How bin Laden sent email without the internetThere was no internet in Osama bin Laden’s secret hideout but bin Laden still regularly emailed his followers, by typing out letters which would be carried by trusted courier to an internet cafe.
Save the earth: print your emails. So says the paper lobby…
According to the Australasian Paper Industry Association, it is better for the environment to print your emails than to check them repeatedly. Not quite, reports Nick Johns-Wickberg.
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How old is the average Facebook user?
You might think Facebook is just for tweens and young folk. You would be wrong. The average age of a Facebook user is just 38, while younger people are more likely to use social media than email.
How to write an attention-grabbing email
Need to snare that great job or scoop interview? Copyblogger has six simple but smart tips for making your emails stand out from the pack, so they get read and get a response.
Hotmail: no longer crap!
Hotmail was an instant 90s hit, with nearly nine million users in the first 18 months. But it’s the slow, fuddy duddy email system of the web. Can the new Hotmail redesign beat Gmail as the best email service?
The dangers of accidentally emailing the media
A rather hilarious example of the old email-sent-to-the-wrong address chestnut, with an internal AMP Capital Investors memo — full of business jargon ripe for the ribbing — accidentally getting sent to the media.
Google vs. Facebook: game on
Google has announced it is entering the social media-sphere, adding Facebook/Twitter-esque real-time “status updates” to its Gmail email service. Facebook looks to be hitting right back, launching its own Gmail-esque webmail service.
The internet in ’09: the stats
Fascinating figures from the information superhighway last year: 90 trillion email (81% of which were spam), 126 million blogs, and 4.25 million people following Ashton Kutcher on Twitter.
Millions of missing Bush emails uncovered
Twenty-two million emails from the Bush White House have been found and restored, despite the administration’s claims none were missing from the archives. It raises the question: what else has fallen through the cracks?
Stuff we like: Xmas emails pt 1: is that a gun in your pocket?
We here at Crikey are always keen to read any internal office missives dealing with seasonal arrangements.
Meet the man who killed the letter
In 1971, engineer Ray Tomlinson was asked to find something interesting to do with the newly created ARPANET computer network. So he invented email, inadvertently changing human communication forever.
Reports of email’s death are greatly exaggerated
On Monday, the WSJ declared that the era of email is coming to an end, as people increasingly turn to social media to communicate. But a slew of commentators have hit back, arguing email isn’t going anywhere soon.
The end of email?
The WSJ has declared email’s reign “over”, with real-time services like Twitter and Facebook increasingly becoming the preferred method of communication. After all, who has time in this modern world to wait for email responses? It can take minutes!
How to avoid an email phishing attack
Thousands of private email usernames and passwords were released online this week after a phishing attack on Hotmail. But what the phrig is “phishing” and how can you avoid being the next victim?
Hotmail h4x0r3d: 10,000 passwords leaked
How safe is your email account? Microsoft has confirmed reports that thousands of Hotmail account passwords have been stolen by a hacker and leaked online.
Why is it that the capital letters ARE SCREAMING?
When it comes to online communication, capital letters serve more of a function than just clarifying proper nouns. Instead, they have developed a whole new persona.
Welcome to Festac Town, email scam capital of Nigeria
“Dear Sir, I am a Nigerian prince…” you know the tune. And if you’ve received one (or, say, five billion) of these emails, chances are it came from a single town in Lagos, Nigeria.
Wickie to Nine News Machine: We’re back!
From: Wick, Darren. To: TCN News Department. “When the Jackson story broke, EVERYONE kicked into action — and Sydney saw it FIRST ON NINE. It was just like the promo!!”
Crikey Clarifier: What is spam and where does it come from?
An estimated 94% of all email is spam: over 100 billion messages every day. Stilgherrian explains where it comes from and why.
What Google did next: kill email (as we know it)
Not content with Gmail, Google is re-inventing the way we understand email, with Google Wave. Unlike standard email, it doesn’t accumulate chronologically, but combines maps, instant messaging and more.
The best email lists in US politics
Hillary Clinton’s vaunted list—estimated to include as many as 2.5 million email addresses— is a virtual licence to print money for Democratic pols and causes.
Putting the heart into advertising
Crikey has noticed heart creep in advertising — beyond the normal boundaries of February 14. Let us count the ways, writes Jane Nethercote.
Media briefs and TV ratings
News Ltd: Not in the news business … Seven home and hosed in the 2007 ratings battle … Last night’s TV ratings.
Tony Abbott, or should we call him Lucky Jim?
A curious thing happens to me whenever I get together with former Liberal Party leadership aspirant Tony Abbott. I get these weird emails, writes Tim Brunero, former Big Brother housemate at LIVENEWS.com.au
