Amazon Prime Air receives FAA approval to test drone deliveries

In a significant development, Amazon.com Inc, the world’s biggest e-commerce retailer, has received federal approval for testing commercial deliveries through its fleet of drones. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved Amazon Prime Air, Amazon.com Inc’s special service delivering packages in 30 minutes or less, to test delivering orders using autonomous drones. With this…

Ryanair prepared for more delays in the delivery of Boeing 737 MAX planes: CEO

During an interview with German magazine Wirtschaftswoche, Ryanair’s chief executive Michael O’Leary disclosed, the Irish budget airliner is prepared for further delays in the delivery of Boeing 737 MAX. He also mentioned that, compensation will be discussed only after the aircraft have been delivered. Boeing’s 737 MAX has been grounded since March 2019 following two…

Amazon’s in-house delivery on track to deliver 3.5 packages in 2019

In a development that marks Amazon’s growing in-house delivery business, the world’s largest online retailer stated, it was on track to deliver 3.5 billion customer packages globally this year. Amazon’s growing network of delivery trucks, planes, and vans, is considered as potentially a long-term threat to United Parcel Service Inc and FedEx Corp. FedEx has…

AMD’s expands marketshare with its latest second generation EPYC server chip

Although Intel’s server chips will be launched next year, industry experts opine that machine learning features along with better memory management techniques could provide Intel the edge. Having said that, competition in the server chip space is always good since it lowers cost and improves efficiency. On Thursday, Advanced Micro Devices Inc stated, following the…

Britain’s Marks & Spencer gains online food delivery service market through JV with Ocado

Marks & Spencer has entered into a joint venture with online supermarket pioneer Ocado and has thus forayed into the online full delivery service market. On Wednesday, British retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) has agreed to form a joint venture with Ocado, an online supermarket pioneer. The development assumes significance since it would provide M&S…

Google-backed Deliv breaks off grocery partnership deal with Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart is in the process of fixing the issues due to which it had to cut its ties with the logistics firm. In a significant development that marks a setback against Wal-Mart’s efforts to fight Amazon.com in the groceries segment, logistics firm Deliv and Walmart Inc have discontinued their same-day grocery delivery partnership. In 2018,…