees. Pichai also addressed the two Google offices in Israel, one in Tel Aviv and another in Hanifa, where two thousand employees work, emphasizing that the company is taking every possible step to ensure the safety of every Googler and to continue any support needed.

Google’s Gmail and Yahoo are adding new rules that promise to make it easier to avoid unwanted email. This includes requiring bulk email senders to add an unsubscribe function for all messages. 

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has inadvertently shared his opinion on the issues modern AAA games are dealing with - revealing he thinks publishers are "milking" their successful IPs and "struggling" to find new ones. 

A whole lot of interesting (and occasionally awkward) secrets were revealed by the big Microsoft document leak that occurred last week. One of the most notable bits was a brutally frank analysis by Xbox boss Phil Spencer on the current state of major videogame publishers like Activision and Electronic Arts, who Spencer said are struggling to find relevance in an industry that just doesn't need them like it used to.

The FTC and Microsoft are presently in court over the FTC's desire to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, and as seems to happen every time a big gaming company goes to court, there's been an accidental leak of confidential documents. 

By Sean Hollister, a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget.

A newly released internal email thread has revealed that Activision met with Nintendo in December 2022 to be briefed on the company’s next Nintendo Switch console, referred to within the exchanges as the “NG Switch”. 

An internal email revealed as part of the FTC v. Microsoft court case has confirmed that as of 2020, Xbox boss Phil Spencer was interested in acquiring Nintendo. At that point, in fact, he considered the company to be “THE prime asset for us in gaming”. 

Google's Bard AI chatbot has a new trick. Bard Extensions can now rifle through your digital files (Gmail, Docs, Drive) to find specific pieces of information, and then build on it with more information from the web.

In the latest unredacted document oopsie stemming from the US Federal Trade Commission's efforts to stop Microsoft acquiring Activision Blizzard, an email from Microsoft gaming CEO Phil Spencer has surfaced in which he discusses the idea of buying Nintendo.

After recently announcing the new feature of audio and video call support to X (formerly Twitter), now the platform is working on a feature specifically for creators that will give them the freedom to leave the platform whenever they want without losing their subscribers. Yes, while most social media platforms add features with higher engagement in mind, X is doing the opposite here. This new feature will allow those users who subscribe to a creator to choose to share their email account to enable them to contact and communicate even when they're not using the platform. Company owner Elon Musk said that it will let them know that they are not trapped on the platform.

Email is a critical part of most professionals' day-to-day working life. So if you lose your emails, you're probably not going to be thrilled. With how easy it is to get locked out of accounts or accidentally delete critical correspondance, you need a backup solution.