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iPhone thefts get walloped by kill feature, officials say

If your iPhone gets stolen and Find My Phone has been deactivated, Activation Lock will prevent it from being re-used by a different Apple account. James Martin/CNET A kill feature that renders a smartphone useless if stolen appears to be taking a bite out of crime. The volume of stolen iPhones dropped by 25 percent in New York, by 40 …

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‘Haunted’ old MacBook fetching thousands on eBay

This old-school spirit writes the old-fashioned way. eBay/wfatzinger With technology advancing so quickly, a MacBook from 2007 might be nearly obsolete for most of us, but if you’re a ghost from the early 20th century, it makes for a downright swanky place to chill. That’s the basic pitch behind the auction of a “haunted” Apple computer on eBay that’s already …

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