In the early 1990s when e-mail was becoming a transformative complementary utility of the World Wide Web, before social networks, news blogs, daily deals and automated notifications bombarded the ...

(MoneyWatch) There are a million solutions to e-mail overload out there -- everything from mail-client alternatives to Outlook plug-ins to productivity strategies like Inbox Zero and Getting Things ...

Apple recently announced VIP, a new feature in Mail for iOS 6 and OS X Mountain Lion. Two years ago, Google released Priority Inbox for Gmail. Both VIP and Priority Inbox highlight your most important ...

Right Inbox has added a new feature to its existing Gmail browser extension that allows you to track when an e-mail is opened. Jason Cipriani Contributing Writer, ZDNet Jason Cipriani is based out of ...

Since Gmail announced a new inbox configuration, which automatically sorts commercial e-mails into a separate "promotions" tab, businesses have been questioning what to do. Debates about best ...

How many messages are in your e-mail inbox? I’m betting it’s north of 300. We all get behind sometimes, and just before the new year is a great time to get it all under control, so you can start fresh ...

Recently I read about a proposal for eliminating e-mail. After all, e-mail consumes time, adds extra pressure to an already stressful workplace, fragments attention, and feels like a never-ending ...

My method: Scan the pile for urgent notes from bosses, sources, friends or family, attending to the most important first. Then I go through the rest quickly, starting from the bottom. I delete junk.

Even though social media platforms have colonized a lot of what RSS does, that doesn't mean your inbox isn't seen as a prime destination for their content. As Twitter and LinkedIn have shown, content ...