Six Apple store employees charged in iPhone theft ring – Sun-Sentinel

Six Apple store employees charged in iPhone theft ringSun-SentinelSince April, thieves who posed as customers at the store handed stolen iPhones to employees in the ring and exchanged them for new iPhones, police said. Each Apple employee in the ring was paid between $45 and $75 for carrying out a fraudulent …and more » View full post […]

iPhone Theft Activation Lock Introduced By Apple – Huffington Post

Digital Trends iPhone Theft Activation Lock Introduced By AppleHuffington PostApple on Monday unveiled a new iPhone feature it billed as a potent protection against thieves, seeking to stem a national crime wave focused on its ubiquitous smartphones. The “activation lock” feature is designed to render a phone inoperable when a …Apple kills the stolen iPhone […]

What The TSA’s iPad Theft Problem Really Means (VIDEO) – Huffington Post

ABC News What The TSA’s iPad Theft Problem Really Means (VIDEO)Huffington PostABC’s investigative reporter Brian Ross conducted a sting operation in several American airports, leaving an iPad at random checkpoints. Most were returned. But not all of them. A screener in Orlando took the bait, bringing the device home. The video …TSA fires officer, defends […]

TSA gadget theft still a risk; iPad tracked to agent’s house – PCWorld

Boing Boing TSA gadget theft still a risk; iPad tracked to agent’s housePCWorldThe list of horror stories about gadget theft by Transportation Security Administration agents just got a little longer, with ABC News catching one officer in the act of stealing an iPad. Source: IDGNS A Massachusetts State Police officer stands guard …iPad left at […]

iPad theft suspect: using Find My iPhone is trespassing – ZDNet

Sydney Morning Herald iPad theft suspect: using Find My iPhone is trespassingZDNetSummary: The alleged thief of a stolen iPad claims that the owner of the device committed “electronic trespassing” after he activated an alarm alert through the Find My iPhone app. Spandas Lui. By Spandas Lui | August 24, 2012 — 01:59 GMT (18:59 PDT) […]

Subway iPad theft leaves reporter with broken jaw – tuaw.com

Business Insider Subway iPad theft leaves reporter with broken jawtuaw.comWhen a thief ripped the iPad out of his date’s hands, Winkler instinctively chased after him, only to run into the thief’s backup team on the platform. “Instead of winning back the iPad, I found myself lying on the platform bleeding, my jaw split in …I […]

iPhone App Video Review: Grand Theft Auto 3 – Appolicious

Metro iPhone App Video Review: Grand Theft Auto 3AppoliciousAt long last, Rockstar has brought Grand Theft Auto III to the App Store in its entirety, celebrating its 10 year anniversary. Undoubtedly a game changer when it was first released, do these mechanics really hold up today? If so, did they survive the …Grand Theft Auto […]

Gizmodo off the hook in iPhone 4 prototype theft case – VentureBeat

USA Today Gizmodo off the hook in iPhone 4 prototype theft caseVentureBeatThe San Mateo district attorney’s office decided not to file charges against the tech news blog and its writer Jason Chen for buying an iPhone prototype last year. A man found the iPhone prototype in a bar last year after a hapless Apple engineer […]