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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Toshiba’s 64GB SDXC card to finally go on sale (in Japan)
April 15, 2010 – 6:35 am | No Comment
Toshiba’s 64GB SDXC card to finally go on sale (in Japan) Remember way back in August last year , when Toshiba announced the “world’s first 64GB SDXC card”? Well, actually Panasonic was faster (even though that company waited until January this year with its announcement), and it already has been selling their own 64GB card [JP] in Japan since February. But starting this Saturday, Japanese users can choose between that and the Toshiba card, as announced [JP] by Toshiba today. While the Panasonic card currently sells for just around $500 [JP] in Japan, the Toshiba model will cost ...
Panasonic Releases New GPS Devices For Its Strada Line
March 16, 2010 – 8:14 am | No Comment
Panasonic Releases New GPS Devices For Its Strada Line Despite there being a good many vehicles in Japan that come with GPS devices built-in, there seems to be some momentum going for Personal Navigation Devices (PND) over there. Now Panasonic has released a few more models in the land of the rising run to include in its Strada line of navigation devices. The new models will be available in 7-inch and 5-inch QVGA sizes, and sport ...
Sony 3D TVs go on sale in Japan (and probably the US) in June (video)
March 9, 2010 – 6:42 am | No Comment
Sony 3D TVs go on sale in Japan (and probably the US) in June (video) Just yesterday, we reported about Panasonic’s sales plans for their 3D devices in the US ( Samsung is ready , too). And today, Sony has announced [JP] prices and release dates for eight 3D BRAVIA TVs for the Japanese market. The company wants to sell a total of 25 million LCD TVs next fiscal year (a whopping 67% increase from its forecast for the current fiscal year that ends this month), with 3D TVs accounting for 10% of that number. The eight Sony 3D TVs are very ...
Skype Goes 720p, Jumps Onto LG and Panasonic HDTVs [Skype]
January 5, 2010 – 12:51 am | No Comment
Skype Goes 720p, Jumps Onto LG and Panasonic HDTVs [Skype] Big news from Skype: They're making a push for better video quality, with both new HD webcams and software support, but that's not the biggest deal here. They're also partnering with LG and Panasonic for Skype-enabled HDTVs. The new Skype 4.2 beta can achieve better quality video than ever before: 1280 x 720 resolution at 30fps. They've also got a line of HD webcams (hardware from faceVision and In Store) that pack video encoding and processing onboard, so as not to confound your ...