Unmanned drone deliveries are making their way inside the UPS network. Thanks to a partnership with drone startup Matternet, UPS will start delivering medical samples via unmanned drones at WakeMed’s hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina. With the approval of the Federal Aviation Administration and North Carolina’s department of transportation, UPS and Matternet will conduct routine […]
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UPS and Latch are expanding in-building deliveries to 10 more cities
After launching apparently successful pilot runs in San Francisco and New York, UPS announced today plans to expand its in-building delivery service to 10 additional U.S. cities. In mid-2019, the parcel service will be adding Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Boston, Miami and Seattle to the list. UPS’s program was launched […]
View More UPS and Latch are expanding in-building deliveries to 10 more citiesMailman has heartwarming interaction trying to combat package thieves
For every video of a mailperson chucking a package at someone’s front door with reckless abandon, there’s one of them saving the day.
Captured on a Ring video doorbell, this video shows a USPS worker asking a home owner, who was away from the house …
UPS delivery driver spots a doorbell camera and busts out a little dance
‘Tis the season for holiday greetings and spreading joy, even if that’s just a little dance for a doorbell camera.
Such was the case with this Indiana UPS driver who, upon spotting a home surveillance camera during a delivery, decided to bu…
UPS deleted a tweet that said it would shred letters to Santa
The UPS is getting “slammed” for an aggressive tweet saying they will shred letter to Santa. While it was meant to be a joke, it clearly fell flat. Read more…More about Twitter, Christmas, Mashable Video, Ups, and Santa
View More UPS deleted a tweet that said it would shred letters to SantaUPS is getting dragged for a super Scrooge-y tweet
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We’re not sure who slipped something nasty into UPS’s egg nog on Sunday, but the shipping company is facing backlash over a tongue-in-cheek tweet that went a bit too far into Grinch territory.
The now-deleted tweet was posted Sunday afternoon and read like something Scrooge McDuck would dictate.
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Oof, that’s the sort of thing Scut Farkus would say while pummeling you with snowballs. The tweet lived for almost a full day before it was deleted sometime Monday afternoon, but that didn’t stop Twitter users from calling out the company for their bah humbug attitude.
UPS’s social media manager is going through a breakup pic.twitter.com/cMsa2zFMZt
— Nick Pumper (@nickpumper) December 17, 2018 Read more…
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View More UPS is getting dragged for a super Scrooge-y tweetSquirrel jumps on top of UPS driver’s head and he’s surprisingly chill about it
People often complain about “annoying squirrels” or squirrels on the attack, but no one ever gives any credit to the many squirrels with social skills.
Take this little squirrel, who went out of its way to greet the UPS driver when the homeowner …
Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 raises $6M, expands in Africa
Jake Bright Contributor Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa. More posts by this contributor SimbaPay launches Kenya to China payment service over WeChat Africa’s agtech wave gets $10 million richer as Twiga Foods raises more capital Nigerian trucking logistics startup Kobo360 has raised $6 million […]
View More Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 raises $6M, expands in AfricaBoxLock secures your booty against porch pirates
This clever – if expensive – product is called the BoxLock and it is a keyless padlock that lets your package delivery person scan and drop off your packages into a locked box. The system essentially watches for a shipping event and then waits for the right barcode before opening. Once the delivery person scans […]
View More BoxLock secures your booty against porch piratesAfrican experiments with drone technologies could leapfrog decades of infrastructure neglect
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View More African experiments with drone technologies could leapfrog decades of infrastructure neglectUPS guy delivers the best selfies whenever he drops off a package
Someone give this man a raise. And maybe a modeling gig.
When this UPS driver delivers packages to Reddit user u/deadleaf_shrimp’s apartment, the building mailroom emails its residents with a picture. As deadleaf_shrimp writes in a post, the em…
UPS is testing an Amazon Key-style delivery program in New York
UPS has been quietly testing a program that lets the shipping service deliver packages inside multi-unit homes while occupants are out. The service utilizes smart locks created by Latch, a New York-based smart lock startup that teamed with Jet late last year. The move is clearly an attempt for UPS to stay keep up to […]
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