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Apple was reportedly in talks with Uber for same-day delivery before Postmates

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="intro">Apple reportedly entered into discussions with Uber regarding same-day delivery on products before the tech giant ultimately chose to take the service up with startup Postmates.</p> <!--break--> <p>According to sources cited by The New York Times (http://www.wsj.com/article_email/the-50-billion-question-can-uber-deliver-1434422042-lMyQjAxMTI1MjE2NjgxODY0Wj):</p>

<p>"In recent months, Uber lost out on the opportunity to make deliveries in some cities for Apple Inc. and Starbucks Corp., which discussed tie-ups with Uber but then made deals with startup courier service Postmates Inc."</p>

<p>Apple was interested in partnering up with Uber's on-demand delivery service, referred to internally as UberEverything. The service itself has failed to take off thus far, only bagging Uber a handful of deals. While no specific locations were mentioned, the two companies discussed "some cities."</p> <p>After talks reportedly broke down between Uber and Apple, the latter tech giant partnered with Postmates, launching the same-day delivery option (http://www.imore.com/apple-store-app-picks-postmates-support-same-day-delivery-select-cities) last month.</p> <p>Source: WSJ (http://www.wsj.com/article_email/the-50-billion-question-can-uber-deliver-1434422042-lMyQjAxMTI1MjE2NjgxODY0Wj)</p> </div></div></div><img width='1' height='1' src='(http://tipb.com.feedsportal.com/c/33998/f/616881/s/47470e40/sc/28/mf.gif)' border='0'/><br clear='all'/>

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