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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Amazon inflates its streaming library
April 15, 2012 – 7:26 pm | No Comment
Amazon inflates its streaming library Attempting to catch up with Hulu Plus' and Netflix's streaming services, Amazon Prime Instant Video, a video streaming service, boasts that it has "more than 17,000 movies and television shows." This is technically true, but the everyday consumer might see it a little differently.
Nokia Lumia 900 Review: This One’s A No-Brainer
April 15, 2012 – 3:56 pm | No Comment
Nokia Lumia 900 Review: This One’s A No-Brainer Short Version Guys, this one’s such a no brainer that I shouldn’t even have to lay it all out. But I will. The Nokia Lumia 900 is an excellent handset, comes packed with a fresh new operating system in the form of Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, and thanks to a nifty AT&T bill credit from Nokia , you can essentially get this $100 LTE-equipped phone for free until the 21st. Repeat: for free . Like I said, this one’s a no brainer. Features: 4.3-inch 480
Alexandre Herchovitch dresses up HP Pavilion dm1 with golden doilies, higher sticker price
April 15, 2012 – 11:02 am | No Comment
Alexandre Herchovitch dresses up HP Pavilion dm1 with golden doilies, higher sticker price Ask the most fashionable folks you know, looking good isn't cheap -- no surprise then, that playing dress up has put a premium on the HP Pavilion dm1's price tag. Brazilian designer Alexandre Herchovitch has dolled up the ultraportable laptop with a lacy gold topcoat, applying the signature flair to the machine's keyboard, palm rest and lid. The cost of style? About $1800, according ...
HTC Golf press image leaked
April 15, 2012 – 6:24 am | No Comment
HTC Golf press image leaked Sometime last month, there were whispers of a new smartphone from HTC known as the HTC Golf, which surprisingly enough will not be part of the flagship range, but rather, has every intention of making a splash on the entry level to mid-range market. We do know that it will run on the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, and the folks over at PocketNow managed to snag what they deem to be the ...
Shadowrun Returns says let’s get physical, physical
April 14, 2012 – 9:00 pm | No Comment
Shadowrun Returns says let’s get physical, physical The Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter passed the $1 million mark, meaning all $15 backers will receive the Linux port of the final game -- but that's not all.Harebrained Schemes added a new $125 donor level that rewards backers with the Deluxe Boxed Edition. This includes a "game disc, soundtrack disc, a mini-poster, and -- check this -- a Shadowrun Returns USB Dog Tag set, containing DRM-free versions of the game (PC/Mac/Linux) and soundtrack ...
Thunderbolt Might Transfer to Windows by May [Rumors]
April 14, 2012 – 3:13 am | No Comment
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HTC launches trio of Dragons in China, Ice Cream Sandwich on all
April 14, 2012 – 3:13 am | No Comment
HTC launches trio of Dragons in China, Ice Cream Sandwich on all HTC's been far from quiet since unveiling its One series to the masses, and today the company's continuing the trend by launching three new devices in China. This trio makes up HTC's Dragon lineup, which our partners at Engadget China first met at MWC. Leading the way is the 4-inch HTC VT T328t for China Mobile, featuring Sense ...
Nokia Lumia 900 Review
April 14, 2012 – 3:12 am | No Comment
Nokia Lumia 900 Review By Introducing the Lumia 900, Nokia is effectively bringing a larger, 4G LTE, version of their Lumia 800 to the market. It has just about all the qualities of its predecessor, but the larger size changes the user experience slightly, and the battery life seems to be better out of the box. The Nokia Lumia 900 builds on the new industrial introduced by the Nokia N9 which uses a single bloc of polycarbonate that effectively ...
Kings of Amalur: Reckoning ‘Teeth of Naros’ DLC media overview
April 13, 2012 – 10:14 am | No Comment
Kings of Amalur: Reckoning ‘Teeth of Naros’ DLC media overview Later this month, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning will add a new city and numerous side quests through the Teeth of Naros DLC pack. Well, before you venture to the floating isle of Idylla and meet its insanely hospitable people, who are in no way as cold as the stone of which they're partly made, learn the history of one of Amalur's oldest areas by checking out the trailer and gallery of screens below. Kingdoms of ...