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8-Year-Old Busts $350,000 Heist with Apple’s “Find My iPhone”

An 8-year old from Tennessee helped bust some burglars that had stolen roughly $350,000 in goods. The tech-savvy child did all the work using Apple’s simple “Find My iPhone” application. When his family’s Apple devices got stolen, Landon didn’t wait for the cops to find the bad guys. In...

2 April 2012
07:08 GMT

Find My iPhone Now Supports "Retina Display-Capable Devices"

Apple has updated pretty much every one of its iOS applications to add compatibility with the new Retina display on its third-generation iPad. The same goes for Find My iPhone, the company’s standalone application that puts your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac on a map. An iCloud service, Find My iPhone has ...

9 March 2012
03:29 GMT

Update Remote, iMovie, Find My iPhone Apps for iOS 5

Apple this week pushed one of the biggest sets of updates in years this week, and some of those updates include new versions of Remote, iMovie, and Find My iPhone apps for iDevice owners.Apple’s Remote 2.2 brings iOS 5 compatibility and some unspecified stability and performance improvements.iMovie 1.2.2 addres...

13 October 2011
11:21 GMT

Meet Apple’s ‘Find My Friends’ App

When iCloud debuts on October 12, Apple will be launching a new service called Find My Friends, which lets you share your location with people who are important to you, as well as to find them.“Meet up with friends at an outdoor concert. Keep track of the family during a day on the ski slopes. Or see when your ...

6 October 2011
10:25 GMT

Apple Confirms MobileMe Downtime, Services Now Restored

It appears that Apple has been having some serious Internet problems with MobileMe, the service soon to be made obsolete by iCloud. Thankfully, all services are now back online.Our experience, for example, has been a non-functional Find My iPhone for the better part of this day.And now we know why. Apple has just ack...

30 September 2011
09:51 GMT

Find My Mac Service Debuts Through iCloud.com - Developer News

iCloud.com now offers the ability to locate a lost or stolen Mac via the well-known Find-My feature that Apple is now extending to Macintosh computers. Accessible only by registered Apple developers until iCloud’s public debut this fall, Find My Mac allows those who’ve misplaced, or had their laptop st...

4 August 2011
03:49 GMT

Apple Updates Find My iPhone App with Offline Capabilities

Apple has updated the Find My iPhone application used to track lost or stolen iOS devices adding the ability to receive an email if an offline device comes online and is located, as well as an option to remove an offline device from the list.Find My iPhone is part of the dying MobileMe suite of services. However, it&...

7 June 2011
12:21 GMT

Apple Plans Major MobileMe Update for 2011, Report Indicates

A purported email from Apple’s CEO indicates that MobileMe, the $99-a-year cloud service, will see major improvements next year, including better file syncing across devices. An Apple fanatic, the MacRumors reader who allegedly had an email conversation with Steve Jobs, is becoming increasingly frustrated by t...

8 December 2010
03:44 GMT

'Find My iPhone' Is Now Free for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad

Minutes ago, Apple confirmed the release of a free Find My iPhone service for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad users via its free iOS application with the same name. Customers are not required to have a MobileMe subscription to employ the service, while the Find My iPhone mobile app is immediately available for download ...

22 November 2010
10:15 GMT

Apple’s Find My iPhone Strikes Again, Catches Atlanta Thief

Apple’s brilliant “Find My iPhone” feature available exlcusively to MobileMe subscribers recently helped a woman in Atlanta recover not only her iPhone 4, but also her purse, according to a short coverage by WSB-TV.The woman, who asked not to be identified by name, had her purse snagged as she was r...

2 November 2010
05:44 GMT

Apple Releases New Versions of Find My iPhone, MobileMe iDisk Apps

New versions of Apple’s iOS applications, Find My iPhone and MobileMe iDisk are now available for download from the iTunes App Store, both updates fixing several issues encountered by customers, as well as adding support for new devices.First and foremost, Apple released Find My iPhone 1.0.1 to add support...

8 September 2010
08:06 GMT

MobileMe: Service Updates as of July 8, 2010

Apple has updated MobileMe services to add improvements for iOS 4 devices, new versions of iDisk, Gallery, Mail and Calendar apps, as well as improvements for Mac OS X 10.6.4, and the Find My iPhone function. MobileMe is a cloud-based service developed by Apple, allowing customers to stay in sync across all their dev...

9 July 2010
03:21 GMT

Apple Delves Deep Into the Latest MobileMe Additions

Following a successful beta testing session, Apple rolled out an updated MobileMe for its customers last week. In the meanwhile, the Mac maker has updated the section dedicated to MobileMe on its website, in order to better reflect the changes it has made with the cloud-based service. The new MobileMe Mail at me.com ...

23 June 2010
08:56 GMT

Apple Launches Find My iPhone App for iOS Devices - Free

Find My iPhone, a new, Apple-developed app, is now available as a free download from the App Store, the company behind the Mac operating system announced today. The software is designed to provide an additional layer of security in case a MobileMe subscriber (and owner of an Apple iPhone) misplaces, loses, or has the...

18 June 2010
10:04 GMT

'Find My iPhone' Is Live

The new Find My iPhone feature targeting users who lose their device (or have it stolen from them) is now live, according to a Modmyi forum poster. The user allegedly gave the feature a try and, according to the post, it’s a go. “As of 22:55 PDT, Apple has enabled Find My iPhone, available to members of ...

17 June 2009
03:30 GMT

‘Find My iPhone’ Feature Detailed

Under the Mac section of its website, Apple explains that there’s a new feature to be had with its cloud-based service come June 17, when iPhone OS 3.0 is released. Apple has developed a way (more than one, actually) for the user to interact with his / her iPhone, even if the device gets lost, or stolen. &ldqu...

9 June 2009
09:35 GMT


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