IDG Contributor Network: In the retail battle of the drones, Google's the pragmatist, but Amazon's the dreamer
In the retail battle of the drones, who would have guessed that Google would be more practical than Amazon? Of course, in the universe of retail flying drones, it's depressing what passes for practical these days.
Amazon has been all over the map in ways drones can deliver packages to customers in minutes. But my personal favorite was Amazon's plan to fly directly to the customer—not the customer's home or office—but wherever that customer's phone thinks the customer is. That particular Amazon patent said "the ordered item will be delivered to the user while the user is at their friend's house, or any other location."
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