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SF district attorney thinks of smartphone theft differently after leading SFPD

San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon is one of the regulators leading the push on smartphone antitheft legislation. James Martin/CNET Early in 2013, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon reached out to Tim Cook with a proposal: How about putting anti-theft software on the iPhone? A year later, he still hasn’t spoken to Apple’s CEO. The cold shoulder hasn’t prevented …

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Verizon profit jumps on Verizon Wireless takeover, but misses expectations

CNET Verizon’s first quarter as sole owner of Verizon Wireless was a mixed one. Verizon posted a first-quarter profit of $3.95 billion, or $1.15 a share. In the year-earlier period, it reported a profit of $2 billion, or 68 cents a share. Excluding one-time items such as an after-tax gain from an asset sale, it posted per-share earnings of 84 …

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