The Postal Service and the business of mailLos Angeles TimesFew members of Congress want to take away your Saturday mail delivery or close your underused local post office— or at least, not shortly before election day, when such actions might come back to haunt them. That explains a lot about why Congress has …US Postal…
Daily Deal Media eBay Brings Instant Gratification to Mobile CommerceDaily Deal MediaeBay is backing a new effort that will likely appeal to the most impatient of mobile commerce junkies. On Monday, the online auction and shopping juggernaut launched the beta testing phase of its newest app and corresponding service – same day delivery.eBay Mobile Tops…
LEWISTON – A Village of Lewiston man was charged with leaving the scene of an accident after twice backing his vehicle into the Lewiston Post Office on South Eighth Street, causing considerable damage, authorities said. More: continued here
eBay goes public about its first implementation of OpenStack along with Nicira network virtualisation, hinting at broader adoption to come More: continued here
Buzz Stocks: Sirius XM, Pfizer, General Motors, and eBaySchaeffers Research (blog)The bulls remain in control this morning, sending stocks higher ahead of the open as the S&P 500 attempts to crack above a significant technical level. Meanwhile, Fed-watchers are waiting to hear what Ben Bernanke has to say at a town hall meeting this …and…
eBay Now Lets Users Get Items Within An HourWebProNewseBay Now Lets Users Get Items Within An Hour. eBay is testing a new same-day shipping service called eBay Now in San Francisco. Presumably, if successful, it will expand to more areas. Merchants in the test group (which includes Postmates, TaskRabbit … More: continued here
Herts and Essex Observer Royal Mail's change of heart over Ben's golden post boxHerts and Essex ObserverRoyal Mail's Tim Cowen told the Observer: “As the nation's second biggest employer, we have people with lots of local knowledge and if Ben's regarded as local to Elsenham rather than Bishop's Stortford than that's where it's going.” The…
eBay Now for iOS offers same-day product delivery in San Franciscotuaw.comJust when you thought eBay was slowly fading away into obscurity as the online equivalent of a garage sale, the company has rolled out something new called eBay Now. eBay provides users in a beta program (signup form here) with an iOS app with which…
Mobile grocers cashing in with food stamp usersSan Antonio ExpressAnd the mobile food truck model is a striking one, especially as several states consider taxes on sugary snacks or have sought — as Texas unsuccessfully tried — to restrict food stamp clients from buying junk food. Officials with the U.S. Department … More: continued here
Team GB Sprinter James Ellington auctioned himself on eBay to pay for trainingThe IndependentEllington, who attended Worsley Bridge Junior School in Beckenham and Forest Hill School, said: “I thought I'll do this eBay thing, it will either blow up and work out well or people are going to look at it and laugh. The worst…