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Google Wants To Create An Amazon Prime For The Internet

5:37AM December 2, 2011 | Casey Chan

According to the Wall Street Journal, Google is teaming with online retailers to cook up a standardised way to ship things to customers super fast (for a fee, of course). Sound familiar? Yeah, Google’s going after Amazon Prime. More »

News

Amazon And 7-Eleven In The US Want People To Pick Up Packages Whenever They Want

9:20AM September 7, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Amazon and 7-Eleven in the US are now teaming up to address the problem of waiting and missing packages in the form of a parcel locker. In fact, it sounds pretty similar to a concept that Australia Post is trialling in Brisbane. More »

News

Does Patent Mean Google Has Shipping Companies By The Balls?

2:18AM August 12, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Patents related to shipping logistics normally aren’t the concern of the public. But when Google receives a patent for electronic shipping notifications, one has to wonder what that means for online merchants, like Amazon, and major shipping companies, like UPS. More »

Gadgets

The EuroPallet Turns 50 Today

3:20PM May 10, 2011 | Adrian Covert

The European shipping pallet turns 50 this year. It’s easy to overlook shipping pallets as an amazing innovation because it plays no direct role in any of our daily lives. But we shouldn’t dismiss them so easily. More »

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Did You Miss Your Package Delivery AGAIN?

12:00AM April 7, 2011 | Adrian Covert

You know what really sucks? When you come home and find you missed a package delivery from USPS, UPS or FedEx. Or you come home and find that $US1000 gadget you ordered sitting on your front stoop where anyone could snatch it. More »

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The Reason Why You Never Get Your Packages On Time

3:40PM January 6, 2011 | Casey Chan

Those UPS guys certainly spend a lot of effort avoiding us, don’t they! I get those delivery attempt notices so much that I can’t help but think this video is true. More »

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Who Ships Those 300 Million Holiday Packages, Visualised

2:00PM December 23, 2010 | Brian Barrett

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Or least, if you’re in the parcel delivery business. But who exactly is doing the brunt of the shipping this holiday season? Here’s how it breaks down. More »

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Which Shipping Company Treats Your Packages Better?

7:00AM November 24, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

It’s time to order presents in and probably send packages out. To me, a crucial question is: What’s the best shipping company? Who treats my stuff better while in transit? Popular Mechanics made a scientific test. Here’s the result. More »

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The Man Who Mistook His Amazon Box For A Bomb

1:40PM November 16, 2010 | Brian Barrett

On November 2, a man called his local police department to report a suspicious package on his doorstep. The investigation yielded surprising results! Assuming you don’t know ahead of time that the man in question is a raging fool. More »

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Your Packages Never Arrive Because UPS Employs Ninjas

10:00AM November 6, 2010 | Sam Biddle

An eagerly anticipated package that never seems to come. Frustrating! You track it online, you wait diligently at home—and yet, all you get is a HEY SORRY WE MISSED YA notice. So that’s how they pull it off. More »