Twitter comes up frequently on ProfHacker. We write about Twitter in the classroom, Twitter for conference (and unconference) backchannels In my digital humanities classes, I do require students to ...

Based on a patent filing, Apple appears to be interested in developing a new email system that will help to better filter spam mail, among other things. Titled, "Disposable email address generation ...

You can make a throwaway email address using a variety of free online services. Throwaway email accounts are a great way to avoid spam, and can be used to quickly sign up for websites that require ...

There are many reasons why you might want to get or send emails from an email address that's not your main one. Setting up entirely new Gmail accounts for one-time use purposes can get annoying ...

If you're like most people, you often give out your email address on a whim and then wonder why your inboxes practically overflow when ignored for more than a few hours. Your inbox doesn't have to be ...

Well, dear readers, we have reached the final issue of It’s Geek To Me for 2022. Just for the record, this is issue #805 of my humble little publication. I never thought it would go on this long when ...

When you want to download something, for example an application from a Web site, nine times out of 10 you are asked for your e-mail address. While a few sites perform no e-mail address verification ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday published an Apple patent application describing a system that thwarts spam mail by automatically generating and handling "disposable" email addresses, ...

As Visa Inc. has been ramping up its promotion of one-time-use card data for security, Discover Financial Services is winding down its support of a similar technology. The key difference between the ...

Are you worried about the security of your PayPal transactions? Concerned that your phone number might be exposed to potential scammers? Looking for an easy way to add an extra layer of protection to ...