Tag: Eric Schneiderman

A.G. Schneiderman, D.A. Gascón commend Apple’s new iOS 8 for enabling ‘kill switch’ by default

Wednesday, September 17, 2014 6:00 pmWednesday, September 17, 20148 Comments

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón …

Google, Microsoft look to catch up to Apple by incorporating ‘kill switches’ in next mobile OS versions

Thursday, June 19, 2014 9:58 amThursday, June 19, 201416 Comments

Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. will incorporate a ‘kill switch’ into the next versions…

California Senate passes mandatory smartphone ‘kill switch’ bill

Friday, May 9, 2014 10:00 amFriday, May 9, 201457 Comments

California’s Senate passed a bill requiring smartphone makers such as Apple…

Family of girl slain over iPhone lobbies for ‘kill switch’

Monday, March 3, 2014 5:00 pmTuesday, March 4, 201465 Comments

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton…

New York State joins U.S. Congress, tech companies like Apple in war against patent trolls

Tuesday, January 14, 2014 5:02 pmTuesday, January 14, 201413 Comments

The list of those waging battle with so-called patent trolls…

Attorneys General for New York and San Francisco strongly urge iPhone and iPad users to download iOS 7

Thursday, September 19, 2013 3:00 pmThursday, September 19, 201335 Comments

San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón and New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman…

S.F. district attorney optimistic over Apple, Samsung progress on anti-theft tech for smartphones

Tuesday, July 23, 2013 11:28 amTuesday, July 23, 201311 Comments

Apple’s Activation Lock was tested…

U.S. State and federal governments test Apple’s iOS 7 activation lock feature

Thursday, July 18, 2013 4:33 pmFriday, July 19, 201327 Comments

Apple and Samsung’s latest smartphones will face the scrutiny of state and federal prosecutors…

Smartphone thefts probed by state, city prosecutors as companies fail to act to their liking

Thursday, June 13, 2013 8:31 pmThursday, June 13, 201333 Comments

Top state and city law enforcement officials on Thursday will announce an expansive investigation…

Apple reveals iOS 7 theft deterrent feature ‘Activation Lock’ ahead of gov’t meeting on crime

Monday, June 10, 2013 6:00 pmMonday, June 10, 201330 Comments

Ahead of a meeting with government officials later this month to discuss…

U.S. officials call on Apple, other mobile device makers to help stop smartphone theft

Thursday, June 6, 2013 8:31 amThursday, June 6, 201338 Comments

San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman…

Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung pressed to combat smartphone theft

Monday, May 13, 2013 8:58 pmMonday, May 13, 201337 Comments

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is pushing makers of handsets…

Google to pay $22.5 million to settle charges over bypassing privacy settings of millions of Apple users

Tuesday, July 10, 2012 8:33 amTuesday, July 10, 201220 Comments

Google Inc is close to a deal to pay $22.5 million to settle charges related…

State of New York sues Sprint for more than $300 million over taxes

Thursday, April 19, 2012 1:30 pmThursday, April 19, 201211 Comments

The state of New York on Thursday sued Sprint Nextel Corp for more than $300 million…