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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Leaked Video: Swyping Versus iPhone Typing. (Swype For Android Is Next).

Submitted by admin on November 23, 2009 – 3:08 pmNo Comment

439197469015x122.jpg Leaked Video: Swyping Versus iPhone Typing. (Swype For Android Is Next).A year ago, Swype launched a new way to type on a touchscreen phone at TechCrunch50. Swype was created by the inventor of the T9 predictive typing system used on most phones today because he felt that new text input methods for small touchscreens are sorely needed. Today, the startup announced the first phone to use the technology will be the Samsung Omnia II on Verizon. As you can see in the video above, which shows a side-by-side comparison of typing on the Omnia II versus on an iPhone, the way you type with Swype is you literally swipe your finger from one letter to the next as fast as you can. In the video, the Swypist beats the iPhone typist hands down, so to speak.

 Leaked Video: Swyping Versus iPhone Typing. (Swype For Android Is Next).

 Leaked Video: Swyping Versus iPhone Typing. (Swype For Android Is Next).

 Leaked Video: Swyping Versus iPhone Typing. (Swype For Android Is Next).  Leaked Video: Swyping Versus iPhone Typing. (Swype For Android Is Next).  Leaked Video: Swyping Versus iPhone Typing. (Swype For Android Is Next).

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