Apple Inc. (AAPL) Helping NYPD Locate Stolen iDevices

A NYPD spokesman said that nearly three of four stolen devices are located inside the city limits, and related the story of one iPad stolen from New York that was tracked down in the Dominican Republic thanks to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL).  And later this year, a collaboration between four major U.S. carriers – AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE:S) and T-Mobile USA – will reduce a database that lists the serial numbers of known stolen devices, and this database would eventually render the phones inoperable in the U.S. even after thieves change out SIM cards.

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