Walmart has partnered with Alphabet-owned on-demand drone delivery provider Wing to expand its drone delivery services to customers in the Dallas metro area. This collaboration aims to enhance convenience and innovation in last-mile delivery solutions, Walmart said in a Thursday (Aug. 24) press release. The new offering will be introduced...
Walmart is touting an early lead in drone deliveries as the skies begin slowly filling with retail parcels. In a Thursday (Jan. 5) update and accompanying infographic, Walmart said it completed over 6,000 drone deliveries in 2022 from 36 U.S. stores in seven states, besting...
Google is leveraging DoorDash to move into on-demand delivery. The aggregator announced Tuesday (Nov. 8) that it is trying out automated drop-off via skyway in Australia in partnership with Google parent company Alphabet’s drone delivery subsidiary Wing. The two companies are pilot testing the program...
Today in data, membership has its privileges. Also, Wing launches Dallas-Fort Worth drone delivery, and French daily newspaper Le Monde is pushing to add 1 million new digital subscribers by 2025. Data 3.3: Maximum weight in pounds Wing drones can carry in deliveries from...
April 07, 2022
Wing has debuted its drone-based delivery service from the parking lot of a Walgreens store in Little Elm, Texas, according to a company announcement, kicking off the largest initiative of its kind for the Alphabet Inc. subsidiary in the U.S. and its first customer-operated drone fleet. In addition to choosing Walgreens items, customers can also […]
August 25, 2021
Alphabet’s drone subsidiary Wing is closing in on 100,000 customer delivery flights after launching in Logan, Australia, almost two years ago, in addition to thousands of test flights, the company...
April 23, 2021
Alphabet subsidiary Wing is looking to expand its delivery drone operations to allow flight control from a central command hub, Bloomberg reported on Friday (April 23). A central hub would...
October 06, 2020
Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has prohibited the sale of digital currency derivatives to retail investors, according to a Tuesday (Oct. 6) press release. The watchdog said it released “final...
