El Reg wrote:Yahoo! Japan! launches! service! for! the! dead!
If you're reading this email, I am no longer alive
Yahoo! Japan has launched a service called “Endings” designed to help you after you die.
Endings is intended to let the dying set their affairs in order before they shuffle off this mortal coil. The service allows one to set up an automated message to email to up to 200 loved ones after you're gone. The email is triggered by a third party to whom you bequeath a code to activate Endings, which will fire off your valedictory and also delete any data you'd rather did not outlive you.
Yahoo! Japan has also teamed with Kamakura Shinsho Corporation, to help you arrange your own funeral.
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