Thursday, February 7, 2013

Remains of the Day: The US Postal Service Plans to End Saturday Delivery This Summer

Remains of the Day: The US Postal Service Plans to End Saturday Delivery This SummerThe USPS scales back service to save money, Twitter further streamlines its mobile apps, Wunderlist 2 comes to Android tablets, and Vine receives an update to address its recent porn controversy.

  • Postal Service to end Saturday mail service Aug. 5 In an effort to reduce costs, the US Postal Service announced a plan to end Saturday delivery beginning August 5th. Letters and other first-class mail will no longer be collected or delivered on Saturdays. Packages, however, will remain unaffected. [CNN]
  • Search and Discover improvements: Get More Great Content Faster Today Twitter updated its mobile apps and site to include all of a tab's content in a single stream. The iPhone version will also get the Search icon next to the compose control in the right hand corner, which was already available on the Android and iPad apps. [Twitter]
  • Wunderlist 2 Comes to Android Tablets Wunderlist 2, the latest version of our favorite to-do app, is now available for Android tablets. Grab it now from the Google Play store; it's free as always. [Google Play]
  • Vine Changes Age Rating to 17+ After Porn Controversy Vine, the the super short video sharing iOS app, was updated today in response to pornography being uploaded to the network. The app's rating is now 17+ and asks to confirm your age when viewing age-restricted content by clicking OK on a notification. The update also came with the feature to report or block users and added the ability to share to Facebook or Twitter after a video has been posted. [The Verge]

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