Most employers keep an eye on employees’ Internet and e-mail activity. But doing it the wrong way can get the company hit with an invasion of privacy claim. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: e-mail, law, monitoring, privacy
In what looks like an effort to compete with Google Apps, the marketing geniuses at Microsoft are slashing prices for their online offerings. The question: Are they worth the price now? Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: applications, e-mail, Google, Microsoft, office productivity suites, online
The “alert” industry is in high gear these days and most of us are getting them pretty much 24/7 via our cell phones, laptops, netbooks or other electronics. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: alert, customized, e-mail, Mailtones
IT managers who are tired of hosting their own e-mail servers, but spooked by outages and glitches among Web mail services like Google’s, have a new alternative from IBM. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: calendar, contact management, e-mail, hosted, IBM, LotusLive iNotes, SaaS
IF YOU’RE READING THIS, THE ALL CAPS FONT MUST BE MAKING YOU PRETTY ANXIOUS, right? That was the conclusion of a New Zealand company that sacked an employee who wrote part of an e-mail to co-workers with the caps lock on. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: e-mail, fired, New Zealand, ProCare Health, Vicki Walker
The 146 million folks who depend on Google for their e-mail were sorely disappointed Tuesday afternoon when the service sputtered and went out for several hours. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: disruption, e-mail, gmail, Google, outage
Here’s a new e-mail ruse you’ll want to warn users about. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: bank account, e-mail, IRS, scam
Thanks to new technology, many employees can get their work done anytime and anywhere. That sounds great to managers — but it could get the company sued. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: e-mail, FLSA, overtime, smartphone
Just a heads up to Amazon customers: The popular online retailer is NOT, we repeat NOT conducting regular fraud checks with their customers. Read the rest of this entry »
If you think instant messaging and Facebook are time-wasting interruptions for slackers who’ll do anything rather than work, think again. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Communication, e-mail, Facebook, IBM, instant messaging, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, social networking, study
