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Days after sending Community Affairs officers to Apple stores for the iPhone 5 launch, the NYPD is emphasizing how iPhones, iPads and various Apple iProducts are incredibly tempting to thieves. The police department revealed that thefts involving Apple products have increased 40% over the same period last year—resulting in a 4% increase in overall crime. Continue Reading →

Eager iPhone 5 buyers can now pre-purchase the phone during the night and then pick it up during the day. Known as Personal Pickup, Apple’s online reservation system comes to life every night between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. During those hours, you can reserve and pay for your new iPhone. Current smartphone owners can also Continue Reading →

Apple might be suffering from an iPhone 5 supply shortfall, all because of its new display technology. According to Barclays, which recently spoke with Bloomberg, Apple relies upon both Sharp and LG Display to produce the iPhone 5’s screen. However, Sharp has faced some trouble limiting defects, causing the company to only start shipping screens Continue Reading →

New York iPhone users who ask Siri for a weather forecast this week might be surprised to learn that the Big Apple is expected to register temperatures in the mid-90s for the next several days. Of course, that’s not the actual New York weather forecast, but a weather forecast for the town of New York Continue Reading →

Competing with Apple’s iPhone is never easy — the handset has been the world’s most popular single smartphone model for years, and has made Apple the most valuable company in the world — but according to a new report, NFC will serve as Apple rivals’ best bet for differentiating their devices from the iPhone 5. Continue Reading →

In light of all the complaints from customers receiving new iPhone 5 handsets that scratch and scuff easily, it appears another problem is plaguing Apple’s latest product: light leakage. According to MacRumors forum member “Leotno,” some white iPhone 5 models are showing slight light leakage between device’s glass display and chamfered aluminum antenna. BGR has Continue Reading →

Approximately 40 people were injured and 20 were arrested when a massive riot broke out Sunday at Foxconn’s Taiyuan plant in Northern China. Details are still conflicting, however early reports from Engadget suggest the incident began after a security guard struck a worker during anti-Japan protests at around 10:00 p.m. local time on Sunday. The Continue Reading →

Yes, Apple Maps redirect to Google Maps on desktop, Android and any non-iOS 6 phones when you share your location. Womp. Obviously this is happening because there’s no hub for Apple Maps on the web, but still, the absurdity of this loop is exemplary of how ill-thought out this whole Maps switch was. Like you Continue Reading →

Well, that was fast. Grant Paul, a San Francisco-based software hacker and open-source enthusiast, claims to have jailbroken Apple’s latest iPhone not 24 hours after its release, according to pictures published on his Twitter feed. “I started working on it the day before the iPhone 5 was released, and I had my iPhone 4S jailbroken Continue Reading →

Yes, it should be easy for Apple to one day match Google’s prowess for creating a top-notch maps application: All it has to do is hire another 7,000 people. Business Insider reports that Google has roughly 7,100 people who are working on its maps application, including 1,100 full-time employees and 6,000 contractors who combine to Continue Reading →