App tracks iPhone thief

A man accused of snatching an Apple iPhone from a woman's hand in San Francisco was arrested just nine minutes later - because the device tracked his every move.

App tracks iPhone thief
Fri, 23 Jul, 2010 - 09:48

A man accused of snatching an Apple iPhone from a woman's hand in San Francisco was arrested just nine minutes later - because the device tracked his every move.

The iPhone was being used to test a new, real-time global positioning system (GPS) tracking application and the woman holding it was an intern for the software's maker, Mountain View-based Covia Labs.

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