Zoe Leavitt from CB Insights’ has revealed details about Amazon’s plans about drone deliveries from “airborne fulfillment centers,” the Tech Crunch reports. “I just unearthed the Death Star of #ecommerce via @cbinsights… AMZN patent for airborne warehouses at 45K ft ...
Read More »Volkswagen launches new mobility services division
VW will offer on-demand shuttle services next year through the new division, to be called MOIA. That takes Europe’s largest carmaker deeper into digital mobility services after investing in ride-hailing business Gett earlier this year, Joinfo.com reports with reference to ...
Read More »Coca-Cola ‘selfie bottle’ snaps your pictures while you drink
Essentially, the ‘selfie bottle’ automatically snaps pics while you drink soda. The camera uses technology that captures a photo anytime the device reaches a 70-degree tilt – which is the angle at which most people drink, Joinfo.com reports with reference ...
Read More »Domino’s just made the first in the world pizza delivery by drone
It took just two to three minutes of flying time to deliver the very first flying Peri-Peri Chicken and Chicken and Cranberry Pizzas to the Norman’s home, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Stuff. The Normans who are regulars at domino’s ...
Read More »Reuters Exclusive: How EU firms skirt sanctions to do business in Crimea
Products carrying the brands of Germany’s Metro AG and Auchan of France are visibly for sale on the shelves of the retailers’ Crimean subsidiaries, Reuters reports. People involved in transporting the goods say they arrived via a ferry that serves ...
Read More »Ukrainian Ukrzaliznytsia, Polish PKP Energetyka sign agreement on cooperation
According to a press release from the Polish company, both signatories declared cooperation in the most important segments of activities, intend to focus on joint business projects, as well as exchange of knowledge and experience of both companies, Interfax-Ukraine reports. ...
Read More »Apple to announce iPhone 7 on Wednesday
At its annual product launch in San Francisco on Wednesday, the world’s most valuable publicly traded company is expected by blogs and analysts to reveal an iPhone without a headphone jack, paving the way for wireless headphones, a touch-sensitive home ...
Read More »Why people love to use fashion shopping apps – Manchester University research
A 2015 IMRG (Interactive Media in Retail Group) report shows that visits to ecommerce sites via smartphone and tablet devices accounted for 45% of all ecommerce traffic in the UK. But retailers who have not ‘gone mobile’ are missing out ...
Read More »Tesla to buy SolarCity in $2.6 billion stock deal
The deal is a major part of Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk’s master plan “part deux” that calls for the company to offer consumers a single source of hardware to power a low-carbon lifestyle, Reuters reports. The combined entity will ...
Read More »General Electric signs cooperation agreement with major Ukranian enterprises
“The memorandum with Ukrzaliznytsia provides for enhanced cooperation in the fields of development and modernization of the diesel locomotives fleet, using the American company’s advanced technologies. With regard to the state enterprise Antonov, the foundation has been laid today for ...
Read More »Antonov An-132 to fly this autumn – Head of UkrOboronProm
“An-132D is the first global project of Antonov with the world’s leading aviation companies. This is a sample of import substitution program implementation: the aircraft won’t have any Russian component”, said Roman Romanov at the meeting with foreign media at the ...
Read More »Ukraine faces $800 mln loss as Brazil pulls out of ‘Cyclone’ project: Yuzhnoye Design Office
On July 16, 2015, the ambassador of Ukraine in Brazil was given a notice of denunciation of a long-term cooperation agreement regarding the production of the Cyclone-4 carrier rocket, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to UNIAN. The Ukrainian side was given ...
Read More »Ukraine’s Antonov and Pratt & Whitney Canada sign MOU
Through a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed at the Farnborough Airshow, Pratt & Whitney Canada (Outdoor Exhibit 3) will provide Antonov’s An-132 production program with a new version of the PW150A turboprop engine. The An-132 will be developed by Antonov (Ukrainian Pavilion) and ...
Read More »Antonov aircrafts will be equipped with Canadian cockpit avionics
Antonov design bureau (part of the Ukrainian state-owned concern Ukroboronprom) signed a contract with Canadian Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) on supply of cockpit avionics, Joinfo.ua reports citing the press service of the Ukroboronprom. Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) will supply cockpit ...
Read More »Ukraine’s automobile production slowed sharply
“The production of passenger cars in Ukraine fell by 66.33% compared to last June, and by 26.6% compared to this May,” – Ukravtoprom Association said in a statement, Joinfo.ua reports. According to the report, the number of commercial vehicles produced ...
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