BBC News Another golden delivery for paralympic hero Jason SmythBBC NewsRoyal Mail had said they would not be painting the post box because Smyth ran for Team Ireland and not Team GB. The company has now reversed that decision after public pressure. Two other Northern Ireland born paralympians who competed …

Sowetan Temporary postal workers on strikeSowetanMOB RAGE: Temporary South African Post Office workers went on strike at the Witspos mail centre in Ormonde, Johannesburg, yesterday. The protesters are demanding that they be employed permanently. The mail centre is the biggest in South Africa and …and more » More: continued here

Santa Teresa's post office closesLas Cruces Sun-NewsLAS CRUCES — Operations at a 600-box post office in Santa Teresa were halted abruptly last week — without explanation from postal officials — and moved to a different, short-term location. The mail service has been shifted temporarily a few miles … More: continued …

EcommerceBytes For eBay, Mobile-App Glitches Can Be CostlyEcommerceBytesFor many companies, the consequences of glitches with mobile apps are not necessarily costly to the their bottom line. But when you're eBay and you're predicting shoppers to purchase $10 billion in goods from your site via mobile devices this year …eBay redesigns …

Food stamp fraud convict had plastic surgery and souped-up carOrlando SentinelBrenda Charlestain, 28, of Greenacres, was accused of making a threat against a federal employee during a recorded phone call her husband made from the Broward County Jail. Charlestain said she was actually discussing how to clear a Voodoo curse …

EcommerceBytes Mobile Shoppers Like Amazon Mobile Experience, Favor eBay's AppEcommerceBytesCustomers rated Amazon's mobile experience the highest in satisfaction among companies studied in the newly released ForeSee Mobile Satisfaction Index (even higher than Apple). The study also found that eBay's was the second most-used mobile app, …Amazon, Apple Top Mobile Retail …

Topless photos of UK's Kate draw royal scrutinyAnderson Independent MailPARIS — Photos apparently of Prince William's wife, Kate, sunbathing topless in the south of France were published in a French magazine on Friday, and an aide to the royal couple said they were "saddened" to learn about the images. The …

Post Office on the moveLinlithgow Journal & GazettePO spokesman Kenny Lamont said: “Our priority is to safeguard Post Office services for the local community in the longer term and we believe the new location for Linlithgow is the best way forward if we are to secure continued access to Post …

COMMENTARY: Post office picks winners, losersNew Jersey HillsThe newspaper business – both small and large papers – has sounded full-throated opposition this past month about a plan by the U.S. Postal Service to purposely entice advertising out of the newspaper so ads can be placed instead with USPS favored …Post …

Single post office idea floated anew in HanoverNew Jersey HillsBut community resistance, most notably in the realization a centralized post office would mean the “Cedar Knolls” and “Whippany” neighborhood designations in town would go the way “Malapardis” and “Monroe” went years ago, dealt the plan a death blow.and more » More: …