New apartment rental marketplace lets hunters search for shelter in packs

RoomHunt integrates a rental directory with social networks to simplify the process of finding a place to live and roommates to live with.

Pass Go and collect $16M: Zillow acquires real estate marketplace HotPads

Real estate marketplace Zillow buys up startup HotPads to bolster its rental platform.

From Ibiza to Istanbul, HouseTrip offers refuge for European travelers

Housetrip, a London-based marketplace for travel accommodation, has raised $40 million from European investors.

Luxury Retreats pulls $5M into its lap of luxury

Online travel site Luxury Retreats has raised $5M to add 50 more decadent destinations to its list.

Lease a Chromebook from Google for $30/month

No, it's not the 90s and no, Larry Ellison is not hawking network computers. Instead, it's 2012, and Google is. Sorta.

Le Tote launches the Netflix of fashion clothing

A new outfit, as often as you want it, with accessories, for only $49/month.

That's what new fashion rental startup Le Tote is offering young urban women. And the founders are hoping that women's rich history of sharing clothes will make the company as successful as some other rental successes.

‘Lost’ Steve Jobs interview debuts on iTunes

The July 4 holiday presents an opportunity for people within the U.S. to take some time off, eat hot dogs, and relax, but it’s also when you’ll be able to grab at least an hour to yourself.

We suggest using …

No Craigslist, no problem: PadMapper refocuses on PadLister to source apartment rentals

Last week, Craigslist blocked apartment search startup PadMapper from accessing its rental listings. This week, PadMapper founder Eric DeMenthon refocused on his apartments-for-rent sister service PadLister as a source to feed rental listings into both PadMapper and Craigslist … as …

After you read this, you’ll want to spend way less time on your computer

Spring has sprung, the sun is shining, the air is fresh, the verdant buds are beginning to flower, yet we’re still sitting inside, typing away feverishly in a Reddit argument.

What the heck is wrong with us?

In an effort …