App allows Mexicans to reach out after death

A woman explores in her smartphone the Past Post app, in Mexico City. In the land of colourful skulls and Santa Muerte, an app – Past Post – has made a surprising debut offering users to send posthumous messages and recording their last wishes to safeguard their ‘emotional legacy’ and heritage. — AFP

MEXICO CITY: Providing a welcome voice from beyond the grave, a Mexican app has been launched to store messages and last wishes for users to share with loved ones after their death.

“Mexicans laugh at death, but it’s hard for them to talk about it,” said Miguel Farrell, the creator of Past Post.