With the spread of technology, companies are exploring the ways household chores can be made more bearable. Amazon is appealing to grocery-hating mothers everywhere with Amazon Dash – the kitchen assistant intended to do for the shopping list what Kindle did for the e-book.

It's been 21 years since Amazon launched, revolutionising the way people shop online. But with a business model that uses subscription fees and dynamic pricing to prioritise low prices over high-speed shipping, is online shopping club Jet set to overthrow the e-commerce giant?

As city streets become cluttered with advertising, brands are now experimenting in the sky instead. But as drones are often associated with shady surveillance and the sky is still considered to be a sacred place, what’s the etiquette for planting messages in the air?

We all know the feeling - you’ve just ordered something online, and then comes the agonising wait for it to be delivered. Aiming to speed up that process, Whole Foods has partnered with start-up Instacart to offer one-hour grocery deliveries at selected stores in Boston and Austin.