The cofounder of SparkNotes got a flood of hate mail when his site went live — and he knew it was a good sign

Hollis Johnson/Business Insider Sam Yagan is a lifelong entrepreneur and exec. He is the cofounder of OkCupid, and was head of the dating site conglomerate the Match Group for seven years. His first company was SparkNotes, which he founded while at Harvard. Yagan told Business Insider that when SparkNotes first launched, the team got a flood of […]

ProBeat: Windows 10 Mail is already abysmal, and Microsoft wants to make it worse

OPINION: I really wanted to like Windows 10’s Mail app. I always thought Outlook was overkill for me, so when Windows 10 was in development, I closely tracked how its mail client was coming along. It turns out that Windows Mail is unusable, and instead of improving it, Microsoft is looking to drive users away. […]

$20,000 mail drone takes flight — and hits a wall

Want to know why mail drones aren’t ready for prime time? Russia can tell you. The Siberian town of Ulan-Ude was expecting to beam with pride as organizer Rudron/Expeditor 3M tested a postal drone in the area for the first time, but they left red-faced after the inaugural flight went spectacularly wrong. The hexacopter courier […]

This Ford Transit USPS Truck Prototype Could Be Hauling Your Mail Soon

– Six vehicle manufacturers are in contention to claim a government contract to create and build a new mail truck for the United States Postal Service, one of which is Oshkosh. We recently spotted the Wisconsin-based truck manufacturer’s proposed mail truck testing on the streets. – Compared to the unique styling of the Karsan and Mahindra proposals (AM General, Utilimaster, and VT […]

2 killed, 1 injured in Texas mail bombings, police warn public not to open suspicious packages

Austin police have linked Monday morning’s mail bombing, that killed a teen boy and injured a woman, with another deadly explosion earlier this month. A third explosion left a 75-year-old woman with “life-threatening injuries.” Police Chief Brian Manley has warned Austin residents no to open their mail, following dual mail bombings in the Texas city […]

Sunday Drive: Coupes reign in Geneva while a strange truck delivers the mail

The biggest generator of automotive news last week was, not surprisingly, the Geneva Motor Show. This annual event in Switzerland is always a monumental date on the automotive calendar, and the 2018 edition brought just as many sweet bits of motoring goodness as you’d expect. Our favorite debut from Geneva was the RUF CTR, a […]