Archive for December, 2011
Another US Start-Up Wants To Replace the Post Office
What with the USPS wanting to end the overnight delivery of first-class mail and terminate Saturday deliveries altogether, another start-up is forming that would substitute digital postal mail for paper mail. Called Outbox, the Texas start-up is so young it doesn’t even have a web site yet. But it has gotten the first $1.5 million [...]
Headlines – Issue No. 561 (december 24, 2011)
Another US Start-Up Wants To Replace the Post Office Spanish Post Goes Cloud Online Bill Paying Eats Away at US Mail USPS Puts Closures on Hold USPS: Poor But Proud UK Counter System Crashed on Busiest Day of the Year DHL Delivers Groceries Swiss Post Solutions Opens Document Processing Center in New York Deutsche Post [...]
Headlines – Issue No. 560 (December 19-23, 2011)
USPS To Make Snail Mail Live Up to its Name Royal Mail’s Site on the Blink RPost App Closes Gap in Vaunted BlackBerry Security EquaShip Completes $1.5 Million Funding Round USPS-Union Negotiations Run into Overtime Again Deutsche Post CEO Holds Out Little Hope for Royal Mail Bill.com Raises $15.5 D Round Deutsche Post Loses Bid [...]
Google Wants To Be a Shipper
Google is reportedly negotiating with major US retailers and shippers such as Macy’s, Gap and Office Max to set up an online service that promises consumers same-day or next-day delivery, according to the Wall Street Journal quoting people familiar with what’s going on. It’s concerned that e-commerce and product search traffic is going directly to [...]
Headlines – Issue No. 559 (December 12-16, 2011)
Google Wants To Be a Shipper Volly Picks Up Some Heft USPS Hires Restructuring Expert NZ Post & China Post Reportedly Team on E-Commerce Oz Post Tantalizes with Specter of Telecom Future Survey Indicates Free Shipping on the Rise Deutsche Post To Kill Unit Rather than Up Prices Deadline on USPS Contract Negotiations Looms Oz [...]