TechHive: Amazon drones are 'fantasy,' says eBay CEO

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Amazon drones are 'fantasy,' says eBay CEO Dec 6th 2013, 19:34, by Martyn Williams, IDG News Service In the race to deliver online shopping purchases faster, drones don't impress eBay's CEO. "We're not focusing on long-term fantasies, we're focusing on things we can do today," John Donahue said in a televised interview with Bloomberg TV Friday morning. He was reacting to a television interview Jeff Bezos, CEO of e-commerce rival Amazon, gave last weekend in which he said Amazon is investigating the use of drones for package delivery. Bezos told CBS' "60 Minutes" that he hopes to have a drone-based delivery service ready by 2015, when he anticipates the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration will have formulated rules for civilian drone use. Now read: Why Amazon's drones may never land at your door To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Media files: id-2069000-prime-air_high-resolution01-100155055-small.jpg

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