It’s almost Star Wars Battlefront release time, and Anna Kendrick is really into the game. Like, really into it. “If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine,” she says in the new live-action…
Ellen DeGeneres Has A New Party Game For Your Smartphone
Ellen DeGeneres and her company Ellen Digital Ventures have partnered with Warner Bros. Interactive on a new mobile party game for Android and iOS. It’s called Psych! and challenges you to “outwit your friends”. Best of all, it’s free! If…
Google Calendar Works Better With Gmail For Business Travel
Google announced some improvements to the integration between Gmail and Google Calendar when it comes to business travel. Now, when users get email with flight, hotel, restaurant or ticketed event info, the event will automatically be added to Google Calendar.…
Yahoo Mail Gets New Package And Event Notifications
Yahoo announced that it now includes new package and event notifications at the top of the Yahoo Mail inbox for easier viewing. For example, if Amazon sends you an order email, you’ll see a package notification with shortcuts to shipment…
Well, Here’s Some Good News For Email Marketers
Consumers are opening and engaging with emails more than they ever have before, a new study from Yesmail finds. Have you seen your open rates and email engagement increase in recent months? Let us know in the comments. A spokesperson…
LinkedIn Says It’ll Stop Sending You So Many Emails
Two things are true about LinkedIn emails. First, like any company that sends automated emails, there’s a way to unsubscribe and/or turn down the volume. Of course, ain’t nobody got time for that, which brings me to the second thing…
Study Suggests Email Marketers Shouldn’t Be Afraid Of High Volumes For Holidays
Are you concerned about consumers disregarding your holiday emails? Well, don’t be. Yesmail has a new study out finding that average monthly email volume increased 46% quarter-over-quarter for Q3 and Q4 2014 while average open rates remained steady at 15%.…
Microsoft Launches New Business Messaging App Send
Microsoft just launched a new iPhone app for people to send messages to their co-workers. It’s called send, and the company says it’s designed for “in-and-out email.” The app is for people with Office 365 business and school email accounts…
Email Spam Rate Lowest In Over A Decade
Email spam levels have reached a twelve-year low according to research from Symantec. The company released its June Intelligence Report looking at targeted attacks and phishing, vulnerabilities, malware, mobile and social media, and of course spam. “There is good news…
Netflix Alters How DVD Subscribers Get Email
Netflix is changing the way it emails members of its DVD subscription service. Having been a member for over a decade, I can’t recall a time when this has changed much or at all. They’re going to reduce the frequency…