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Posts tagged “Mail”

Priority Mail Virtual Box Simulator Reduces Shipping Guesswork

Sometimes guessing which box to use to ship can a crap shoot. But now you can determine which box is best suited for shipping using the USPS Virtual Box Simulator to project box holograms onto the ima...

Stopper Postcard: You'll Know How Long it Took to Deliver!

It's a fact that everyone still has to use snail mail. The Stopper Postcard does something pretty neat. It measures the actual time it took to deliver. While it doesn't deliver this information to you...

One Penny Post: A Virtual Postcard with a Real-Life Result

Isn't the internet amazing? I woke up this morning, picked out a picture of me and a friend from Facebook, typed a quick "I miss you" message, turned it into a postcard and mailed it to her in England...

Using Google to Manage Out-Of-Control Holiday Mailings for Free

It's an awesome treat to get a Christmas card in the mail from somebody long-forgotten in your life, like a childhood friend or a distant cousin's cousin. But on the other end of that, you know Suzy (...

Gmail is Doing Their Part to Stop Drunk Emailing

Following in the footsteps of breathalizer phones is this Gmail add-on from The Official Gmail Blog called Mail Goggles. When you enable Mail Goggles, it will check that you're really sure you want to...

The Mailbox Indicator Flag for the New Generation

If you want to be annoyed into a screaming stupor whenever you get a message on your computer, get an iKnock. If you'd rather have something more, shall we say—subtle to let you know when a new ...

Survey: Webmail or POPmail?

Since Tuesday we've been dealing with internet issues -- meaning we have none. By sitting just so in a corner of our apartment we've been hijacking someone else's WiFi, but that's no way to live. Spe...