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<title><![CDATA[iOS 4.3 to bring back iPad rotation lock to side switch]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[iOS 4.3 might bring back the screen rotation lock to the iPad&amp;39's side switch. (Credit:Apple)When iOS 4.2 changed the functionality of the iPad side switch from a rotation lock to a mute toggle, manyiPad owners were displeased. Instead of flicking a simple switch, they had to swipe the screen to the right and then select the screen orientation lock on the screen. This is the same method as used on current iPhones andiPod Touches, so perhaps the idea was to have that same experience on all of Apple's mobile devices. However, I think the need for a mute switch is not as necessary on the iPad, and that a rotation lock was far more useful. It seems Apple may have listened to its users, for it is rumored that iOS 4.3 will finally bring back the option for a hardware rotation lock with the iPad via a new preference in the Settings menu. Simply choose whether you want the switch to act as a rotation lock or a mute switch, and you're good to go. We don't know too much about what else iOS 4.3 might bring, but this change alone might be worth it for most people to update. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Educator marketplace TeachersPayTeachers pays out over $1M for lesson plans]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Online  marketplace TeachersPayTeachers offers a fairly direct proposal for  educators: You can get paid for your lesson  plans and other teaching materials.And  it seems many teachers are biting &amp;8212' the company paid out over $1  million to educators in 2010, more than sales in its first four years  combined, founder Paul Edelman told VentureBeat.The  site allows educators to buy or sell teaching materials across all  grade levels. Not only is it a great way to earn some extra cash on old  lesson plans for sellers, it also allows buyers to get a leg up when  teaching new material. Popular items at the moment include a set of attendance questions to better engage students at the start of class, and a a4AFamily Feuda4-style PowerPoint game template.  Teachers can also buy and sell hard goods, including items created by  other teachers and used educational material. The site also has a  section for teachers to request specific items.TeachersPayTeachers  offers two subscription levels for sellers: A free option, which entitles them to 60 percent of any sales, and a $60 annual option, which lets  sellers keep 85 percent of the sales price. The latter option accounts for  around 25 percent of sales on the site.Edelman  says its best-selling teachers earn over $1,500 a month. One  Georgia-based teacher, who has over 900 followers on the site, managed  to more than double her salary by earning over $45,000 since the start  of the school year in September. Thata4a4s certainly an edge-case, but it shows potential for other teachers.With over 320,000 registered users, TeachersPayTeachers is one of the largest education marketplaces online. WeAreTeachers,  a competing site, also offers lesson plans for sale. According to the  Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were around 3.5 million teaching  positions in the US in 2008, so the sitea4a4s current user base accounts  for nearly 10 percent of all teachers in the country.Edelman,  a former New York City teacher, founded the site in 2006 with his own  money. It was acquired by Scholastic later that year, but he ended up  buying back the site in March 2009. He tells us ita4a4s been profitable  since then.Edelman  works out of France, but TeachersPayTeachers has a technology team  based in Queens, New York. Like many startups, a team of coders in  India performs additional work.Next Story: Salesforce makes 3rd acquisition in 2 months &amp;8212' productivity app developer Manymoon Previous Story: Building guru Schneider woos homeowners to energy savingsPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: ecommerce, marketplace, teachingCompanies: TeachersPayTeachersPeople: Paul Edelman          Tags: ecommerce, marketplace, teachingCompanies: TeachersPayTeachersPeople: Paul EdelmanDevindra Hardawar is VentureBeat's lead mobile writer and East Coast correspondent. He studied philosophy at Amherst College, worked in IT support for several years, and has been writing about technology since 2004. He now lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can reach him at devindra@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @Devindra. 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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<title><![CDATA[Web radio service Pandora files for $100M IPO]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Pandora, an online radio station, has filed to go public to raise $100 million, according to a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.Pandora runs an online service that lets its users pick genres, songs and musical groups and then builds a radio station that caters to that style of music. Users can access the service through a website or a desktop application. Pandora also has applications for the iPhone, Google&amp;'s Android mobile operating system and other mobile devices.Pandora has consistently lost money for the past three years, but that loss tapered off between its 2009 and 2010 fiscal years, according to the filing. Pandora lost $28.2 million in 2009 and $17 million in 2010. The company&amp;'s revenue more than doubled between 2009 and 2010 a4&quot; Pandora brought in $55 million in revenue in 2010, mostly from advertising, compared to only $19 million in 2009.But the company has been profitable for the past two quarters. Pandora made $1.6 million in the second quarter of its 2011 fiscal year and $1 million in the third quarter, according to the regulatory filing. The company has brought in $90.1 million in revenue as of the first three months of its 2011 fiscal year and has lost only around $300,000.Advertising has accounted for more than 90 percent of the online radio&amp;'s revenue for most of the site&amp;'s life, according to the filing. Advertising revenue has dropped to around 87 percent of the company&amp;'s total revenue throughout 2010.Subscription revenue was up by nearly 500 percent between 2009 and 2010. Subscriptions cost $36 per year and wipe out advertising on the site and applications. Pandora brought in about $5 million from subscriptions in 2010, compared to $1.1 million in 2009.The online radio site has more than 80 million users in the United States and 800,000 songs in its online database, according to the filing.Pandoraannounced in April 2009 that it has passed the 50 million-user mark and hasraised $56 million from investors like GGV Capital and Allen &amp;amp' Company. Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan are listed as the lead underwriters for the IPO. The company is based in Oakland, Calif.Next Story: Pandora expects to lose money until 2012 Previous Story: Tall Chair aims to unleash a flood of iPad booksPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: cloud computing, IPO, music, public, S-1Companies: Pandora          Tags: cloud computing, IPO, music, public, S-1Companies: PandoraMatthew Lynley is VentureBeat's enterprise writer. He graduated from the University of North Carolina, where he studied math and physics, in May 2010. He has reported for Reuters. He currently lives in San Francisco, California. You can reach him at mattl@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @logicalmoron. 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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<title><![CDATA[EcoATM nabs $14.4M to build electronics-recycling kiosks]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In the future EcoATM is envisioning, you&amp;'ll be able to recycle your old cell phone for cash &amp;8212' or donate it to charity &amp;8212' via a kiosk by your grocery store or gas station. The San Diego startup said today it has raised $14.4 million in a first round of funding.EcoATM makes an automated kiosk that uses artificial intelligence,  electronic diagnostics and advanced machine vision to buy back  electronics from consumers for cash or store credit. You place your  phone in the kiosk and connect it to a cable, and the machine figures  out what kind of phone it is and how much damage there is to it, then  makes you an offer. It can also remove your personal data and  automatically factor in things like trade-in and trade-up promotions  associated with your old phone. (See the video below for how it works).  The company can also recycle used laptops and iPods. It has a handful  oftrial locations that it says have recycled tens of thousands of  devices over the past year and paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars  in return for recycling.The funding round announced today was led by Claremont Creek Ventures and Coinstar, the maker of the coin-counting kiosks that let you convert your spare change into iTunes and Starbucks gift certificates. Silicon Valley Bank will also provide &amp;''a significant amount&amp;'' of venture debt to the company, EcoATM said in a statement. The company says the funds will go towards commercialization of theproductand launching it.Sustainability is typically not a sector you see a lot of venture capital going into, but there are exceptions, and EcoATM&amp;'s technology is interesting and based on a retail strategy that has worked for the likes of Coinstar and DVD-rental kiosk company Redbox. Other startups have recently emerged in the realm of recycling (RecycleMatch), bartering (TriBarter) and sharing (Zipcar).EcoATM and its backers sees potentially big business in it. They cite a report from theConsumer Electronics Association that found U.S. consumers collectively buy about 500 million new electronic gadgets each year and that the average U.S. household now owns 26 different consumer electronic devices.a4AEcoATM provides tons of value to the consumer by giving them cash for their digital clunkers and simultaneously managing the recycling in a very earth-friendly way,a4 said Randy Hawks, managing director of Claremont Creek Ventures in a statement. a4AThey also have a smart business model. Thata4a4s why we invested.a4[Image via Flickr/AngelaShupe.com]Previous Story: Motorola: WiFi-only Xoom tablet to cost $600PrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: electronics recycling, recyclingCompanies: Claremont Creek Ventures, Coinstar, ecoATM, Redbox, Silicon Valley BankPeople: Randy Hawks          Tags: electronics recycling, recyclingCompanies: Claremont Creek Ventures, Coinstar, ecoATM, Redbox, Silicon Valley BankPeople: Randy HawksIris 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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