Here’s what the Redbox Instant subscription service will cost you

The streaming/DVD rental subscription service from Verizon and Redbox is rumored to launch before the end of the year, and now we're finally hearing details about what it's going to cost.

Better late than never? Barnes & Noble launching UltraViolet video store for the Nook

Its competitors already have a firm head start, but book retailer Barnes & Noble is finally launching a digital video store for its line of Nook tablets.

Zillow continues its mobile push with iPhone Rentals app

Zillow says mobile and real estate go hand in hand, which is why the company is launching its Rentals app for the iPhone

Redbox & Sony reach DVD deal that ensures zero delay on new releases

DVD rental kiosk service Redbox has extended a distribution deal that will allow the company to continue renting movies from Sony Pictures to customers the same day they hit retail shelves.

Craigslist posts to be “exclusive,” users cannot republish

If you’re going to list an item on Craigslist, you better not advertise it anywhere else. In an effort to suffocate competing sites, the online classifieds website says your listings are now exclusive to Craigslist, barred from re-posting.

Tech startup …

Craigslist sues PadMapper over continued use of listings

Granddaddy-of-classifieds-sites Craigslist has sued smart apartment-hunting app PadMapper for continuing to use its listings after Craigslist issued a cease-and-desist letter.

PadMapper scrapes data from various apartment listing sites including Craigslist, Apartments.com, and Rent.com, and places those listings in Google Maps. …

PadMapper finds “legally kosher” way to access Craigslist data

Three cheers, apartment hunters! PadMapper creator Eric DeMenthon found a “legally kosher” way to reinstate Craigslist data on his rental-finding website after Craigslist blocked the site from using its content last month.

PadMapper takes data on apartments for rent from …

Craigslist blocks one-man apartment-search startup PadMapper

Craigslist has blocked apartment-finding site PadMapper. Chief executive Eric DeMenthon made the announcement today on the PadMapper blog that all Craiglist-sourced rentals are being deleted from the PadMapper database.

People have spent 10 million nights in strangers’ beds, thanks to Airbnb

Four years after inventing a crafty marketplace for spaces — couches, castles et al. — San Francisco-based startup Airbnb has helped travelers book more than 10 million nights (likely to the chagrin of landlords everywhere).

Founded in 2008, then called …

Netflix agrees to delete former customers’ rental history after a year

As a Netflix customer worried about all those rental suggestions you’ve taken up from movie search site BateFlix, you can rest assured that your rental history will remain anonymous even to the company itself — kinda.

Yesterday, new U.S. District …

Netflix co-founder can’t escape the rental industry, joins Getable’s board (exclusive)

Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph has a thing for rental startups. Today he is joining the board of Getable — a company making tablet payments a reality for rentals.

“I do a fair amount of angel investing. It’s natural that I …

Netflix is following through on those Qwikster plans after all

Netflix has taken another drastic step in distinguishing its DVD-by-mail rental business from its unlimited streaming video service.

Some customers are reporting that they are no longer able to rate and review movies and DVD shows on the main Netflix …

Verizon and Redbox join forces on new video rental service

Verizon and Redbox are teaming up on a new video rental service that will directly compete with Netflix, the companies announced in a joint statement today.

The new service will allow people to access streaming video through Verizon, while also …

Redbox says no to 56-day delays on new Warner Bros. DVDs

Video-rental kiosk company Redbox is refusing a Warner Brothers request to make customers wait roughly two months before being able to rent a newly released WB movie on DVD, the company announced in a statement yesterday.

The statement is in …

Netflix backpedals on video game rental plans

Netflix is no longer planning to offer a video game disc rental-by-mail service to complement its DVD-by-mail and streaming video subscription service, the company revealed Wednesday during its fourth quarter earnings call.

The video game rental service was originally announced …

Want to rent a new Warner Brothers DVD via Netflix? Prepare to wait longer

In an effort to boost lagging DVD sales, film studio Warner Brothers has decided to delay all new releases from becoming available through many popular movie rental services.

This means you’ll have to wait 56 days after a new Warner …

Paramount cuts out the middlemen: Offers direct streaming rentals of new Transformers film

Film studio Paramount Pictures is experimenting with a new digital distribution model for the most recently released Transformers movie.

By offering its own marketplace for customers to purchase the streaming video, Paramount’s parent company Viacom is essentially cutting out “middlemen” …

Trulia brings its real estate expertise to Android with tablet, rentals apps

Online real estate finder Trulia is launching a big play on Android this morning with two new apps: an Android tablet app, and an app made specifically for renters.

Both apps show the increasing importance of mobile for Trulia, which …

CrunchFund invests in Getaround’s $3.4M seed round

Car sharing website Getaround announced a large seed round of $3.4 million today from a number of investors including the recently publicized CrunchFund.

People are loving the “what’s mine is yours” mentality stemming out of popular companies like HomeAway, Airbnb, …

Rentcycle raises $1.4M from Andreessen-Horowitz, cast of internet stars

What do venture firm Andreessen-Horowitz and successful internet companies Opentable, Paypal, Netflix, Yelp and Shopzilla have in common? Rental eCommerce company, Rentcycle and its first $1.4 million round.

Finding the right investors, let alone advisors and board members, can be …