Last July, thousands of investors and Silicon Valley watchers received an email about a mobile app that is trying to become the "Uber of shipping." Shyp users snap a picture of the item they want mailed, and a courier--the company calls them "heroes"--arrives to carry it away. The cargo gets packed at a warehouse and sent by U.S. Postal Service, or a private competitor like UPS.
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