Reuters

Startup uses ATM machine to recycle cellphones

SAN FRANCISCO (Private Equity Week) - Mark Bowles said the idea behind ecoATM was born at a coffee shop. At a Starbucks in Del Mar, California, located north of San Diego, Bowles would routinely meet ...
KREM

Phone thieves exploit ecoATM kiosks for quick cash, consequences later

BEAVERTON, Ore. — Cell phone thieves are using ecoATMs — kiosks found in grocery stores and malls — to get quick cash for stolen electronics. A KGW investigation found roughly 150 theft and burglary ...
Yahoo

‘The perfect vehicle to further your crime’: Colorado theft victims track their stolen phones to EcoATM kiosks

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Woman points to smartphone, woman points to kiosk (inset). When Anna Hewson’s daughter’s iPhone disappeared one weekend, she did ...
KVUE

She lost her phone. Hours later, police found it in an ecoATM

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Erin Liu’s phone was within arms’ reach, but she couldn’t grab it. Her newer model iPhone was stuffed inside an automated kiosk for an electronics recycler called ecoATM, where ...
AOL

‘The perfect vehicle to further your crime’: Colorado theft victims track their stolen phones to EcoATM kiosks

When Anna Hewson’s daughter’s iPhone disappeared one weekend, she did what any parent would do — she followed the digital crumbs. Using Apple’s “Find My” app, the KUSA 9News producer tracked the ...
WTHR

She lost her phone. Hours later, police found it in an ecoATM in Colorado

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Erin Liu’s phone was within arms’ reach, but she couldn’t grab it. Her newer model iPhone was stuffed inside an automated kiosk for an electronics recycler called ecoATM, where ...