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<title><![CDATA[Audi A7 scores as most connected car]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 07:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Wayne Cunningham/CNET)We heard Audi was using Google Earth for the navigation systems in itscars, but it was a completely different experience driving down the road, seeing satellite imagery of our surroundings flow by on the 2012 A7's LCD. Through the streets of San Francisco, we suddenly became aware of what the rooftops of buildings we had passed a million times looked like. Parked by the bay, we weren't just looking at a cartoony representation of the coastline, but photos of actual boats in a marina.And the maps were just the beginning. The T-Mobile data pipe into the car also brought in gas prices, weather, and news. But the coolest data feed was a list of nearby landmarks, complete with Wikipedia descriptions and photos. We wanted to take the A7 on a month-long road trip, using its nav system to find all manner of notable places.The A7 also proved to be a well-rounded tech car, not only featuring completely new cabin electronics, but also a power-train using all the latest fuel-saving technologies, without sacrificing power. It seems like too big of a car for a 3-liter V-6, but a supercharger and direct injection give it thrilling acceleration, and Quattro all-wheel-drive makes for competitive handling.The Audi A7 sets a new bar for car technology, and pioneers ground that other cars must soon follow.Read our review of the 2012 Ford Focus Titanium.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[DEMO: EcoATM makes recycling cell phones for cash easy and instant]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[EcoATM is one of 53 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring 2011 event taking place this week in Palm Desert, Calif. After our selection, the companies pay a fee to present. Our coverage of them remains objective.EcoATM makes electronics recycling as easy as buying a soda. An extremely high-tech soda.Today at the DEMO conference in Palm Springs, Calif., the company unveiled special recycling kiosks in which you can deposit your cell phone. Using a patented combination of artificial intelligence, advance machine vision, robotics and electronic diagnostics technology, the machine scans it for damage and compares it to prices in the secondary markets, then makes you an offer for cash or store credit.Last month, the company announced it had raised $14.4 million from Claremont Creek Ventures and Coinstar, maker of coin-counting kiosks that convert loose change into gift cards.The company has been conducting field trials for 18 months, which have collected 50,000 phones and paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars via 12 EcoATM prototypes.The company was founded to create a convenient and financially incentivized system for consumers to sell or recycle their used electronics, rather than toss them in landfills, says CEO Tom Tullie.&amp;''We believe most consumers want to do the right thing and will if we provide fair incentive and meet their expected threshold of convenience,&amp;'' Tullie said.While there are companies out there that offer buy-backs of cell phones like FlipSwap, Gazelle and Recellular, the latter two use the Web for their offerings and require consumers to put their phones in the mail. EcoATM&amp;'s solution goes after offering convenience and immediate financial incentive to consumers, only 10 percent of whom bother to recycle their cell phones, according to the company.What&amp;'s next for the company They&amp;'re currently working with &amp;''some of the biggest names in U.S. retail&amp;'' to place the kiosks as they expand the network of the ecoATMs in 2011, Tullie says.The company has 15 employees and was founded in 2008.EcoATM&amp;'s founding team includes veterans of several startups, three of which went public and five of which were acquired. The value of the deals they were involved in added up to a total of $30 billion.Next Story: Matt Marshall warms up the DEMO Spring 2011 crowd Previous Story: DEMO: AboutOne creates a digital hub to organize familiesPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: DEMO, DEMO Spring 2011, electronics recycling, recyclingCompanies: Claremont Creek Ventures, Coinstar, ecoATMPeople: Tom Tullie          Tags: DEMO, DEMO Spring 2011, electronics recycling, recyclingCompanies: Claremont Creek Ventures, Coinstar, ecoATMPeople: Tom TullieIris Kuo is the VentureBeat's lead GreenBeat writer. She has reported for The Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong, Houston Chronicle, the McClatchy Washington Bureau and Dallas public radio. Iris attended the University of Texas at Dallas and lives in Houston. Follow Iris on Twitter @thestatuskuo (and yes, that's how you  pronounce her last name). Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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