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Zipcar Leads Funding for Wheelz — a P2P Version of Itself

Liz Gannes in Commerce on February 22 at 12:00 am PT

Wheelz, a college campus-based service that matches car owners with borrowers, has raised $13.7 million in Series A funding. What’s particularly interesting is the lead investor: Zipcar.

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Wal-Mart Acquires Small Mobile Agency to Beef Up Tech Team

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 4 at 10:08 am PT

Wal-Mart’s technology division, @WalmartLabs, has acquired Small Society, a mobile agency in Portland, Ore. In a blog post, Wal-Mart said the company will join another acquisition it made in the Northwest, and both will work closely with its Silicon Valley offices. Small Society has developed apps for large organizations, including the Democratic National Committee, Zipcar and Starbucks. Terms were not disclosed.

RelayRides Puts Underemployed Cars to Work (Video)

Liz Gannes in Social on March 4, 2011 at 11:36 am PT

RelayRides helps car owners lend their personal vehicles to local borrowers for an hourly fee. Will there will ever be a day when this idea doesn’t strike many people as insane? Unlikely.

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Zipcar Picks Up Meg Whitman

Voices in News on February 28, 2011 at 2:20 pm PT

She may have taken a beating at the polls, but Meg Whitman still has her entrepreneurial drive. The former eBay CEO is joining the board of car-sharing network Zipcar, replacing early investor and long-time board member Jim Gerson. “Meg is a present-day business icon and visionary,” said Chairman and CEO Scott Griffith.

Revolution CEO Steve Case at D8: AOL Could Come Back–Look What Happened to Apple

Peter Kafka in D8 on June 2, 2010 at 1:56 pm PT

Steve Case is most famous for building America Online, which became the Internet’s first mega-company, and for merging it with Time Warner, which became the worst corporate marriage in recent history. But AOL is 25 years old, and the AOL-Time Warner deal is a decade old. What has Steve Case been doing since then? Investing, in a lot of different stuff. Time to talk about old deals and new ones.

WWDC 2009 Keynote LIVE: Zipcar, Pasco and Mr. Science!

John Paczkowski in News on June 8, 2009 at 12:02 pm PT

ngmoco:) is followed by Pasco, an education app. Using the app and an accessory to collect data on balloon pressure. Forestall joins demoer on stage in full “Mr. Science” get-up. “When you connect sensors to the iPhone, the whole world becomes a laboratory.”

Downloadable Movies in a Box: Where’s the Magic?

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on October 10, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

Movie download service Vudu likes to think of itself as the instant-gratification alternative to running to the video store. But the device, which plugs into your TV and Internet connection, has a poor movie selection and slow downloads.