You can now make Circle-based payments via iMessage in iOS 10. Apple has tied in with Circle, the social payments provider, and included iMessage-based functionality that allows payments to be quickly sent between users. This allows the company to capitalize on its vision for more activity in social payments, which have taken off in China […]
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You need to be careful out there. Ransomware attacks have apparently quadrupled over the last year according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The agency reported that the attacks have now escalated to approximately 4,000 per day. Typical ransomware payments range from $500 to $1,000, according to cyberrisk data firm Cyence Inc., but some hackers […]
Ransomware has come to the Mac. Over the weekend, researcher at Palo Alto Networks stated that ransomeware, which encrypts data on infected machines, then typically asks users to pay ransoms in hard-to-trace digital currencies to get an electronic key so they can retrieve their data, has been found to be targeting the Mac OS X […]
If you’re a fan of muchos updates, you’ll like this. Hooks has just announced version 2.1 of its Hooks iOS app. The app offers over 60,000 notifications and can update you from everything from concerts to Bitcoin exchange rates, is available in multiple languages and can be custom-configured as needed. Users can receive instant notifications […]
You might just be able to pay your parking tickets in New York City with Apple Pay in the new year. In an effort to reboot an old and obtuse parking ticket payments system, the city of New York is investigating alternative forms of payment, including mobile transactions powered by services like Apple Pay and […]