The Comunicano for Wednesday February 22 2017

FEBRUARY 22 - ISSUE #28     UPS, like Amazon, is fascinated with what flying drones can do for their business. For normally silent UPS, their efforts with drones seem to be “taking off” in Florida the way Uber is testing driverless cars in Arizona. We lift off today with three items about UPS and their lofty ideas surrounding drones….those stories and a lot, lot more are all in today’s COMUNICANO. UPS tests drone deliveries, eyes future price changes WWW.REUTERS.COM – Share   UPS Tests Residential Delivery Via Drone Launched From atop Package Car PRESSROOM.UPS.COM – Share UPS works with truck-launched drone-maker Workhorse Group in latest test   Test demonstrates potential efficiencies drones can provide on rural delivery routes Unlike previous drone tests, UPS/Workhorse test incorporates drone delivery into day-to-day delivery operations   SportsTech Watch Exclusive: Facebook in talks to live stream one MLB game per week - sources WWW.REUTERS.COM – Share Facebook Inc (FB.O) is in talks with Major League Baseball to live stream one game per week during the upcoming season, which could be a key win as the social media platform works to offer more live sports, according to two people familiar with the situation. Amazon Watch Move over, Amazon: Here comes Walmart MONEY.CNN.COM – Share Walmart reported surprisingly strong growth in its e-commerce operations, thanks to its recent purchase of Jet and online grocery sales. Amazon plans to sell beer and wine at its new high-tech convenience store WWW.RECODE.NET – Share The Amazon Go store in Seattle also carries sandwiches, salads and snacks. Wireless Watch Verizon offers taste of 5G as it expands network trials WWW.CNET.COM – Share The company plans to offer 5G to some customers in 11 cities by midyear. It’s not full mobile wireless. Instead it’s a replacement for fixed broadband. Some subscribers of Project Fi are getting access to VoLTE on T-Mobile's network WWW.PHONEARENA.COM – Share Although it’s no longer a spring chicken, Project Fi is continuing to get updated with new features. The latest one? Official support for VoLTE calls… Odds & Ends Israeli glass tech can help car windows show ads WWW.TIMESOFISRAEL.COM – Share Startup Gauzy and Germany’s Daimler display film that allows projection of messages on windows while vehicles are parked An AI Hedge Fund Created a New Currency to Make Wall Street Work Like Open Source WWW.WIRED.COM – Share Wall Street is a Darwinian battle for the almighty dollar. But Richard Craib thinks his AI-powered hedge fund will soar if everyone can just get along. Apple has kept Steve Jobs promises with its new HQ WWW.COMPUTERWORLD.COM – Share Apple will open its new San Jose HQ just in time for WWDC 2017 Do you enjoy receiving this? Please share it:     Tweet     Share   Carefully curated by Andy Abramson with Revue If you were forwarded this newsletter and you like it, you can subscribe here.