This week’s Weekly Wire features a few big brands investing in smaller on-demand startups, a Chase Pay – Starbucks partnership, and Snapchat getting serious about ad performance.
On-Demand
Same-day delivery startup Deliv gets funding boost from UPS
Uber is expanding its self-driving research operations in Pittsburgh
Whole Foods to invest in Instacart, signs new multi-year delivery deal
Payments
Chase Pay brews up Starbucks deal
How the Internet of Things is becoming the ‘Internet of Commerce’
In the future, Visa will tell you when it’s time to fill up your car with gas
Mobile Apps
Facebook Canvas, aka Instant Articles for brands, officially launches
Glu’s Kendall & Kylie hit 1.3M US downloads in 5 days
Snapchat inks Nielsen deal and signals that it’s taking ad performance data seriously
