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December, 2008:

New Features of Yahoo! Mail: Message Composition

Dec 19th, 2008
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With Gmail coming up with a bunch of Labs features almost every week, Yahoo! Mail is getting back on track by launching new and improved features to help you manage your emails with much convenience. Because the long list of Yahoo! Mail’s new and improved features cannot fit into a single blog entry, this article will only discuss the features that are developed to help you compose a message. Here are some of the recently launched and newly improved features of the Yahoo! Mail compose page.

* Automatic message saving

Isn’t it annoying when your Internet connection suddenly hangs or computer unexpectedly shuts down while you are in the middle of composing a very important message? Well, it is (especially if you have already typed enough words to complete an entire chapter of a novel). To save you from the hassle of re-composing your message, the wonderful team from Yahoo! Mail developed the Auto-save to Draft feature that automatically saves your message into your Draft folder as you compose it. As always, your message is automatically removed from your Draft folder once you successfully send it to its rightful recipient(s).

* Visible CC: field

Another new feature from Yahoo! Mail (although it is quite hard to notice) is that you no longer need to click on a link just to open  the CC: field in the compose page. In fact, you can immediately spot the CC: field below the To: field when you open the compose page. The only thing left for you to do is to insert the email addresses of the people you wish to send copies of your email to. Is the BCC: field next?

Email from Small Bowel Transplant Patient Is Fake

Dec 17th, 2008
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A short email allegedly sent by small bowel transplant patient Pauline Talty is now circulating all over the Internet. In the email, Talty tries to reach out to her friends and family to help her get through yet another challenge in her life: dealing with a supposed robbery.

Attending a conference in Europe

According to the email, Talty was attending a conference when her money and travel documents were stolen from her hotel room in the UK. In the email, Talty mentioned that she is confused at the moment and that she needs some help. And by help, she means a loan of 1,400 pounds.

Asking for a loan

The sender of the email is asking the recipients of the message to lend her 1,400 pounds. She said that she needs the money not only to settle her hotel bills, but also to buy her plane ticket. After all, she did claim that her travel documents were also stolen.

Upon reading the email, the instant reaction would be (well, if the recipients of the email are both kindhearted and well-off) to rush off to the nearest Western Union and help Talty. But if you ask the real Pauline Talty, she would advise you to just stay put and ignore the message. After all, she refuses to accept the email’s authorship.

Waiting for a plane in Australia

The truth is, Talty is not attending some “Empowering the Youth” conference in Europe. She is currently staying in a hospital somewhere in Sydney and she is actually waiting for her upcoming flight to the United States. Yes, Talty is finally leaving for the US sometime before Christmas to undergo her much-awaited small bowel transplant operation.

Santa Claus: Now Accepting Christmas Lists via Email

Dec 16th, 2008
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Why bother asking for Santa Claus’ North Pole address when you can just send your Christmas list via email? Santa Email is a free email service that allows you to directly send an email message to old Nick. After all, you want to let him know that you’ve been good all year, right? Here is a step-by-step process on how to send an email to Santa Claus:

* Choose a stamp

The first step in sending an email to Santa Claus is to choose a stamp for your Christmas letter. The Email Santa website provides you with four stamp options: Santa Claus, Frosty, Mrs. Claus, and Rudolph. To choose a stamp, just click on the tiny circle below the stamp thumbnail.

* Complete the fields

The Email Santa website already features a template that you can use to compose your letter to Santa Claus. The only thing you have to do is to enter the required information for each field: your name, your email address, your gender, your age, your hometown, and your country. Because you can only receive a gift from Santa if you have been nice the whole year long, you also need to tell Santa why you deserve a gift from him. Specify your reason by choosing any of the four options featured in the drop down menu after the “This year I’ve been so good that…” phrase.

* Make a list

An email to Santa is not complete without the identification of what you want for Christmas. The template contains three fields where you can enter specify the things that you want to have this Christmas. Just type the items that you want and Santa will try to get them for you.

* Leave a comment

If you have something else to say to the old man, then leave a comment for him in the blank field near the bottom of the page. Choose between the “Ok, as long as your promise to be good!” and the “If you don’t mind, I’d rather not.” options to answer the “Is it okay if Santa Claus shares your comments?” question.

* Include a treat

You are not the only one who enjoys receiving treats, so make sure that you put a little treat in your email to Santa. The treats that you can choose from are hugs and kisses, goodies, cola, and reindeer food (that one’s for Rudolph, of course). Just click on the “Send Santa Claus my Letter!” button when you are ready to send your email to Santa.

Anonymous Email Asking for “a Truce for Christmas in Juarez”

Dec 16th, 2008
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As Christmas approaches, kids from all over the world prepare a list of all the things they want Santa Claus to drop down their chimneys on Christmas Eve. An 8-year-old boy from Juarez, Mexico, however, is neither wishing for a new robot or a new bicycle. He is wishing for a truce, a truce between the warring drug cartels in the city he lives in.

A simple wish

In an anonymous email circulating all over the Internet, a mysterious man who referred to himself as “tu tio” or your uncle, is extending his nephew’s simple yet inspirational request not only to dear St. Nick but to the rest of the world: three peaceful days in Juarez — three days that are free from irresponsible shootings, unmerciful killings, and unjustified executions.

A barbaric war

The people of Juarez in Mexico are currently suffering from the ongoing conflict between two of the biggest drug cartels in the city. The murder rates are not only increasing, but the killing methods are also equally worsening. The barbaric murders have ranged from a pig-masked man found hanging from a fence to a decapitated man found suspended on a bridge. Journalists cited drug violence, social poverty, and government corruption as the main causes of the Juarez conflict.

A young orphan

According to the uncle, the young boy is asking both Santa Claus and Jesus Christ to put an end to the violence in Juarez. The ongoing conflict, after all, has been a very traumatic experience for him. At a very young age, he witnessed how his own father was killed in the middle of the riot.

An important message

His son’s tragic experience inspired the uncle to compose the email. In his message, he asked the involved parties to put an end to this war for the sake of the children. He said, “Don’t let what happened to my nephew happen to any other children. If you are involved in this, I ask you, I beg you… think of a child you love and do it for them.”

Russian Businessman Claims Trademark for Winking Emoticon

Dec 16th, 2008
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Do you like inserting winking emoticons in your emails?

If you do, then be prepared to pay ten thousand dollars because Oleg Teterin is asking for license fees. Yes, a businessman from Russia is actually asking you to pay up every time you include the winking emoticon not only in your email messages but also in your text messages.

Patenting winking emoticons

Teterin, who is the current president of the Superfone mobile ad company, is claiming that the Rospatent federal agency of Russia recently granted him the trademark for the winking emoticon. The winking emoticon is composed of three punctuation marks: a semi-colon, a dash, and a closing parenthesis. When viewed sideways, it really does depict a winking smiley face.

Charging license fees

Teterin is serious about owning the trademark of the winking emoticon. In fact, he even revealed that all companies will be sent legal warnings in case they use the winking emoticon without asking for his permission first. “Legal use will be possible after buying an annual license from us,” he said. The reported amount that Teterin is going to charge for the license fees of the winking emoticon goes for around tens of thousands of dollars.

If you are an avid user of the winking emoticon, then you don’t have anything to worry about. The license fees for the winking emoticon is only directed at firms and companies. “I want to highlight that this is only directed at corporations, companies that are trying to make a profit without the permission of the trademark holder,” he revealed during an interview that was shown on the Russian television channel NTV.

Trademarking other emoticons

The Russian businessman’s sudden interest in trademarking emoticons, however, doesn’t end with the winking smiley face or its dash-less version: ;). In fact, Teterin is actually planning on getting the trademarks for two smiling emoticons: :-) and :).

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