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Here's One Trick For Getting Busy People To Open Your Emails

businessinsider.com

June 16, 2014

Want people to open your emails? Here's the most effective subject line length.

"There is no doubt that the email subject line is the first impression to be taken into account, and whether a person will proceed to open the email or not depends a lot upon subject line," writes Madhu Gulati, president of marketing agency ShowMeLeads, in a recent LinkedIn post. And, a huge part of what makes a subject line work is its length, she says. Gulati says research conducted in this area has found that subject lines with six to 10 words have the highest "open rate," at 21%.

Judge Nap on Lost Lerner Emails: Looks Like IRS Has Willfully Destroyed Evidence

foxnewsinsider.com

June 16, 2014

Judge Andrew Napolitano was on "The Kelly File" tonight to discuss two years of Lois Lerner's emails, which the IRS says it has lost.

Napolitano said the FBI can recover almost anything, and there needs to be a way for it to look for the emails. "The American public is entitled to confidence in the government," he said. To the average American, Napolitano said it "looks like the IRS has willfully destroyed evidence [...] in order to avoid revealing embarrassing violations of the law."

Stuck in Traffic? Thanks, Obama!: Feds to Regulate Waze, Google Maps, and Other Navigation Apps

reason.com

by Katherine Mangu-Ward

June 16, 2014

The Obama administration wants to cripple the navigation and traffic reporting apps on your smartphone. In the name of safety, of course.

Provisions in the proposed transportation bill-which Congress will look at in the next few months-would give the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration the power to regulate apps like Google Maps and Waze, the crowdsourced traffic reporting tool. They're going to start with automobiles' built-in navigation devices, since regulatory authority is clearer there. Possible "features" include limiting inputs when the car is in motion, or making people click a button saying that they are a passenger. But of course, if they make the onboard navigation systems in cars suck, people will just turn to their smartphones, right? So they had better regulate those too.

IRS Computer Crashed And Erased All Of Lois Lerner's Emails

dailycaller.com

June 13, 2014

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) claimed Friday that it cannot produce Lois Lerner's emails to and from the White House and other administration departments due to a supposed computer crash.

The IRS previously agreed to hand over all of the ex-IRS official's emails from 2009 to 2011 to the House Ways and Means Committee, chaired by Rep. Dave Camp. But the IRS claimed Friday that it has Lerner's emails to and from other IRS officials but it cannot produce emails to and from the Treasury and Justice Departments, the Federal Election Commission, or Democratic offices. The IRS' computer crash may go down in history next to the eighteen and a half minute gap in the Watergate tapes, which was supposedly caused by a mistake by Richard Nixon's secretary Rose Mary Woods.

A Bunch Of Google Glass Wearers Were Brutally But Hilariously Trolled On 'The Daily Show'

businessinsider.com

by Caroline Moss

June 13, 2014

On Thursday night's episode of "The Daily Show," a bunch of Google Glass-wearing folks were totally ripped on for their choice of technology headgear.

Jon Stewart comically "feels" for them. After all, discrimination is a terrible thing. Jason Jones of "The Daily Show" talked to six Google Glass "explorers" - "Excuse me, did you just call yourself an explorer?" - including former Business Insider technology reporter Kyle Russell.

Feds advise cops to zip it on cellular surveillance; concern cited in Oakland County

detroitnews.com

by Jack Gillum and Eileen Sullivan

June 13, 2014

The Obama administration has been quietly advising local police not to disclose details about surveillance technology they are using to sweep up basic cellphone data from entire neighborhoods, the Associated Press has learned.

Local police agencies such as the Oakland County Sheriff's Office have been denying access to records about this surveillance equipment. Citing security reasons, the U.S. has intervened in routine state public records cases and criminal trials regarding use of the technology. This has resulted in police departments withholding materials or heavily censoring documents in rare instances when they disclose anything about the purchase and use of such powerful surveillance equipment. Local police agencies have been denying access under state public records laws. Agencies in San Diego, Chicago and Oakland County, for instance, declined to tell the AP what devices they purchased, the cost and with whom they shared information.

Massive flaw could have exposed every Gmail user's address

RT

June 12, 2014

A gaping security bug in Google's systems may have been used to unearth millions upon millions of users' email addresses. The activist claimed it took Google a month to rectify the problem after his report to the company.

Tel Aviv-based security researcher Oren Hafif discovered the bug and has informed Google, which has managed to resolve the problem. However, before Hafif notified Google, he successfully retrieved some 37,000 addresses from the system. "I have every reason to believe every Gmail address could have been mined," Hafif told Wired.

Warrantless cell phone tracking ruled unconstitutional in federal court

theguardian.com

June 12, 2014

Investigators must obtain a search warrant from a judge in order to obtain cellphone tower tracking data that is widely used as evidence to show suspects were in the vicinity of a crime, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals determined people have an expectation of privacy in their movements and that the cell tower data was part of that. As such, obtaining the records without a search warrant is a violation of the Fourth Amendment's ban on unreasonable searches and seizures, the judges ruled.

Scamming Amazon Might Be Easier Than You Think

businessinsider.com

June 12, 2014

Check your account history for refunds that you've never ordered

Amazon Prime customer George McBay was surprised the other day when he noticed two replacement orders on his account history for an Xbox One he'd purchased back in April. He had never asked Amazon for a replacement, and the new consoles were being shipped to a different address and a person he'd never heard of. So basically, Amazon was sending out two new Xbox units to someone in Portland - for free. Neither McBay's Amazon account nor his email had been hacked into. There were no suspicious charges on his credit card. He reached out to Amazon to to tell the company he hadn't ordered a replacement, and definitely not to a random name at an address never associated with his account.

Controversial powers forcing Press to delete online archives 'will create black hole in history'

dailymail.co.uk

by James Slack

June 11, 2014

Controversial powers which would force newspapers to delete details of criminal convictions from their online archives are a threat to freedom of expression, MPs and peers warn today.

An influential Parliamentary committee said it was worried the new rules could be used 'disproportionately' by the Attorney General. Editors fear that the move could create a 'black hole in history'. The concerns stem from new rules designed to stop jurors from hunting for facts about a case outside the courtroom.

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