If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’ll know that we like fun visualizations. So when we came across Yahoo’s shiny new Mail Visualization Project just now, we couldn’t help but stop and play around for a while. It’s actually kind of cool, in that it shows the flow of email sent and received, showing the most common words (that Yahoo says are anonymized). The flow of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ email here is interesting to watch. If our run-through is any indication, the spam protection is not air-tight, given the ...
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Nov 12 2011
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Nearly 40% of Emails in China Go Missing
I knew it felt like more emails seemed to disappear into the ether here than usual! According to an iResearch report based on data from Returnpath for the first half of this year, China's lost email ratio -- the percent of emails sent that never make it to the recipient -- is 39 percent, way higher than the world average of 12 percent and the Asia average, which is 16 percent. So what are the causes of this? iResearch had some theories: User error: People enter email addresses wrong in the "send" ...
Jul 27 2011
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Gmail Market Penetration is 62% In India, World’s Highest By Far
We learned recently that one of the notable details about the rise of Google+ is how strongly it has taken hold of Indian early adopters, with that nation ranking only behind the US in terms of users on the new platform. But according to new data from comScore, the penetration of GMail in India is pretty remarkable as well, with a whopping market penetration of 62 percent. We recently reported about how the Indian government has come under fire because of its affinity for using free web mail. It appears that ...
Jul 29 2011
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Will Skype and Gmail Give Your Data to the Indian Government?
The recent Mumbai bomb blasts has the Indian government in a frenzy. Just after it gave RIM (Research in Motion) an deadline to hand over interception keys for its BlackBerry services, the government has now asked Skype and Google’s email service Gmail, to provide access to their data. These ultimatums are serious ploys by the government, as was echoed by the words of newly sworn-in junior Telecommunications and IT Minister Sachin Pilot, who said: There are a whole list of companies that have been asked to give provide solutions, because law enforcement ...
Jul 15 2011
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A Look Inside China’s Netease – Juggling Online Games, Search, and Microblogging
To Chinese web users NetEase is known as a web portal, email provider, and operator of MMORPGs World of Warcraft and the Westward Journey series (pictured). To investors, Netease is NASDAQ: NTES - and one of the first Chinese web/tech IPOs, way back in 1999. Though its web portal - at 163.com - has millions of monthly visitors, it's gaming that makes up the bulk of Netease's revenue. Indeed, this detailed look 'Inside Netease' (see the slideshow below) made by the folks at iChinaStock reveals that 87.4 percent of revenue comes from online ...
Jun 26 2011
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iOS 5 Adds Support for Popular Chinese Email Services
The upcoming iOS 5, for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, looks set to be more accessible for Chinese users, with support for three popular Chinese email services: Tencent's QQ Mail, and Netease's 163.com and 126.com mail inboxes. These three new mail presets will make it a lot easier for Chinese users who don't use Gmail - ie: the majority of people here - to set up push email on their iPhone when the new iOS is released. Previously, using these - or any other web email service apart from Gmail, Yahoo, ...
Apr 21 2011
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Malaysians Gathered on Facebook to Protest Against 1Malaysia Email
The 1Malaysia email plan for every Malaysian to receive an official email account isn't getting any love from its people. Today, over 35,000 people gathered on a Facebook page, titled "1M Malaysians who don't want Najib's 1 Malaysia email" to protest against the government's move. While the idea may help in the long run, most Malaysians were angered by how $16 million was spent on things that citizens could simply get for free. One Facebook user said, "Dear PM there's something called Gmail." Some commented that the initiative was good but the wrong ...
Apr 21 2011
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Every Malaysian To Get An Email Account: A Good Idea?
Interesting news in Malaysia as the government has announced its US$16 million plan to provide every Malaysian, 18 years or above with an official email account. The email account will be used to receive important documents like bills and notices from the government. The government has chosen Tricubes Bhd, a local public listed tech corporation, as the company to develop the 1Malaysia Email together with Microsoft. The idea is similar to Singapore's OneInbox which also plans to provide Singaporeans with one inbox for all government related emails. The difference, however, is the ...
Feb 14 2011
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1 out of 3 Asians said “I love you” for the first time via Email
Valentine’s Day clashes with Monday blues: It isn't an ideal day for a date. Many people will be hard-pressed to take time out for romance and emails are often the last resort to send sweet messages. I'm sure many of you have already thought of that. A recent survey conducted by Microsoft proved that emails are the best route of romancing online for Asians. The survey polled over 9,000 people in six countries across Asia and revealed the following findings: Three in every ten Asians exchange images with their love interest via ...
Jan 19 2011
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Major Challenges in Email Marketing
Email remains to be an important tool in most digital marketing strategy. Newsletter subscription, for example, is an affordable form of keeping customers updated. I have received a lot great deals alerts from Groupon and airline companies and they have somehow become my important sources for deals. I believe some of you have the same experience. Nonetheless, email marketing isn’t as easy and rosy as it seems. A research conducted by MarketingSherpa (n = 1100 marketers) revealed that most marketers struggle with the challenge of delivering highly relevant content to their target ...
Jan 17 2011
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Here’s an Email Marketing Checklist
Email remains an important channel in reaching consumers through the Internet. Its popularity is certainly above Facebook’s. But a busy digital marketer could miss some points when rolling out his or her email campaign. Worry not as we have a checklist below to make sure you don’t miss a thing in your email campaign. Besides the ten points listed, another important point is to make your email sharable. A previous report revealed that inserting social media buttons in emails could significantly improve a campaign's result. In fact, the more ...
Nov 15 2010
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Facebook can make Email Social but can it Kill Gmail?
Hailing from the Bay Area, Brian has recently been immersed in the social media whirlwind, following a combination of never-ending startups and the big giants (Google, Apple, Facebook). In his free time he is glancing at the stock market, chowing down delicious food, coaching tennis, or hanging with friends. Today, everything is becoming social, including ebooks and soon to be – email. You should already know that Facebook is rumored to announce its email function tomorrow. Besides the typical email features that Gmail and Ymail also offer, Facebook email can provide ...
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