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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This typewriter is secretly a video game console
November 1, 2010 – 3:02 pm | No Comment
This is the Automatypewriter by Jonathan Guberman. What is an Automatypewriter, you wonder? Well, believe it or not, it's a thinking typewriter that you can play games on. It even writes by itself!
Dead Drops: An Art Project That Puts Memory Where Your Mortar Is
October 31, 2010 – 3:40 am | No Comment
Dead Drops: An Art Project That Puts Memory Where Your Mortar Is What you see here is part of an art project called Dead Drops . USB drives are stuck into walls around New York City and users are encouraged to connect and upload and download whatever they want. Knowing New York these things will soon either be coated in slime or filled with chork porn it it’s definitely a fun project. The devices are at the following places: 87 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn, NY (Makerbot) Empire Fulton Ferry Park, Brooklyn, NY (Dumbo) 235 Bowery, NY (New Museum) Union Square, ...
Humongous 58-inch multi-touch iPhone desk actually works
October 30, 2010 – 10:38 pm | No Comment
Humongous 58-inch multi-touch iPhone desk actually works They say it's not how big it is, but what you do with it that counts, but that could all change when this gigantic 58-inch working iPhone desk is completed.
Trick or Treat with TUAW: iPhone 4 and iPad cases from iSkin
October 30, 2010 – 3:47 am | No Comment
Trick or Treat with TUAW: iPhone 4 and iPad cases from iSkin TUAW is giving away a gaggle of ghoulishly good gadgets over the next few days. Be sure to come back every day between now and October 31st for a chance to win. The good part of the giveaways? You don't need to wear a costume to win 'em. With the surprisingly active adoption of the iPad in the healthcare industry, as well as recent concerns about how microbes can live happily on iPad screens, wouldn't ...
Omega Speedmaster Broad Arrow Co-Axial Watch For 2010
October 29, 2010 – 7:01 am | No Comment
Omega Speedmaster Broad Arrow Co-Axial Watch For 2010 Omega's game of cat and mouse with the present and past continues. The last several sport watches they released seem to have at least one leg (from a design perspective) in the past. This new Speedmaster Broad Arrow Co-Axial watch isn't that much different. It is like a modern man in a vintage Armani suit that still looks pretty good today. The Broad Arrow Speedmaster watch has been around for a long time. The point of the name? Well compared to your standard Omega Speedmaster Professional watch ...
Did the Google Nexus Two just get leaked?
October 29, 2010 – 7:01 am | No Comment
Did the Google Nexus Two just get leaked? Google's flagship Nexus One phone was a pretty important smartphone. It was the first official Google phone that the search-engine company completely endorsed and sold on its online store (now defunct). The folks at Gizmodo who accurately leaked the iPhone 4 are claiming that the Nexus Two is real.
World’s fastest mobility scooter gets you to the buffet faster
October 14, 2010 – 11:13 am | No Comment
World’s fastest mobility scooter gets you to the buffet faster Are you a senior who is always in a big rush to catch the early bird special at the Old Country Buffet? Then you should forget about those wimpy 5-mph electric scooters, and get one like this that can hit 69-mph.
The iPad is coming to Verizon on October 28th, sort of
October 14, 2010 – 11:12 am | No Comment
The iPad is coming to Verizon on October 28th, sort of Verizon is getting the iPad! Could the iPhone be next? Eh, maybe, but you've gotta understand that the iPad is only sort of coming to Verizon.
Why Are Watches So Expensive?
October 13, 2010 – 5:51 am | No Comment
Why Are Watches So Expensive? There is no denying that most people consider watches to be pretty expensive. Luxury watches often cost as much, or more than cars. For people not intimately aware of how the luxury watch industry works, it can be confusing, frustrating, even maddening why watches are so expensive. Due to this question getting thrown around a lot, click below to "read more" to learn about luxury watch pricing reasons and the luxury industry overall. Read more crunchgear
Ready to run 800-mph land speed record car for sale
October 10, 2010 – 4:29 am | No Comment
Ready to run 800-mph land speed record car for sale Are you in the market for a nice used car? With only two careful prior owners this car has very low miles, although most of them were covered at several hundred miles per hour.