"Silicon Valley Connection" Tesla will upgrade firmware: Available iphone driver Model S

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1. Tesla will upgrade firmware: Available iphone driver Model S

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Beijing time August 21 afternoon news, U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla will upgrade the Model S firmware in the next few months, allowing owners to use the iphone can start and drive the car.

While it is not clear how to use it, some in the industry suspect that the feature may involve Apple's Touch ID fingerprint identification technology, and that the new firmware could be released next month with iOS 81. Online exposure screenshot shows that Model S Version 6 firmware is in the testing phase, is gradually improved to be finally launched.

2. The report refers to Apple imessage is occupied by spam information: 100 million per day

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Beijing time August 22 Morning News, Internet Information security company Cloudmark This July reported that Apple (100.58, 0.01, 0.01%) of the imessage service has been occupied by junk information. IMessage accounted for more than 30% per cent of all the junk information disseminated in the United States. However, the industry believes that the actual situation is not so serious as described in the report.

Cloudmark said in a recent report that a possible campaign by China's spammers would use imessage to show iphone users the shop selling counterfeit brands. Users who receive these spam messages have a clear geographical location, with the worst affected areas including Los Angeles, San Diego, Miami and New York.

3. ebay is the first to split PayPal next year

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"The information", an unnamed source reported in Thursday by the US Science and technology news website, said in the early hours of August 22 that ebay is considering the earliest break-up of its fast-growing payment subsidiary, PayPal.

The report said ebay had told the candidate for the position of PayPal's chief executive that the department was split. David Marcus, the former CEO of PayPal, moved to Facebook (74.57, 0.24, 0.32%) in June to be responsible for instant messaging products.

However, the report said it is not clear whether ebay has made a formal decision to split PayPal.

4. Microsoft new Windows tablet or will cancel "desktop" feature

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Microsoft's upcoming Windows RT tablet may only be configured with a tiled Metro-style user interface and no other desktop options, according to Myce, a technology blogger Nokomis.

The source should be reliable, but Nokomis is not yet sure whether Microsoft's move will target all Windows RT tablets or just a handful of models.

Currently, the Windows 8.1 RT tablet is configured with the active patch (live Tile)-style main display and desktop, where users can easily switch back and forth between desktops, but this may not happen in future Windows RT Tablet PCs.

5. Google unmanned Vehicles additional temporary steering wheel, brake pedal: only to comply with the rules

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Beijing Time August 22, the Wall Street Journal reported that earlier this year, when the media exposed "Google unmanned vehicles in the course of driving, acceleration or braking no longer need the steering wheel, accelerator or brake pedal" news, once caused a sensation. But according to the latest news, in order to comply with the California Vehicle traffic regulations, Google in the new round of testing, for its own unmanned vehicles to add a small temporary steering wheel and brake pedal device.

According to Bernard Soriano, a senior official in charge of the California Vehicle Traffic Code, the new law, which comes into effect September 16 this year, requires drivers to take "direct physical control" of vehicles on public roads, if needed, Bernard Solliano said. This means that the car on California road must be equipped with a steering wheel, throttle or brake pedal.

6. Facebook has been sued by 60,000 users for alleged invasion of privacy

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Beijing time August 22, according to Reuters, Austrian law student Max Scorimes (Max Schrems) said in Thursday that his class action against Facebook's privacy initiative had been supported by 60,000 users and passed the first legal review.

Cisco Raimes said in Thursday that after 25,000 users had joined the lawsuit, he had listed the list of plaintiffs earlier this month because his team needed to verify and manage everyone. After that, 35,000 more users registered on the Www.fbclaim.com Web site to join the class action, the future size may be expanded.

7. IPhone 6 or will add 128GB capacity version

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August 22 Morning News, the previous exposure of the iphone 6 news of the domestic netizens today released a suspected internal outflow of the BOM form, the table shows that the iphone 6 will increase the 128GB super capacity version, but missing 32GB capacity.

China Weibo Netizen @geekbar founder Lei brother in the previous days exposure to the iphone 6 will use 1GB memory and built-in NFC chip, and now released a new iphone 6 BOM, one of the important information is that the iphone 6 will increase the 128GB version.

and flash suppliers mainly to Flash Di, Toshiba and the main, 16GB version mainly by the Toshiba and the Sea, the 64GB version will be by the Sea Rexroth, Toshiba, Flash di Three together, 128GB version by Toshiba Company alone supply.

(Responsible editor: Lvguang)