
By AppleInsider Staff Developer Orchestra officially unveiled the upcoming "Mailbox" on Thursday, an email app that pours the company’s cloud-based to-do list background into a streamlined Gmail client. Boasting a sleek UI reminiscent of popular to-do app Clear, Orchestra’s Mailbox overlays a minimalistic design on top of a powerful set…

The realtime web communication platform App.net has launched its latest addition to the developer API: a private messaging API. The new API has a host of features including both chatroom and IM-style messaging, group texting and more. The API is available to all developers now, and ADN has ginned…

Microsoft on Thursday announced it will officially retire Windows Live Mesh on February 13, 2013. The company is notifying current Mesh users with a set of instructions on how to keep their files in sync as well as alternative options for some of the features they’re still using. Microsoft’s quest to move…

Flocknote’s aim is to make the bulk emailing process a simple one. The service was originally created as a tool for churches, ministries and other organisations that had the need to communicate quickly and effectively with their members. The result is an easy-to-use email and text messaging service that gets…

Interact for Microsoft Outlook allows users of Perceptive Content to capture and access content and execute workflow processes through their familiar Outlook interface. SHAWNEE, Kan. Perceptive Software, creator of process and content management products and solutions, announces the availability of Perceptive Interact for Microsoft Outlook. Interact for Microsoft Outlook allows…

Microsoft’s Outlook.com, a webmail service designed to replace Hotmail, will support the DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance) email authentication standard. This standard is designed to strengthen protection against email spam and phishing attacks. For the IT community at midsize firms, any improvements to email security are very…

Most people have gotten past the sentiment that tablets can’t be used for "real work". The simple reality is that a tablet is capable of doing most of the core functions a traditional PC can perform: email, Web surfing, social networking, instant messaging, and so forth. But, before you rush…

Microsoft released Update Rollup 5 v2 for Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2 on Tuesday, but IT pros don’t seem very thrilled. Based on the skeptical comments that follow from Microsoft’s notification in an Exchange team blog post, IT pros aren’t happy with past back-and-forth fixes associated with Microsoft’s update rollup releases. The grumbling…

Earlier this year, Google launched an experimental feature that lets you add results from your Gmail account to your Google web search results page. Later, they added Google Drive files into the mix. The feature has been available to those who opted in, and were granted access. I’ve been using…

Yahoo’s search for its identity over the past few years has led it back to the basics. It has souped up its email service with a new look and improved functionality that rivals that of Gmail and Hotmail. Pulling Yahoo’s mail service out of the ditch of disrepute it had…