Why an e-mail tax is truly a ‘terrible idea’

A Berkeley City Councilman has proposed levying a "very tiny tax" on email to save the failing US Postal Service.

Kiss your postal mailbox goodbye for $5 a month

Outbox, a startup launching in San Francisco today, is an alternative to the "old system" of mail delivery. Outbox will collect and manage your physical mail for $5 a month, so you won't have to visit your postal mailbox again.

Zumbox deals $10 million blow to on-the-ropes U.S. Postal Service

Besieged by financial woes and closing offices all over the country, the United States Postal Service is hurting. As snail mail is gasping for breath, digital postal mail startup Zumbox closed $10.6 million in a third round of funding, raising …