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The Access Economy Comes to Your Washing Machine
When you think of examples of the sharing or access economy, the likely examples that come up will revolve around cars: Zipcar , RelayRides , etc.
MIT Sloan CIO Symposium takes on mobile, data, clouds
Most discussions about where computing is and where it's going end up touching on three big themes: mobility, big data, and cloud computing .
Car Sharing As A Buzz-Builder, In Europe And America
It's long been standard practice for car companies to use rental car fleets as mini-test markets.
These are the research analyst new ratings before the market open. ISIS Pharmaceuticals was initiated with a Buy and a target price of $14 at Needham.
Can Hertz shake up car sharing?
Good, but not great, growth has Wall Street punishing car sharing market leader Zipcar, which IPO'ed at $18 last year, zoomed to $28 and now sits at around ten bucks.
Zipcar CEO Shares Secrets Of iOS Success
Zipcar was one of the first companies to showcase the potential of iOS apps using location services.
Netflix co-founder can't escape the rental industry, joins Getable's board
Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph has a thing for rental startups. Today he is joining the board of Getable - a company making tablet payments a reality for rentals.
Post-Facebook IPO wisdom, from one CEO to another
Bust out the streamers and party hats, everybody, it's Facebook IPO Day! The excitement aside, many of us are wondering what it all means.
Can This Start-up Shake up the Art World?
That's a basic, simple example of customer pain - and as an entrepreneur that should get you really excited.
SF Bay Area e-scooter sharing service starts beta tests
A San Francisco-based electric-scooter-sharing service has started beta testing, with plans to launch its service to the public next year, GigaOm reports.
Car-sharing pioneer Zipcar has seen its stock swoon since reporting earnings on April 25.
A Better Idea for Branding Public Transit
The blog was inspired by a new book, Making Transit Fun! How to Entice Motorists from Their Cars , in which designer Darrin Nordahl proposes that we apply "the power positive emotion wields over a person's choice" to transit, just as has been done with cars.
The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Monday were: Telestone Technologies Corp., MCG Capital Corporation, Move, Inc., Zipcar, Inc.
Let's look at how it got here and whether darker days lie ahead. How it got here Zipcar's fall has been more about expectations than a huge weakness in the business.
Startup Zagster aims to be the Zipcar for bikes
Zagster aims to bring shared bikes to a campus, apartment complex, or hotel near you.
Zipcar cranks up shared-car service on UT Dallas campus
Five small sedans at the University of Texas at Dallas stand ready to deliver blows against the empire - as well as transport students on pizza runs.
The 25-year-old Canadian has carried on where Zipcar left off. Instead of easy car rentals, her San Francisco-based startup,Getaround, allows peer-to-peer car sharing.
Gen Y's Take on Car Ownership? 'Not Cool'
Millennials are often viewed as "game changers" in the auto industry . Over the next 10 years, it's anticipated that 40% of new cars sold will be purchased by Gen Y consumers.
Zipcar Announces Participation at Upcoming Jefferies and J.P. Morgan Conferences
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 30, 2012 -- Zipcar, Inc. , the world's leading car sharing network, today announced that Scott Griffith, Chairman and CEO, and Ed Goldfinger, CFO, will present at two upcoming investor conferences: Jefferies 2012 Global TMT Conference at the Westin Times Square Hotel in New York City on Monday, May 7, 2012 at 1:15 pm ET.