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iStolen: What to do when your mobile is stolen

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'Apple Picking' is on the rise across the US, and it unfortunately has nothing to do with a honeycrisp or pink lady. ‘Apple Picking’ refers to stolen Apple products. Check out the SpotCrime crime list we created a couple of months ago by searching the words ‘iphone’ or 'ipad' on SpotCrime. View the full SpotCrime crime list here An ABC article states that the FCC attributes 30-40 percent of robberies in major cities to cell phones. In NYC, Mayor Bloomberg blames the increase in the city’s crime rate on iPhone thefts. Fortunately, for you cheap-non-technological Android users (ha-ha) , you don’t seem to be having this problem. You can continue to check out crime in your area via SpotCrime.info in your mobile browser or the SpotCrime layer on Layar . So, what to do if you find yourself unable to feed your need to tweet a picture of your best duckface in the bathroom or lacking the means to update your newsfeed informing you friend list of 2,300+ that you ju