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USPS: We'll Be Out Of Money By October

USPS is in crisis mode, stuck in an unsustainable business model that threatens to run the service into the ground by the end of the fiscal year in October. The AP reports the Postmaster General broke...

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I Don't Want Some Justin Bieber Fan's Redbox Receipts

Andrew has a common problem: he keeps getting someone else’s mail. Not in his paper mailbox, but someone else’s e-mail. A Justin Bieber fan in a different state entered his e-mail address when renting...

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Report: 30 To 40 Percent Of Some Android Device Purchases Are Returned

Android phone sales surpass those of iPhones, but to compare the popularity of the two classes of smartphones you have to take returns into account. According to a report, customers return Android...

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Postal Service May Lay Off 120,000

The U.S. Postal Service continues to deliver awful news, proposing job cuts of as many as 120,000 workers in an attempt to temper costs in the wake of massive financial losses. Projecting to lose more...

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Postal Service May Default Without Congressional Intervention

Predictions of coming doom have been coming from the United States Post Office for months, with the service expected to suffer a $9.2 billion deficit this fiscal year and unable to make a $5.5 billion...

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IRS Is Stuck With $153.3 Million It Wants To Give Away

The Internal Revenue Service has $153.3 million in tax refunds burning a hole in its pocket, but can’t find any takers. The agency says mailing address errors have rendered 99,123 refund checks...

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Rescue Messages From Facebook's De Facto Spam Filter

When Facebook thinks you don’t particularly want to read a message that’s sent your way, it redirects it into a folder dubbed “other.” Some users forget to check the box regularly, and others may not...

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Post Office's Plan To Save Itself Involves Cutting Jobs, Ending Saturday...

The U.S. Postal Service is in danger of losing billions of dollars in the next few years, so in an attempt to check that money leakage, they’ve proposed some drastic measures, including cutting more...

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Do Cable Companies Deliberately Make It Hard To Return Set-Top Boxes?

Do images like this make the idea of cancelling cable so unpleasant that some people are keeping their service rather than facing the hassle? (photo: honeylamb)One of the most frequent complaints we...

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Google Is Sorry If Your Mom Accidentally Got A Talk Message Intended For Your...

(Bill Binns) Perhaps you sent a sassy little message to your work crush this morning on Google Talk, the chat application Gmail users employ on iPhones and Android devices. But then your mom is all,...

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Thousands Of People Posting Makeup-Free Selfies Are Donating To The Wrong...

(afagen)You might’ve seen British pals on social media posting selifes of themselves wearing no makeup with the hashtag #nomakeupselfie, as part of an effort to donate funds to Cancer Research UK. But...

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Homeowner Loses Condo Because City Messed Up Address On $95 Tax Bill

For the last few years, a woman in Georgia has been living in her condo and paying her local tax bills — except for one $94.85 city tax bill she never received because the address on the notices was...

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Someone Sent $270K Worth Of Pot To The Wrong Clothing Store

Here are the two blocks of pot delivered Monday. A third 30 lb. block was delivered to the same store on Tuesday.I’ve never mailed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of marijuana to anyone, but if...

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Why Doesn’t AT&T Require Email Verification Before Sending Sensitive Account...

There’s a reason why companies that handle sensitive billing information may ask customers to verify their email addresses before sending any communications. It’s to prevent customers from seeing...

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