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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IBM decides to play SimPortland with the actual city of Portland
August 11, 2011 – 11:37 pm | No Comment
IBM decides to play SimPortland with the actual city of Portland Portland, Oregon is widely acknowledged by experts* as one of the best cities on the planet, and quite possibly in the entire universe. To figure why, and to make things even better (like that's possible), IBM is going to attempt to simulate the entire city in a giant computer game.
IBM celebrates 100 years of creating awesomeness
February 1, 2011 – 6:07 pm | No Comment
IBM celebrates 100 years of creating awesomeness IBM isn't a name that you hear being kicked around very regularly these days, at least not in the consumer market, but it has a long and rich history of enabling many of the technologies that you know and love. This documentary covers IBM's culture, some of its past highlights, and its future. If you like tech, it's a must-see.