Crowded streets: Cities face a surge in online deliveries on January 8, 2018Online shopping is skyrocketing. So what are cities going to do about it? By the time veteran UPS driver Thomas “Tommy” Chu leaves work, he will have picked up and delivered hundreds of packages in New York City, making some 16 stops an hour as his company hurries to meet the online shopping rush. But […]
How Cubas growing internet is fuelling new businesses on May 29, 2017As the internet becomes more widespread in Cuba, online start-ups are emerging. But the problems many of the companies hope to address are also a reminder of how far the island has to go. Bernardo Romero Gonzalez, a 33-year-old software engineer from Cuba, launched his new business this month: a website where people can order […]