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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Check Back Here In An Hour For News From Blackberry World
May 2, 2011 – 5:59 am | No Comment
Check Back Here In An Hour For News From Blackberry World I’m here at Blackberry World in Orlando and I’m waiting patiently for news of a/many new phone(s). Keep your eyes on the prize here and I’ll be posting the news as soon as it happens at 8:30am Eastern/5:30am Pacific. BGR appears to think we’re talking about a new BlackBerry Bold. Read more mobilecrunch
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May 2, 2011 – 5:59 am | No Comment
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May 1, 2011 – 9:05 pm | No Comment
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LG Revolution press shot leaked
May 1, 2011 – 5:03 pm | No Comment
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April 30, 2011 – 11:14 pm | No Comment
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Rumor: Evidence for a Castle in the ‘iCloud’ for Lion
April 30, 2011 – 5:40 pm | No Comment
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April 30, 2011 – 10:26 am | No Comment
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