Tag: RelayRides

RelayRides: why renting will soon be easier than owning

Posted on by timbatchelder

Why Renting Cars Could Soon Be Easier Than Hailing a Taxi
Marcus Wohlsen, wired.com

San Francisco-based RelayRides just announced a deal that puts new corporate and technological weight behind its vision of ubiquitous mobility.

Why Renting Cars Could Soon Be Easier Than Hailing a Taxi http://flip.it/N6Z4N http://flip.it/nT1vk

Related articles

Airbnb And The Unstoppable Rise Of The Share Economy

Posted on by timbatchelder

Airbnb And The Unstoppable Rise Of The Share Economy
Tomio Geron, forbes.com

On paper, Fred­er­ic Lar­son is just one data point in five years of U.S. gov­ern­ment sta­tis­tics show­ing under­em­ploy­ment in dozens of indus­tries and stag­nant income growth across the board. The 63-year-old pho­tog­ra­ph­er with two chil­d…

RT @Techmeme: Airbnb And The Unstoppable Rise Of The Share Economy (@tomiogeron / Forbes) http://flip.it/c0k8L http://flip.it/f6E3e http://flip.it/3LO87

Related articles

Crowd-sourcing your basement: peer to peer renting

Posted on by timbatchelder
Image representing eBay as depicted in CrunchBase
Image via CrunchBase

Most of us have an unusual assembly of tools, knick knacks, and appliances lying fallow in our basements in many cases used just often enough to prevent us from selling them on E-Bay but not enough to justify the hefty purchase price we paid. Fortunately the Internet is now finding new users for these items through peer to peer renting….

Clive Thompson on Peer-to-Peer Renting | Wired Magazine | Wired.com.

Related articles