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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Kids Send 3D GoPro Cameras Into Space; Astonishing Footage Recorded
April 21, 2012 – 6:09 pm | No Comment
Kids Send 3D GoPro Cameras Into Space; Astonishing Footage Recorded If you have a pair of 3D glasses you might want to go get them now. Even a pair of old anagylphs will do just fine for this video that we have embedded above. Some elementary school kids from Wonderland Elementary School sent up a weather balloon which was attached to a carbon fiber frame to space. The frame held six GoPro HDHERO2 cameras with four of them set in 3D configuration and the other just setup in good old high-definition. (more…) By ...
Sprint discontinues HTC EVO 3D online, limited quantities remain at retail stores
April 21, 2012 – 10:24 am | No Comment
Sprint discontinues HTC EVO 3D online, limited quantities remain at retail stores It's not like we're gonna argue with Sprint's rationale, but the EVO 3D has met its end at the Now Network. Visitors to the carrier's online store will notice that the gee-whiz smartphone is no longer available for sale, and Sprint reps have confirmed to us that it's not coming back. Those who insist on owning an EVO 3D will be glad to know ...
Facebook Says “Yo Google and Apple, HTML5 Apps Will Suck Until Your Mobile Browsers Improve”
April 20, 2012 – 3:05 pm | No Comment
Facebook Says “Yo Google and Apple, HTML5 Apps Will Suck Until Your Mobile Browsers Improve” Facebook has revealed that its HTML5 site has twice as many users as its iOS and Android apps combined. But that’s actually a problem, because Apple and Google’s mobile browsers don’t support photo uploads or high-performance animation for HTML5 — features that are crucial to getting Facebook mobile site users sharing more and convincing app developers to port to HTML5 where Facebook can tax payments. To encourage mobile browser advancement, Facebook formed the W3C community group , but Apple and Google, the two partners it needs most, ...
Gene Munster: iPhone 5 May Release in October [Rumor]
April 20, 2012 – 11:25 am | No Comment
Gene Munster: iPhone 5 May Release in October [Rumor] In an interview with Jon Erlichman from Bloomberg West, Apple analyst from Piper Jaffray, Gene Munster claims that he thinks that not only will the next generation of the iPhone come in October. He puts the reason why he thinks that it will be coming out that late in the year down to the fact that Qualcomm’s 28nm chips are short in supply and because the iPhone 5 is likely to be LTE capable it would mean either a late Q4 release ...
Did the Samsung Galaxy S III just appear in Vietnam? (video)
April 20, 2012 – 2:31 am | No Comment
Did the Samsung Galaxy S III just appear in Vietnam? (video) Whoa, there. We're still weeks away from an official big stage unveiling, but it looks like Samsung's next Galaxy phone is already out there. Vietnamese site Tinhte, which has past form on these kind of things, has got it hands on the GT-I9300 -- purportedly the Galaxy S III if Samsung decides to follow its own naming convention. According to the specifications leaked, the phone ...
Toshiba Excite 7.7-inch Tegra 3 Tablet Hits FCC
April 19, 2012 – 6:04 am | No Comment
Toshiba Excite 7.7-inch Tegra 3 Tablet Hits FCC As we previously reported about the trio of tablets Toshiba had announced last week, the smaller version of the Toshiba Excite 10 has flaunted its moves over at the FCC. The 7.7-inch smaller brother with its brilliant AMOLED display differs from the 10 inch variant with only a microSD slot as opposed to the full SD card slot and a slim profile of 0.3-inches. It also weighs less obviously. The much anticipated Tegra 3 powered tablet ...
YouTube wants more videos to have background music, adds audio editor
April 19, 2012 – 1:54 am | No Comment
YouTube wants more videos to have background music, adds audio editor Need something to fill in the awkward silence between your vlog's unscripted stuttering? YouTube's got your back. In yet another attempt to make your crummy videos just a little better, the streaming outfit has revamped its audio editing suite, giving users access to over 150,000 tracks and a simple sound mixer, to boot. Sure, YouTube's tracks may not be as catchy as your favorite Flaming ...