New and noteworthy for 2/4/09
Widgets & RSS FeedsThe Current State of Video in Email: Campaign Monitor has yet another excellent roundup of available options for including or embedding video in email messages. The executive summary is that only animated GIFs and embedded animated GIFs have reasonable coverage across email clients, but has a slow frame rate, is resource intensive and has no option for video.
New Symbol of Elite Access - E-Mail to the Chief: Peter Baker at The New York Times writes about the politics of access to President Obama’s BlackBerry. Before President Obama took office, it was unclear if he would be able to keep his BlackBerry The NYT reports that his device was upgraded with additional security measures and the list of individuals who have his email address is very limited. Also, there are additional policy restrictions in place to restrict recipients of Preseident Obama’s messages from forwarding them to others and from sending him attachments.
One Million SSL Sites on the Web: Netcraft has been keeping track of SSL certificate penetration since 1996. Their most recent January 2009 survey now found more than one million SSL certificates issued by trusted authorities.
