Video: USPS Augmented Display 2014 Holiday

12.01.14 – Dancing penguins, flashing holiday lights and a reminder to order shipping boxes and stamps.

Those are the highlights of a new holiday smartphone application that the U.S. Postal Service launched Monday with the goal of attracting more business from direct-mail marketers. The idea: You can do this with your own messages.

USPS customers can use the app to scan the organization’s 156,000 blue collection boxes throughout the country. In turn, they receive a “magical mailbox” message. Read more at The Washington Post

USPS Mobile App