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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Owen E1 Ereader Suits Dirty-Fingered Readers [EReaders]

Submitted by admin on December 31, 2009 – 4:38 amNo Comment

f9e7eb3ad1wen e1.jpg Owen E1 Ereader Suits Dirty Fingered Readers [EReaders]Yet another ereader has floated face-up to the surface of the pool, with Owen’s E1 being one of the smallest around. The screen is a small 5-inches (compared to say, the Kindle, which is 6-inches).

I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but apart from COOL-ER’s crazy-colorful models, most ereaders tend to be white for some inexplicable reason. It’s nice to see Owen has given a thought to the dirty-digited, with this sensible black one.

Internally, specs sound basic, though it does have MP3 player functionality. As to whether it’ll launch outside of China, that remains to be seen—but for now, let’s just hope that the other manufacturers take inspiration from this daring non-white or silver model. [PMP Today]

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