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Authorities bust fake iPhone ring in Shanghai that used authentic iPhone components
Apple’s problem with knockoff and counterfeit iOS products is well-known. Over the past few years, devices purporting to be iPhones and iPods have become increasingly better developed and harder to separate from the real thing. That said, Apple scored a noteworthy victory recently when a counterfeit iPhone ring in China was disbanded. And underscoring these […]
Continue reading...Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley to question Apple regarding fraudulent iTunes purchase
Sunday, September 25, 2011
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Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley said last week that her office will be taking a hard look into reports of fraudulent iTunes purchases that, in some instances, can drain a user’s bank account. Why the sudden interest from Coakley? Well, her credit card was recently stolen and used to make unauthorized purchaes on iTunes. Confounding matters, Coakley […]
Continue reading...Apple has a security team to fight against the proliferation of counterfeit iOS products
Thursday, September 8, 2011
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To a certain extent, the sheer number of Apple knockoff products is flattering. It reaffirms that people hold Apple products in high esteem and demonstrates that devices like the iPhone and iPad are in high enough demand as to create entire criminal syndicates dedicated to manufacturing and selling counterfeit versions of these devices. But that […]
Continue reading...SFPD issues formal statement on missing iPhone 5
Saturday, September 3, 2011
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With all of the hullabaloo surrounding a missing iPhone 5 and Apple’s attempt to secure the device, it’s been hard to discern reality from fiction. An initial report from CNET claimed that Apple never filed a formal complaint with the SFPD. The report also noted that Apple representatives visited a complex where the iPhone was […]
Continue reading...San Francisco Police did, in fact, join Apple investigators in search for missing iPhone prototype
Saturday, September 3, 2011
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Well it turns out that Apple employees aren’t going around like a bunch of A-Team wannabes looking for lost iPhones while telling unsuspecting civilians that they’re in fact legit Police Officers. Contradicting their own report from yesterday, the SF Weekly now writes that San Francisco Police officers did, in fact, accompany Apple investigators to the […]
Continue reading...Did Apple investigators pose as San Franscisco Police Officers in search for missing iPhone
Friday, September 2, 2011
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Yesterday we recapped a strange story about yet another misplaced iPhone prototype. This time around, the story goes, an Apple employee left an iPhone 5 prototype at a bar. A few days later, Apple reportedly contacted the San Francisco Police Department looking for help to secure the device’s return. Following that, Apple employees together with […]
Continue reading...Brian Hogan and Sage Robert Wallower plead not-guilty in iPhone 4 theft case
Thursday, September 1, 2011
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Yesterday, news surfaced that the unthinkable had happened – an Apple employee had lost yet another iPhone prototype after an evening out in a bar. Last year, Gizmodo famously published photos of pre-production iPhone 4 it obtained after paying someone a few grand for the device. That “someone”, it later turned out, was a then […]
Continue reading...Gizmodo and Jason Chen off the hook in lost iPhone 4 investigation
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
When Gizmodo ran photos of Apple’s iPhone 4 months before Apple even officially acknowledged it existed, the blogosphere exploded with excitement. How did Gizmodo get their hands on an unreleased product from a company that prides itself on secrecy? In short, the Gizmodo scoop was nothing short of astounding. But when details leaked explaining how […]
Continue reading...New App Store guidelines ban DUI checkpoint apps
Thursday, June 9, 2011
In late March, four US Senators banded together and wrote a letter to Apple asking that they remove apps that alert users as to the whereabouts of DUI checkpoints. “With more than 10,000 Americans dying in drunk-driving crashes every year,” the letter stated, “providing access to iPhone and iPad applications that alert users to DUI […]
Continue reading...Man in “white ninja suit” drives car into Apple store in botched burglary attempt
Friday, June 3, 2011
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Apple’s chain of retail stores have been popular targets for thieves lately, but now Ninjas are also looking to get MacBooks, iPods, and iPhones on the cheap. Earlier this morning, a man dressed in white, and described as wearing a “white ninja suit”, drove a stolen car into the outer glass windows of an Apple […]
Continue reading...iPad 2 launch at Sanlitun store in Beijing marred by violence
Monday, May 9, 2011
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While the launch of a new product at Apple store often attract long lines of dedicated Apple users, nerds, line lovers, and of course, greedy re-sellers, it’s usually a safe bet that everyone in line is respectful and civil with each other. A different story, however, emanated from China over the weekend where Apple’s iPad […]
Continue reading...Prostitute steals $2800 MacBook Pro after John refuses to pay $200
Friday, April 29, 2011
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A pink suit case. A prostitute. And a MacBook Pro. Not a string of words you often see together, which is why this particularly story is especially interesting, if not downright absurd. This past Sunday, Sauceray Boyd and Kandalaria Freeman (21 and 19 respectively) were both arrested for stealing a $2800 MacBook Pro – the […]
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Sunday, October 9, 2011
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