Video: eBay DSE Measures Infrastructure “MPG”Data Center KnowledgeIn this video, Dean Nelson, senior director of global data strategy, architecture & operations, eBay, presents a review of eBay's Digital Service Efficiency (DSE) methodology to the participants in the The Green Grid Forum 2013. DSE is eBay's new … More: continued here
eBay hopes to infiltrate the offline market come this summer and it’s first step involves collaborating with a retailer to launch a touchscreen store window. eBay CEO John Donahoe spoke at TechCrunch’s Disrupt NY event and said that a retailer, whose name was not revealed, in New York will feature a life size touchscreen store…
The Guardian Post Office workers announce new strike over plan to close 70 branchesThe GuardianThe CWU's 4,000 crown post office members on Tuesday voted nine-to-one in favour of a full-day strike on 7 May, the day after the May bank holiday. Staff have already held three strikes against the franchising plan since Easter Saturday, including…
FARRAGUT — Authorities this morning detonated a suspicious-looking package at the Farragut post office. More: continued here
Workers at hundreds of Crown post offices are to stage a fresh strike in a bitter row over jobs, pay and branch closures. More: continued here
Man says post office lost his late wife's ashesWFTV Orlandoasked Baumgardner. It appears the postal service lost it. Raymers said he shipped it from the Altamonte Springs Post Office by priority mail. He said it was registered and clearly identified as human remains. It was supposed to arrive in Las Vegas on … More: continued…
Heritage.org (blog) Uncle Sam Wants You… on Food Stamps?Heritage.org (blog)Across the country, states are courting participants for food stamps (now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP). The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) even has a webpage dedicated to helping states create “SNAP Outreach …How Many People Around You Receive Food Stamps?Slate MagazineUSDA…
FedEx Express, an affiliate of FedEx Corp., announced that it will continue with the air cargo delivery contract with the U.S. Postal Service. More: continued here
DOZENS of postal staff across the region will go on strike for the fourth time next week as part of an ongoing argument with Post Office chiefs. More: continued here
Examiner.com Bombing suspect family collected $100000 in welfare, food stampsExaminer.comThrough their welfare benefits, Tsarnaev and his family received more than $100,000 in cash, food stamps and Section 8 housing from 2002 to 2012, the Herald said. It was previously reported that Tamerlan Tsarnaev, his wife, Katherine Russell Tsarnaev, …Boston bombing suspect began collecting food stamps…