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eBay iOS app updates with driver’s license scanning [UPDATE]

, May 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

eBay updated its iOS app today with a few new features, including a new look and feel to the user interface, as well as the ability to check out multiple items at the same time using the shopping cart in the app. However, one of the more impressive features is the ability to register for an account through the mobile app by simply scanning your driver's license. Read The Full Story

Tim Cook coffee date auction ends at over half a million

, May 14th 2013 Discuss [0]

The CharityBuzz auction that would see a lucky bidder win a coffee date with Apple CEO Tim Cook has now ended, and after 86 bids were placed, the winning bid came in at a whopping $610,000, which was placed within the last half hour of the auction, after the price remained steady at $605,000 for quite some time. Read The Full Story

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin EKGs hit the auction block

, May 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

All sorts of space memorabilia from the early Apollo program has been put up for auction over the years. A lot of the items that have been up for auction were equipment issued to astronauts who participated in the program that the astronauts were allowed to bring home. For a while, NASA was moving to block all sale of these items claiming that they were government property. Read The Full Story

Another working Apple I computer heads to auction

, Apr 29th 2013 Discuss [0]

There are a lot of people around the world who like to collect historical pieces of technology created in decades and centuries past. Some of this old technology is purchased at auctions such as the one operated by a company called Breker in Germany. This is the auction house that sold a 1976 Apple I computer last year for $640,000. There are only six surviving Apple I computers known to be in working order. Read The Full Story

Tim Cook coffee date auction surpasses half a million

, Apr 26th 2013 Discuss [0]

If you haven't heard, Apple CEO Tim Cook is auctioning off a coffee date with him, with all the money going to charity. After almost two days of bidding, with 18 days left to go still, the highest bid so far as surpassed the $500,000 mark, even though the auction listing puts a $50,000 estimated value on the coffee meeting with the Apple big wig. Read The Full Story

Tim Cook auctioning off coffee meeting for charity

, Apr 24th 2013 Discuss [0]

If you've ever wanted to have a one-on-one with Apple CEO Tim Cook, now is your chance. He's auctioning off a coffee meeting with him at Apple headquarters, and the highest bidder will be able to chat up the big wig of one of the world's wealthiest companies. Of course, though, a coffee date with Tim Cook doesn't come cheaply. Read The Full Story

Entropia Universe is auctioning off a virtual moon for $150k

, Mar 4th 2013 Discuss [0]

I can't say that I've ever heard of the online virtual environment game called Entropia Universe. Entropia Universe is described as an advanced 3-D online virtual environment with a develop planetary system and one universal Real Cash Economy system. That means that players deposit real world money in the game to be able to buy things they want or need. Read The Full Story

Jaws and Star Trek IV props hit the auction block

, Mar 1st 2013 Discuss [0]

We have talked about some interesting items that turned up on the auction block from some the biggest movies in cinema history over the years. Not long ago we talked about the racing suit that Ricky Bobby wore in Talladega Nights. Some new and very interesting movie props have turned up for auction with a company called ScreenUsed. Read The Full Story

Google Glass eBay listing reaches almost $16k before being pulled

, Feb 27th 2013 Discuss [0]

Google Glasses are a hot commodity, and there's no doubt as to why. The $1,500 pair of glasses that will be shipping out to developers soon is one of Google's greatest undertakings, and users want in on the fun. So much, in fact, that people are willing to spend almost $16,000 to own a pair of Google Glasses before the general public gets them. Read The Full Story

THQ assets auctioned off, employees say farewell

, Jan 23rd 2013 Discuss [0]

A letter sent out to THQ employees today from the company's CEO Brian Farrell and president Jason Rubin spell out everything that has happened with the game studio after its bankruptcy filing a while back. Essentially, THQ's multiple studios have been broken apart, and its games have been sold off to various other publishers. Read The Full Story

Original 1966 Batmobile auctions for $4.2 million

, Jan 20th 2013 Discuss [0]

It happened, folks. The original Batmobile from the 1966 Batman film was auctioned off yesterday at the Barrett-Jackson house in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Adam West-driven, George Barris-built movie car sold for a whopping $4.2 million, which almost meets the record for the most-expensive movie car sold at auction, which was the Aston Martin DB5 driven by Sean Connery in Goldfinger, that sold for $4.6 million in 2010. Read The Full Story

Portal gun replica signed by Valve being auctioned for charity

, Dec 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

Donating to charity is always a good thing to do, but what if you got something in return? How about a Portal gun replica that's signed by the entire Valve team? Games Art And Music (GAAM) is auctioning a full-size replica of the Portal gun with signatures plastered all over it on eBay, and 100% of the proceeds go directly to charity. Read The Full Story
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