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Retail Pulse: CVS, UPS Test Drone Potential; Birchbox Grows Walgreens Partnership
Retail Pulse: CVS, UPS Test Drone Potential; Birchbox Grows Walgreens Partnership
November 08, 2019  |  Retail

Brick-and-mortar retailers are teaming with logistics firms to test drones for delivery — and making progress on their experimental flights. UPS subsidiary UPS Flight Forward...

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Why Smart Cities Of The Future Won’t Be Built In A Day
Why Smart Cities Of The Future Won’t Be Built In A Day
November 02, 2019  |  Innovation

While smart cities have been in the public consciousness for a long time, we’ve been writing about them here at PYMNTS since at least 2015....

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Top News In Payments: Western Union Debuts New Set Of APIs; Uber Rolls Out Uber Money
Top News In Payments: Western Union Debuts New Set Of APIs; Uber Rolls Out Uber...
October 29, 2019  |  News

In today’s payments news, cross-border payments firm Western Union has rolled out full application programming interface (API) access to domestic as well as global payment...

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Waymo Gains Speed With Self-Driving Taxis And Deliveries
Waymo Gains Speed With Self-Driving Taxis And Deliveries
October 29, 2019  |  Delivery

The self-driving future is not exactly here yet, but it’s coming quickly, at least based on some of the most recent moves in this space...

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The Three A’s Of Alphabet’s Q3: Advertising, AI And Ambient Computing
The Three A’s Of Alphabet’s Q3: Advertising, AI And Ambient Computing
October 29, 2019  |  Earnings

The penultimate quarter of 2019 has been difficult for Google’s parent firm Alphabet. Like many names in big tech, it finds itself swept up in...

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Alphabet Leads Covert Meeting To Discuss Tech In Logistics
Alphabet Leads Covert Meeting To Discuss Tech In Logistics
October 28, 2019  |  Delivery

Alphabet recently held a secret, closed-door meeting with shipping companies like FedEx during what it called the Alphabet Advanced Logistics Summit, according to a report...

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Alphabet Extends Offer To Acquire Fitbit
Alphabet Extends Offer To Acquire Fitbit
October 28, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Google’s parent company Alphabet has made an offer to purchase the popular fitness wearables company Fitbit, Reuters is reporting. The company may be eyeing a move...

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Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs Nearing Agreement On Toronto’s Smart City Project
Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs Nearing Agreement On Toronto’s Smart City Project
October 25, 2019  |  Innovation

Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs and public corporation Waterfront Toronto are moving forward on a deal to develop the “city of the future” nearly two years after...

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Waymo Says ‘Completely Driverless’ Minivans Coming To AZ
Waymo Says ‘Completely Driverless’ Minivans Coming To AZ
October 10, 2019  |  Ridesharing

Waymo, the autonomous vehicle business under Google’s parent company Alphabet, sent an email to its ride-hailing app customers advising that their next trip might not...

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