Owning physical items — cars, apartments, office space — will be increasingly inefficient for a global market. This is driving a greater interest in the share economy. Companies like Zipcar and Airbnb have paved the way here, but a host of startups have surfaced recently, too. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
With the number of remote and freelance workers on the rise and the coworking movement maturing, some coworking spaces are getting pickier about their membership, actively curating their communities by seriously vetting would-be members and turning plenty of people away. Read more »
The investment firm created by AOL-founder Steve Case, Revolution, has invested in office sharing site Loosecubes. Read more »
Car sharing company Zipcar says it plans to offer cargo vans — Zipvan — in a pilot project in San Francisco in response to customers showing an interest in renting large Zipcars by the hour for moving stuff around cities. Read more »
Connectivity changes everything. That’s the credo driving just about every corner of our day-to-day lives. As human beings, we are now connected to one another through not just our social networks but also our cars, the books we read, the albums we download and even our own health and wellness habits (to name just a few areas). With that in mind, GigaOM Pro has singled out certain areas in the technology industry where we see this shift to constant connectivity taking place most drastically. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Coworking has been popular among entrepreneurs, techies and creatives for years, but it seems the idea if finally breaking out of its niche beginnings and going mainstream. The proof? A recent article in the staid Wall Street Journal lays out the evidence. Read more »
