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…

Read the full story »
Apple

Latest Apple products news, iPod, iPhone, iTunes, Mac …

Digital Cameras

Digital camcorders, cameras, news and reviews

Gaming

Video games news, reviews, rumors, PS3, Xbox360, Wii, PC, DSi and PSP

Home Entertainment

Latest entertainment technology news, HDTVs, media, audio and video …

PCs

Desktops, data storage, softwares and networking …

Join us for FCC chairman Julius Genachowski’s CTIA keynote tomorrow at 10:30AM ET
May 7, 2012 – 2:08 pm | No Comment
Join us for FCC chairman Julius Genachowski’s CTIA keynote tomorrow at 10:30AM ET Ain't no party like a Genachowski party, cause a Genachowski party don't stop. So long as you've got the spectrum and bandwidth to keep your your Niki and the Dove Pandora station bumpin'. The festivities here at CTIA Wireless 2012 in New Orleans are already underway, unofficially, but the true ...
Buy a Vita, get free Mortal Kombat and 4GB memory card
May 7, 2012 – 10:13 am | No Comment
Buy a Vita, get free Mortal Kombat and 4GB memory card For those of you who want to test your might at any moment, no matter where you are, Amazon has a deal to help you out. Right now, if you purchase the Wi-Fi model of the PS Vita, you'll get a free copy of Mortal Kombat, along with a 4GB memory card ...
The MB&F HM3 Goes To The Moon
May 7, 2012 – 6:28 am | No Comment
The MB&F HM3 Goes To The Moon No self-respecting gadget lover can deny that MB&F’s very high-end artistic wrist machines are overall cool. Most of us can’t afford them, but items like this certain stir our ambitious sides. Recently MB&F released a new limited version of their Horological Machine Number 3 (HM3) watch that was designed and produced in collaboration with a boutique Finnish watch maker named Stepan Sarpaneva. ...
SF Climates iOS App Offers Neighborhood Specific Weather Reports
May 6, 2012 – 10:51 pm | No Comment
SF Climates iOS App Offers Neighborhood Specific Weather Reports As a resident of NYC, I find little use for the SF Climates iOS app that all of my San Francisco-based friends (read: social media whores) are boasting over today. But a lot of you do live there, so you might find it useful. Let’s say you live in the Marina and for some reason need to go to the Dogpatch or vice ...
B&O PLAY launches BeoPlay A3, iPad Sound System – Hands On
May 6, 2012 – 12:30 pm | No Comment
B&O PLAY launches BeoPlay A3, iPad Sound System – Hands On Bang & Olufsen unveiled their new brand B&O PLAY at CES 2012 alongside the launch of its first product Beolit 12. On Thursday, at an event in San Francisco the Danish manufacturer demonstrated three new products under the B&O PLAY umbrella including the BeoPlay A3, a very innovative and high ...
PSA: AT&T’s HTC One X now in stock, get it while it’s frosty
May 6, 2012 – 12:30 pm | No Comment
PSA: AT&T’s HTC One X now in stock, get it while it’s frosty While the AT&T One X is getting some flack for being blocked from HTC's bootloader unlocking program, the good news is that it's officially available starting today. So long as you're not phased with having Sense 4 sprinkled on top of your 4.7-inch Ice Cream Sandwich, the dual-core, LTE-enabled device ...
Daily Update for May 4, 2012
May 5, 2012 – 7:06 am | No Comment
%content%
Tenacious D: Rize Of The Fenix [Video]
May 5, 2012 – 7:06 am | No Comment
%content%