When writing an email, you can "Cc" someone to send them a copy of an email you've sent to someone else. "Cc" stands for "carbon copy," and is included in nearly every email app, website, and program.

The carbon copy (cc:) capability is one of e-mail’s most useful and most abused aspects. Writers can easily add a recipient in a for-your-information capacity — not as a direct recipient, but someone ...

Email is a part of our everyday lives and it’s been on the technological scene since 1965 when the first electronic message was created at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. But it’s American ...

We all use the CC–carbon copy or courtesy copy–function to keep others in the loop and add transparency. As helpful as the CC field can be, it has a downside, as illustrated by the above story. We’ll ...

It’s always seemed quite absurd to me that the default mode of communication adopted by most modern workplaces is email. As if the ins and outs of office politics weren’t perilous enough already, ...