Sam Stephens, founder of Streetbank, created a neighborhood resource sharing website that goes well beyond sharing tools and skills with your neighbors. At its core, the pioneering platform seeks to create virtuous cycles of trust and generosity in neighborhoods around the world. Ranked by “The Times” as one of the 50 websites you can’t live… Read more
UK’s collaborative community has kicked off 2014 with the exciting announcement that two of its largest neighbourhood sharing sites, Freeconomy and Streetbank, will be uniting to form a one-stop-shop gifting-based platform. This is a positive step towards more collaboration between sharing economy companies as they start to work together to align assets and simplify systems, ultimately… Read more
“A blog that writes about Google reports that the search company is tinkering with a potential service that would let users share their belongings. Would anyone use it?” Google Mine is a product in the pipeline for Google + users, as it would seem that the biggest internet company in the world might be willing… Read more
Rumors have it that search giant Google is the latest to play in the collaborative consumption space. According to Google Operating System’s Alex Chitu, Google is working on an app called Google Mine for cataloging, reviewing and requesting from friends everyday items such as cars, bikes, CDs and clothes. Available on Android and in the browser,… Read more
Rob Coneybeer doesn’t often drive the silver BMW Z3 parked near his house. Rather, he purchased the convertible primarily for other people to use. “I bought the car to list it on RelayRides,” says the Shasta Ventures managing director, referring to the peer-to-peer car-sharing platform that has received $13 million in funding from Shasta, Google Ventures, and… Read more
Property group Stockland, which builds and manages scores of residential developments across Australia, has given the go-ahead to pilot collaborative consumption service Open Shed in five of its estates. The developments include two each in Victoria and Queensland and one in Western Australia. Read the full article on the Sydney Morning Herald website