Electronic Bill Presentment Marks Expansion of Zumbox Pilot Program

August 14, 2009

With the announcement last month that the Village of New Lenox, IL, was sending water/sewer bills to its 8,000 residents via Zumbox, we expanded upon the groundwork laid during our initial pilot program. The municipality sent those bills for the third consecutive month on July 28th.

We officially launched the Zumbox public beta on February 10th, [...]

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A New Zumbox Strategic Partnership and CEO

July 17, 2009

Zumbox appoints new CEO and announces key strategic partnership
On June 10th, we announced that Donn Rappaport had been appointed CEO of Zumbox and that he was joining our Board of Directors. Additionally, Zumbox formed a strategic partnership with ALC, a company Mr. Rappaport founded more than 30 years ago.
ALC is a leading data marketing services [...]

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Thanks Vernon Connecticut and Helotes Texas!

July 9, 2009

More and more cities and towns across the country are beginning to offer Zumbox as a paperless mail option to their residents.
We’re happy to learn that the Town of Vernon (Connecticut) and Helotes (Texas) are encouraging their residents to claim their Zumbox. Most exciting is the fact that both Vernon and Helotes were [...]

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Team Zumbox with Heal the Bay

April 18, 2009

As part of our participation in Earth Day 2009, a small group of the Zumbox Team pitched in to clean up the beach in Santa Monica today with Heal the Bay.
Thanks to everyone who particpated. The weather was beautiful, and we all pitched in to make the beach a safer and cleaner place to [...]

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Zumbox Participates in the Earth Day Celebration

April 15, 2009

Zumbox Joins Earth Day Network and Green Apple Festival as an Earth Day 2009 Sponsor
Zumbox is proud to be a sponsor of Earth Day 2009 with Earth Day Network and Green Apple Festival. The Zumbox team is participating in volunteer activities in Santa Monica and Chicago this weekend, and we’ll be exhibiting on The [...]

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Sponsoring the Shamrock Shuffle 8K in Chicago

March 26, 2009

Zumbox supports the Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle event this weekend in Chicago.

Zumbox is proud to sponsor the Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle 8K run in Chicago this weekend. The Zumbox team will be exhibiting in the Health & Fitness Expo, which is being held at Navy Pier, Festival Hall B, this Friday and [...]

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Zumbox Furthers the Goals of Government 2.0

March 19, 2009

Zumbox opens a new channel of communications between American citizens and their government that is both secure and accountable.
“We must use all available technologies and methods to open up the federal government, creating a new level of transparency to change the way business is conducted in Washington, and giving Americans the chance to participate in [...]

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Paperless Delivery, Newspapers, and the Fourth Estate

March 2, 2009

“Were it left to us to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate for a moment to prefer the latter.” -Thomas Jefferson
Chances are your daily newspaper is struggling if not panicking. The financial crisis is pushing the entire newspaper industry to the brink, triggering [...]

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I’ve Got My Zumbox. Now What?

February 18, 2009

What to do now that you’ve claimed your Zumbox and secured it with your PIN.
Let’s start with a brief overview. For every street address in the U.S. (all 150 million) we’ve created an online mailbox (a Zumbox) from which to send and receive digital mail (100% paperless). If you have a street address, then you [...]

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Zumbox is Free for All Qualified Mail Senders

February 4, 2009

We’re delighted to announce that Zumbox is now available to anyone in the U.S. who wants to use our secure paperless mail service. Zumbox has been in development for more than a year, so this is a tremendous milestone for the company. The big news, of course, is that we’re announcing today that Zumbox is [...]

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