Amazon’s Beehives of Babylon

Amazon’s Beehives of Babylon

By Tom Kaiser After patent drawings illustrating beehive-like drone skyscrapers leaked, Amazon appears closer than ever to building the distribution infrastructure necessary to allow delivery drones to crisscross the skies above major cities. A mere week after the...
Walmart Test New Delivery Program

Walmart Test New Delivery Program

No news on whether Walmart still plans to ask its employees to deliver orders to neighbors on their way home, but just in case it’s still in the works…  
Ordering McDonald’s Delivery with UberEATS

Ordering McDonald’s Delivery with UberEATS

By Tom Kaiser Is delivery faster and more convenient than ordering McDonald’s at a drive-thru? We tested McDonald’s new delivery partnership with Uber Eats to see how the fast-food giant’s sandwiches, fries, Happy Meals and “artisan” burgers weathered the journey to...

News Briefs – July 2017

Saucey’s Feeling a Bit Saucy After Big Infusion of Cash Saucey, an alcohol-delivery company based in Los Angeles, has raised $5.4 million in Series A funding led by Bullpen Capital, with participation from earlier and new investors, including Blumberg Capital,...
Facebook Diving Deeper into Delivery

Facebook Diving Deeper into Delivery

By Thomas Kaiser We use it to announce the best and worst news of our lives, to stalk exes and find new love, to read the news and complain about current events—so why shouldn’t Facebook just feed us, already? Fear not, California-based Facebook has announced plans to...