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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Samsung’s new ’smart cameras’ make sharing photos super simple
May 18, 2012 – 12:49 am | No Comment
Samsung’s new ’smart cameras’ make sharing photos super simple If you're up to snuff on your Samsung history, you'll know that the Korean electronics giant is very keen on slapping the word "Smart" in front of all of its products. From Smart TVs to Smart Touch Remotes to Smart Home appliances including a smartphone-controllable washer and dryer, Samsung's got the connected goods. The only product that hasn't gone to school and come back enlightened is the camera. This year, Samsung's rolling out the smartness to all of ...
Leaked T-Mobile roadmap outlines Ice Cream Sandwich updates, new myTouch devices
April 27, 2012 – 8:53 pm | No Comment
Leaked T-Mobile roadmap outlines Ice Cream Sandwich updates, new myTouch devices Looks like our friends over at TMoNews have unearthed a roadmap with some tasty morsels of info about what's coming down the pipe from T-Mobile USA in the next few months. Of course, none of this is set in stone or even confirmed, so take it with a grain of salt. Most interesting is a pair of dates for Ice Cream sandwich updates, with ...
Toshiba Excite 13 redefines tablet size
April 10, 2012 – 5:47 pm | No Comment
Toshiba Excite 13 redefines tablet size Toshiba has just officially announced its new tablet line-up featuring several models, including the Toshiba Excite 13, an amazing 13.3″ tablet powered by the quad-core Tegra 3 chip from NVIDIA. I’ve played with the Excite 13, and I can tell you that it is obviously the most interesting one, not only because a thin 13.3″ (1600
Stolen Samsung AMOLED Technology Sold to Rival, 11 Arrested
April 6, 2012 – 11:35 pm | No Comment
Stolen Samsung AMOLED Technology Sold to Rival, 11 Arrested 11 suspects have been arrested and charged with crimes related to the alleged theft of AMOLED display technology currently under development at Samsung, South Korea. A news report on Thursday revealed that 11 suspects all of which were employees of Samsung formerly and currently have been arrested in relation to this theft. One 46-year-old researched at Samsung is reported to have accepted a payment of nearly $170,000 from a “local rival” which is unnamed in exchange for trade secrets pertaining to ...
White Samsung Wave 3 seen in the wild
March 20, 2012 – 12:01 am | No Comment
White Samsung Wave 3 seen in the wild The Bada operating system from Samsung has not exactly caught the imagination of the masses, and looks set to remain in a niche group of products even from Samsung themselves. Having said that, at least Samsung is not abandoning the Bada platform entirely. Some sharp eyed folks (with a fast camera of course) were able to shoot a video of the white Samsung Wave 3, which is very different from the Bada flagship model which came in black originally. The white version features ...
Samsung Smart TVs arrive in the US
March 7, 2012 – 10:26 am | No Comment
Samsung Smart TVs arrive in the US Samsung Electronics has just announced that their range of 2012 Smart TVs will start to ship from March onwards Stateside, starting with the LED 6-series and above, in addition to the company of the Plasma 6-series and above. This would make them the fifth generation of Smart TVs from South Korean conglomerate Samsung, where among the features that can be found across the board include improved picture quality with Micro Dimming Ultimate and Black Pro, a dual-core processor (yes, TVs now ...
Samsung VP Eric Anderson On The Future Of Smart TVs [TCTV]
March 7, 2012 – 6:07 am | No Comment
Samsung VP Eric Anderson On The Future Of Smart TVs [TCTV] Today at Samsung’s media event in NYC , I got the chance to chat with VP of Content and Product Solutions, Eric Anderson, on the future of Smart TVs. The company just recently released a number of new Smart TV offerings equipped with what Samsung is calling Smart Interaction — the ability to control the TV through voice and gestures. And while this is sure to wow consumers, Samsung is far more concerned with what it will mean for the company once these Smart TVs infiltrate the ...
A closer look at the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (video)
February 28, 2012 – 6:29 pm | No Comment
A closer look at the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (video) The last time we showed you the Galaxy Note 10.1, we had time for a few hands-on shots, but not quite enough to get to know the tablet, to warm up to the idea of interacting with one of our favorite 10-inchers using a stylus pen. Now that we've had a chance to park ourselves at Samsung's Mobile World Congress and get acclimated to the various S Pen apps, we wanted to hit back with one more hands-on, this time ...
Three Samsung phones show up with WiFi certification
February 18, 2012 – 3:46 am | No Comment
Three Samsung phones show up with WiFi certification Samsung may not be holding any press conferences at the Mobile World Congress this year, but that doesn’t it won’t have anything to show at the event. According to recent sightings on the WiFi certification website, Samsung might have three phones to unveil to the public. The three devices that have been recently spotted with WiFi certification are the SGH-T999, SGH-I535, and the SPH-L710. Since Samsung won’t be announcing the Galaxy S3 at MWC, it’s safe to say that we ...
Samsung Posts Record Q4 Numbers, 35 Million Smartphones Sold
January 6, 2012 – 8:39 am | No Comment
Samsung Posts Record Q4 Numbers, 35 Million Smartphones Sold Samsung has today posted record quarterly profits after selling 35 million smartphones in the fourth quarter, up from 27.9 million in the previous quarter. Operating profits have soared to 5.2 trillion won (US $4.47 billion), representing a 73 percent year-over-year increase. You can bet that the still-very-popular Samsung Galaxy S II has something to do with it, along with Google’s latest flagship device: the ICS-powered Galaxy Nexus. Of course, the revenue generated from Samsung’s processing chip and OLED display business didn’t hurt either, reports Reuters . What’s ...