Strategic Sharing: Zipcar Leads $13.7M Investment In Campus Car-Sharing Startup Wheelz
February 22, 2012 – 8:25 am | No Comment

Well, you have to hand it to the strategy team over at Zipcar . Arguably the largest on-demand car-sharing network, Zipcar went public last year and not long after saw its market cap cross $1 billion . It’s since fallen back, and with collaborative consumption and the market for car-sharing heating up, the big players have to make moves. Zipcar has since forged a partnership with Ford, making it the largest provider of cars for Zipcar’s University program , and, in December, the company took a controlling stake in Spain’s largest car-sharing network, Avancar . Today finds Zipcar making another strategic move to get its mitts in fellow car-sharing companies, again with a focus on universities, whose students are among the most eager adopters of car-sharing models. What do I mean? The company today announced that it is a lead investor in the $13.7 million series A financing of Wheelz , a junior, university-focused version of itself. The Detroit-based Fontinalis…

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iDroid App is Latest REJECTED App

Submitted by admin on November 29, 2009 – 7:16 pmNo Comment

6403f3aaae69x280.jpg iDroid App is Latest REJECTED AppRejected iPhone apps are equally popular with the hot picks over at the iTunes store and the latest casualty is the iDroid app from Swavv Apps, the creator of Beer Pong. The reason for the rejection? Well according to the people over at Apple, this app was nothing more than an ad for a competitor. All it did was display a glowing red Droid eye which if tapped would show you some marketing stuff about the competing phone. Sneaky but no dice! This is one rejection that is fully justified…finally!

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