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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Klip 2.0: Instagram for Video Minus the Filters
December 9, 2011 – 5:23 pm | No Comment
Klip 2.0: Instagram for Video Minus the Filters Klip is a mobile video sharing application that launched a couple months ago, it allows to record, share, discover and play mobile videos. Just like in Instagram, you capture a video or select one from the Camera roll, add a comment and share it with the Klip community, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or via email. The new 2.0 version launched yesterday offers a number of new features including the ability to share “Klips” via SMS and iMessage. The main addition is the recommendation engine that ...
Fly Or Die: Flipboard For The iPhone
December 7, 2011 – 10:56 pm | No Comment
Fly Or Die: Flipboard For The iPhone Last night, Flipboard released its long-awaited iPhone app . The app is a companion to its popular iPad reader which renders feeds and realtime streams into a magazine-like experience. The iPhone app is already so popular that it took down Flipboard’s service earlier today. In this episode of Fly or Die , John Biggs and I take the iPhone app through the paces. (You can watch our episode on the original iPad app here from last January). The iPhone app is gorgeous, as you would expect from ...
The Kindle Fire Is On Fire; Amazon Expected To Ship 3.9 Million This Quarter
December 4, 2011 – 3:33 pm | No Comment
The Kindle Fire Is On Fire; Amazon Expected To Ship 3.9 Million This Quarter The Kindle Fire looks like a bona fide hit right out of the gate. New estimates from IHS iSuppli have Amazon shipping 3.9 million Kindle Fires this quarter, which would make it the No. 2 tablet after the iPad 2 (with an estimated 18.6 million shipments). The Kindle Fire will become the No. 1 Android tablet by a wide margin (the Samsung Galaxy Tab is the next biggest, with an estimated 1.4 million shipments). To put this 3.9 million number in context, just remember that the very ...
The Promise Of The 15-Inch MacBook Air
November 29, 2011 – 2:20 am | No Comment
The Promise Of The 15-Inch MacBook Air In my home office sits a 27-inch iMac with a secondary 24-inch LED Cinema Display attached to it. It’s a glorious vision of screen real estate. And yet, I dread using it. First world problem? It’s perhaps the definition of the term. But it’s true. I’m sitting here on a couch adjacent to my desk because I’d rather type this post on my MacBook Air. To be completely honest, I’d rather be using my iPad right now . But I must admit, it doesn’t come anywhere close ...
“Promising Unlock” For The iPhone 4S Discovered
November 27, 2011 – 11:53 pm | No Comment
“Promising Unlock” For The iPhone 4S Discovered Most folks spent their Thanksgiving weekend ensuring that every inch of their intestinal track was thoroughly covered in gravy. Others spent it trying to get just drunk enough that their relative’s worst habits were bearable. A select few, however, spent the weekend doing something pretty much only they can do: hacking the heck out of the iPhone. As a result, everyone waitin’ and wishin’ for an iPhone 4S carrier unlock has something to be thankful for. It’s not quite a done deal just yet, but iPhone Dev-Team ...
Microsoft: “Microsoft Has Had [Voice Control] In Windows Phones For A Year”
November 26, 2011 – 5:37 am | No Comment
In a charming interview with Forbes Magazine , Microsoft’s Craig Mundie discussed future products at Microsot, including the success and plans for the Kinect as well as their mesa para computación , the Surface . Most important to certain folks who like computers by Apple were his comments on Siri. Basically, he said Windows Phone has had voice control – namely simple commands like “text Mom” and Bing searches – for a year now. Duh! He said: People are infatuated with Apple announcing it. It’s good marketing, but at ...
Chrono Trigger heads to iOS next month
November 21, 2011 – 11:56 am | No Comment
Chrono Trigger heads to iOS next month Square Enix continues its campaign to put Chrono Trigger on every single device you own, with the announcement of a version for Leapster iPhone. The Square Enix Members blog reveals that an iOS release of the classic RPG will be available "before the end of December." No price was announced, but Square Enix tends to be bold with iPhone RPG pricing: Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions debuted at $16, and even the ...
ASUS and Dell not exiting the tablet business
November 20, 2011 – 12:07 pm | No Comment
ASUS and Dell not exiting the tablet business On Thursday, the folks over at DigiTimes reported that companies like ASUS, Acer and Dell were looking to retreat from the tablet business due to the OEMs struggling to make a dent in Apple’s share of the tablet market and the arrival of low cost tablets like the Kindle Fire and NOOK Tablet. Well, two of the companies decided to set the story straight by responding to those rumors. ASUS’ ...
Samsung’s modified Galaxy Tab 10.1N for Germany gets examined
November 20, 2011 – 6:58 am | No Comment
Samsung’s modified Galaxy Tab 10.1N for Germany gets examined As you may recall from earlier this week, Samsung has started selling a slightly modified version of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in Germany to satisfy a recent court ruling, which deemed the original model a little too Apple-like in some respects. Just how modified is the new 10.1N model? Well, you can thank NewGadgets.de for our first real look at it. As expected, the changes are all found around the edges of the device, including ...
Russound AirGo outdoor AirPlay speaker also creates Wi-Fi hotspot
November 17, 2011 – 7:35 pm | No Comment
Russound AirGo outdoor AirPlay speaker also creates Wi-Fi hotspot Having 40 watts of power pumping out of an outdoor speaker means plenty of volume: limit the chance you'll hear yourself think and increase the chance your uninvited neighbors will call the cops — all at the same time! This speaker also knows a neat trick beyond that, too