couriers

Thursday, February 19, 2009
GPS

DHL Putting Serious GPS Tracking Systems On Packages

11:20AM Wilson Rothman | DHL is apparently outfitting cargo containers with sensors to monitor GPS location, temperature, humidity, impact, vibration and light exposure. Cool, but with frills like this, it’s no wonder their US operation went busto. [BBG] More »
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Sunday, October 12, 2008
Games

Microsoft Sues DHL Over Xbox-Busting Train Crash

3:30AM Gizmodo US Edition | Microsoft is suing delivery service DHL for their refusal to compensate the boys in Redmond for the destruction of over 21,000 Xboxes in a Texas train derailment. The consoles were due for Hong Kong when the train, carrying two large containers of Xboxes, went off the tracks, sustaining a substantial amount of water and impact damage and, interestingly, “pilfering.” Microsoft is seeking $US2 million in compensation for DHL’s negligence. That the phrase “fiery train wreck” is missing from the report makes me think it wasn’t as exciting as it could’ve been. Imagine the headlines! [PC World] More »
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Monday, August 4, 2008
Random Stuff

Exploding Billboard Advertises by Destroying Advertisement

11:30PM Mark Wilson | Way back in the days of 2007, courier company Deadline Express treated their New Zealand patrons to a particularly evocative printed advertisement. It was a US$14,000 billboard that featured a timer counting down to when it would blow up, proving “when Deadline Couriers gives you a time, they actually mean it.” We can’t speak for the service, but the explosions were spectacular in video:
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