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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Hulu Plus launches on seven Android tablets
March 29, 2012 – 2:12 pm | No Comment
Hulu Plus launches on seven Android tablets Hulu Plus subscribers with Android tablets now have a reason to jump for joy – the premium online video streaming service is now available for certain Android tablets. In an official announcement today, Hulu mentioned that the Hulu Plus app is now available for the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime, ASUS Eee Pad Transformer, Motorola Xoom, Motorola Xyboard 10.1, Toshiba Thrive, Acer Iconia and LG G-Slate. The app has also been revamped with a brand new UI that ...
US Judge rejects Hasbro / ASUS sales ban, Transformer Prime prevails
March 27, 2012 – 12:53 pm | No Comment
US Judge rejects Hasbro / ASUS sales ban, Transformer Prime prevails Coming up with original gadget names is tough work, and, after all, imitation is the most sincere form of flattery -- right? So it was no surprise when ASUS happened upon an alias that more than slightly resembled that of a popular fictional mutant semi -- you know, Transformer Optimus Prime. However shockingly, Hasbro wasn't a fan, opting to battle ASUS to the death in the U.S. court system. And, after countless weeks ...
ASUS Eee PC 1225B surfaces
December 27, 2011 – 8:03 am | No Comment
ASUS Eee PC 1225B surfaces According to reports online, ASUS is set to announce the successor to its Eee PC 1215B notebook this coming CES 2012. A new notebook called the Eee PC 1225B turned up on the ASUS website over the weekend, signifying its imminent arrival. The 1225B will features an 11.6″ LED 1366 x 768 display, an AMD Fusion APU E450 1.65GHz or C60 1.0GHz dual-core processor, AMD Radeon HD6320 or Radeon 6290 graphics card, ...
Eee Pad Transformer Prime gets handled, fawned over
November 27, 2011 – 11:53 pm | No Comment
Eee Pad Transformer Prime gets handled, fawned over We've seen the Eee Pad Transformer Prime work out its camera, take a bite out of Ice Cream Sandwich and slide through a Portuguese hands-on, but we're more than happy to take a peek at Ritchie's Room's "first look" as well. Their impressions? Pretty positive -- Ritchie had nary a negative thing to say about the ASUS slate, optimistically noting that folks screaming for ice cream will eventually be able to sooth their throats ...
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’ ...
ASUS Transformer Prime gets the hands-on treatment
November 13, 2011 – 5:16 am | No Comment
ASUS Transformer Prime gets the hands-on treatment Earlier this week we gave you a preview of the ASUS’ upcoming Transformer Prime tablet, and while we had all the details on the tablet, we didn’t have any photographs or videos of the tablet in action to show. Well, the lucky folks over at ZTOP managed to get their hands on a unit and shared their hands-on experience with the world through a whole bunch of photographs, and even a video demonstration of ...
ASUS Transformer Prime launch to be delayed?
November 8, 2011 – 5:53 am | No Comment
ASUS Transformer Prime launch to be delayed? We’re all expecting the ASUS Transformer Prime to be officially launched tomorrow ever since Jonney Shih, Chairman of ASUS, announced at AsiaD that November 9th would be the date of its formal announcement. Well, we’re now a day away from the launch and DigiTimes has reported that the launch is going to be postponed until December. The reason for the delay? Apparently they want the tablet to ship with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich ...
ASUS Padfone delayed because of Ice Cream Sandwich
August 13, 2011 – 2:15 am | No Comment
ASUS Padfone delayed because of Ice Cream Sandwich Remember the ASUS Padfone that was officially announced in May? Since then, there hasn’t been any sign or news of the device – until now. Alex Sun, head of ASUS’ Personal Mobile Device department, has stated that the hybrid ASUS Padfone will be arriving with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich hence the delay of the phone/tablet. Ice Cream Sandwich is said the version of Android that is said to solve fragmentation issues and will also be ...
ASUS works Sandy Bridge magic on thin-and-light U31E, U31SD, and U36SD
April 18, 2011 – 6:43 pm | No Comment
ASUS works Sandy Bridge magic on thin-and-light U31E, U31SD, and U36SD It appears that ASUS is finally ready to show its line of thin-and-light machines some Sandy Bridge love. Swedish site Technytt claims to have the exclusive scoop on a trio of laptops -- the U31SD, U31E, and U36SD -- that will find their way to retail channels in late May. The U31SD is already showing up on the ASUS site, with the option of either a Core i5 ...
ASUS Eee Tablet to show up at CES 2011
November 16, 2010 – 6:55 am | No Comment
ASUS Eee Tablet to show up at CES 2011 We have reported on the ASUS Eee Tablet, aka E90 or EeePad. It was unveiled at Computex in June, and there hasn’t been much on it since then. We know that it has 2,450 dpi touchscreen sensitivity and quick 0.1 second page turns. I also believe that it was supposed to come out sometime earlier, but it will probably not show up until 2011. That means it will ...