This episode is brought to you by Chef Station.

You know folks, I'm all about working smarter, not harder.

Running a successful e-commerce business can be really convoluted and honestly you have enough going on so I want to introduce you guys to ship station.

I love using ship station because it makes it so

much easier to automate all my shipping tasks and I can manage all my orders in one

simple dashboard. Work less and ship more with Ship Station, the innovative tool that helps turn your

shipping challenges into opportunities for growth. Go to shipstation.com and use code

tech news to sign up for your free 60 day trial that's ship

station dot com code tech news this is tech crunch

here's your Daily Crunch.

FlyTracts, the Israeli startup working with Walmart, Chilies and others in North Carolina

in pilots for a drone-based delivery service

targeting suburban consumers has picked up $40 million in funding to continue

developing its hardware and software, as well as more business partnerships as it awaits regulatory

nods to expand its service to more markets in the U.S.

In other news, Twitter is rolling out its in-app tipping feature to all Android users above the age of 18,

following the iOS launch in September.

The social media giant says the tips feature is geared towards users looking to get a little financial support from their

followers through Cash App, Paypal, Venmo, and Patreon directly through the app.

And the Pentagon announced a limited request for bids for a new Cloud Initiative that

replaces the cancelled $10 billion decade-long Jedi Contract Initiative.

You may recall, or not, that it previously ran a winner-take-all bid it had dubbed

...