Sep 25, 2013 12:58 AM

Kozmo.com Returns! Because One Dotcom Bust Wasn't Enough!

If there's anything the tech industry needs now, it's a return to the era of 56K modems, <blink> tags, and absurdly overvalued internet startups. This must be why someone has purportedly decided to resurrect Kozmo.com

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Marcus is a former senior editor overseeing WIRED's business coverage: the news and ideas driving Silicon Valley and the global economy. He helped establish and lead WIRED's first-ever presidential election coverage, and he's the author of Biopunk: DIY Scientists Hack the Software of Life (Penguin/Current).

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