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iPad 2 launch at Sanlitun store in Beijing marred by violence
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 [...]
Continue reading...Foxconn arrests 3 for leaking iPad 2 case designs
Thursday, April 28, 2011
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While some companies like to trot out beta hardware/software to give consumers a taste of what’s to come – or in RIM’s case, a final product – Apple likes to keep its plans bottled up until Steve Jobs struts out on stage and introduces the latest and greatest from Cupertino. Of course, things don’t always [...]
Continue reading...Are the glass exteriors of Apple Stores the cause of so many attempted robberies?
Thursday, April 7, 2011
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In the past three months, there have been three attempted “smash and grab” robberies at a single Apple store location in Naperville, Illinois. Apple stores provide thieves with attractive targets on account of the expensive hardware it houses in addition to the glass exterior that many Apple retail locations feature. Earlier this week, one man [...]
Continue reading...One dead, two arrested in failed robbery attempt at Apple Store in Chula Vista, California
Monday, April 4, 2011
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Earlier this morning, an attempted Apple Store robbery at the Otay Ranch Towne Center in Chula Vista, California turned deadly after three thieves smashed open the outside windows of an Apple Store and quickly tried to grab as much hardware as they could. Following the burglary attempt, an Apple security guard engaged in a shootout with the criminals as [...]
Continue reading...US Senators ask Apple to remove apps that alert users of DUI checkpoints
Thursday, March 24, 2011
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Concerned with a growing number of iPhone apps that work to alert users as to the presence of DUI checkpoints, a group of four US Senators penned a letter to Apple’s Senior VP of iPhone software, Scott Forstall, asking that the apps in question be removed. “With more than 10,000 Americans dying in drunk-driving crashes [...]
Continue reading...MacBook Air thief records webcam video, gets embarrassed on YouTube
Thursday, March 24, 2011
18-year old entrepreneur Mark Bao recently had his top of the line MacBook Air stolen from a lounge in his college dorm. But being technically savvy, Bao was able access the machine’s cloud backups whereupon he found that the thief had recorded the following video of himself dancing using the machine’s webcam. The YouTube video [...]
Continue reading...FBI charges iPad hacker the “Weev” for accessing thousands of iPad user email addresses
Friday, January 28, 2011
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This past June, the FBI arrested a hacker named Andrew Auernheimer for publicizing a security exploit on AT&T’s servers and attaining 114,000 email addresses of iPad users in the process. When federal agents first burst into Auerheimer’s apartment armed with a search warrant, they found a smorgasbord of Ecstacy, LSD, and schedule 2 and 3 pharmaceuticals. [...]
Continue reading...Four charged with leaking confidential information about Apple products to hedge funds
Monday, December 27, 2010
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When it comes to product secrecy, no other company can hold a candle to Apple – which is why the company takes efforts to leak confidential product information so seriously. The insurmountable problem faced by Apple, however, is that there’s only so much information it can keep close to the vest. Manufacturing processes take place [...]
Continue reading...Man tries to rob restaurant brandishing a black iPhone
Monday, December 27, 2010
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Here’s an oddball story for ya. A masked man in New London Connecticut walked into an Indian restaurant last week and demanded that the restaurant’s cooks give him money. The man, named Jerome Taylor, was brandishing what he hoped would be perceived as a small handgun. Nevertheless, the cooks refused to hand over anything to [...]
Continue reading...Report – Thieves rob Apple store in Dallas
Sunday, August 15, 2010
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We wouldn’t go so far as to say that Apple Store robberies are a growing problem, but they certainly seem to be occurring at a faster clip than in past years. Most recently, an Apple Store in Dallas was robbed when thieves walked into the store in broad daylight and quickly snatched up 8 iPhones [...]
Continue reading...Identifying Criminals – there’s an app for that
Friday, July 16, 2010
A handgun, pepper spray, and handcuffs – these are just a few items policemen and women carry with them on an everyday basis. And believe it or not, there may soon come a time where you can add the iPhone to that list. Police in Brockton, Massachusetts are currently testing new iPhone software which uses facial recognition, [...]
Continue reading...FBI arrests iPad hacker on Felony drug charges, turns out he’s also racist and anti-semitic with a podcast on iTunes
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Last week, a large number of email addresses of iPad users were made public due to a security vulnerability on AT&T’s servers. The exploit, which was run via a script attack, was carried out by a group calling themselves Goatse Security. When the dust settled, the folks at Goatse had accumulated 114,000 email addresses, a [...]
Continue reading...iPad developer mugged at WWDC, gets brand new iPad along with a letter from Steve Jobs
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
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Not too long ago, Apple sent out a WWDC invite to a Chinese iOS developer named Stone, an individual who works for Tencent, the development house behind China’s most popular IM software, QQ. Being that it was WWDC and all, not to mention the long ass flight from Shenzhen, Stone decided to bring along his [...]
Continue reading...Police arrest duo for trying to trade an iPod Touch and Marijuana in exchange for an iPad, via Craigslist!
Saturday, June 12, 2010
We know that there are more addicting things out there than Marijuana, we just had no idea that the iPad was on the list. Now we’re not saying that weed affects your mental state, but how else can you explain this unbelievably absurd Onion-esque news story from Gilbert, Arizona.
Continue reading...Jason Chen’s computers taken to FBI crime lab
Thursday, June 3, 2010
By now, you’re all familiar with the story. An Apple engineer loses a next-generation iPhone, and through an unusual series of events, the device ends up in the hands of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen who parades the device around on Gizmodo’s website. Shortly thereafter, Apple called the police, reported the iPhone stolen, a search warrant [...]
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Monday, May 9, 2011
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