Long before Blade, and, yes, the UberCopter, helicopters ferried passengers between New York City and its airports. In fact, New York Airways began promoting travel to and from local airports after Bell Helicopter received the first commercial helicopter license on March 8, 1946. Helicopter services have since evolved to ferry passengers to vacation destinations andother U.S. cities. Here’s how the early services worked, and how they’ve evolved to today's modern app-connected services.  Read More...

LEGO’s sales declined for the first time in 13 years. There were a number of factors driving the plunge, from excess old inventory to a lack of imagination in the new products the company's been releasing of late. Here’s how one of the world’s top toy brands rode the sales rollercoaster from 25 percent growth in 2015 to an 8 percent decline in 2017 — and what the company is doing to address it.  Read More...

There’s a long road from farm to fork. Quality control is no longer the purview of spreadsheets in supply chain management. Restaurants, grocers and other stakeholders in the food supply chain need a boost from technology, and maybe even the Internet of Things (IoT), according to FoodLogiQ’s chief marketing officer, Katy Jones.  Read More...