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1 Small Delivery For a Man, 1 Giant Leap For Amazon, Drones

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by Darryl Hood

Drone delivery has begun. On Dec. 7, a bag of popcorn, along with an Amazon Fire TV stick, left a Cambridge warehouse in the U.K. and 13 minutes later, both were accepted by an Amazon customer, one of two who had agreed to be part of the test program. A video posted by Amazon shows a fully autonomous drone, no…

Amazon Says Prime Day Topped Last Year’s Order Records

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by Darryl Hood

Amazon says Prime Day was its biggest day ever with orders up 60 percent globally from a year ago. It says sales of Amazon’s own electronic devices were particularly strong. The e-commerce powerhouse launched the event last July to promote its $99 annual Prime loyalty program, which offers free two-day shipping and other perks. After some morning checkout glitches Tuesday,…