Amazon's drones might soon "track you down to deliver your goods," said Ruth Reader at Venture Beat. A new patent application for a feature called "Bring It to Me" suggests that Amazon plans to use drones one day to "deliver items directly" to customers based on their exact location, using the GPS in their mobile devices.
Amazon is also testing a service in Germany that allows delivery drivers to place packages in a customer's car trunk using a special temporary unlock code.
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