An Amazon veteran who helped the tech giant take on the explosion in e-commerce retail deliveries is striking out on his own to tackle the challenge. Seattle-based startup Pandion announced… Read More
After months of feedback and fine-tuning, the Federal Aviation Administration today issued its final versions of safety rules for drones that fly over people and at night — including the… Read More
Even if you’re not hopping in an Uber to visit friends or family during the holidays, the ride-hailing company is rolling out a way to at least send a package… Read More
The holidays have come and gone, and perhaps with them some of your intended package deliveries disappeared, too. But Parcel Guard is still around, and showing off its home security… Read More
When it comes to self-flying drones capable of delivering packages, Amazon isn’t the only game in town. Today Bell reported that it’s begun putting its Autonomous Pod Transport 70, or… Read More
If the winds of change are blowing when it comes to how packages will be delivered to our homes, Amazon appears to at least be thinking about how location markers… Read More
Amazon today unveiled a cooler-sized package delivery robot named Scout that it is testing in the Seattle area. Scout is autonomous and travels down the sidewalk at a walking pace.… Read More
For an earlier generation, one of the sweetest sounds of summer was the music coming from an ice-cream truck. For the next generation, will it be the tune of a… Read More
Seven years after Jeff Bezos had the idea of putting an airbag on your smartphone, Amazon’s inventors have kicked it up a notch by patenting a drone-mounted system that inflates… Read More
Is a robotic retriever in your future? Amazon thinks so: In a patent application published today, inventors working for the Seattle-based online retailer lay out a detailed plan for an… Read More
Walmart this morning said it has acquired Parcel, a New York company that does scheduled same-day deliveries of packages and meal kits, accounting for the “last mile” of the shipping… Read More
Here’s one way for Amazon to reduce package delivery times: decrease the number of places drivers have to go. Traffic problems in Seattle and other cities not only slow our… Read More
Editor’s Note: The headline on this story has been corrected. An acquisition agreement has not yet been reached, according to the report. Amazon is in the final stages of acquiring Colis Privé, one… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Receiving packages when you are not home can be hassle. Volkswagen thinks that the trunk of your car may be the solution. At the Volkswagen keynote address… Read More
The hybrid drone design that Amazon unveiled over the weekend may be only one of several under consideration for delivering packages in 30 minutes or less, but it’s a doozy:… Read More
Amazon officially launched its new Amazon Flex package delivery option on Tuesday, taking a page out of Uber’s book by using everyday drivers to deliver packages in their own cars. The… Read More