#SSU #TECHNEWS Bidding for a rare prototype of Apples new-generation iPhone 6 neared a whopping $100 000 on eBay Monday, after the device appeared to have accidentally landed in a buyers hands. Bidding for the silver iPhone 6 prototype with 64 gigabytes of memory had reached $99,800 with 198 bids logged by late Monday morning in California, where Apple is headquartered. The seller, identified in online reports as a US man, described the iPhone as running in true developer mode on testing software called SwitchBoard and not on Apples latest iOS 8 operating system. ----------- Computer code that can turn any almost any device that connects via USB into a cyber-attack platform has been shared online. Computer security researchers wrote the code following the discovery of the USB flaw earlier this year. The pair made the code public in an attempt to force electronics firms to improve defences against attack by USB. One of the experts who found the flaw said the release was a stark reminder of its seriousness. ------------ Facebook is set to allow friends to send each other money using its Messenger smartphone app, it has been revealed. The feature - which is yet to be activated - was discovered by Stanford computer science student Andrew Aude with the help of app exploration developer tool Cycript. The option lets users attach cash to a message in the same way they would typically attach a photo. The app uses any card details registered with Facebook by default, or they can add a separate card. Facebook could charge a small fee for money transfers if it wanted to make money from the app. Alternatively, offering it as a free feature could be a way of driving new users to the software. Earlier this year Facebook poached former PayPal president David Marcus.
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 08:00:58 +0000
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