Nearly one- third of robberies in the U.S. involve the theft of a smartphone, according to the F.C.C. In hopes of stopping the trend, phone makers and carriers are voluntarily agreeing to add optional ...

Minnesota's governor signed the "kill switch" bill into law on Wednesday, making the North Star State the first in the nation to require smartphones and tablets to have a remote shut-off feature, NBC ...

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton recently signed a law to require kill switches on new smartphones, and similar bills have been filed in other states and in Congress. The California Senate passed such a ...

Five hundred and eighty million dollars. That's how much money consumers spend each year replacing stolen phones, according to a recent study by Omaha, Neb.-based Creighton University. So, the case ...

Senator Mark Leno's much-debated kill-switch bill — which would require all phones sold in California to be pre-equipped with anti-theft technology — passed the Senate floor today on a sweeping 25-8 ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Law enforcement officials nationwide are demanding the creation of a "kill switch" that would render smartphones inoperable after they are stolen, New York's top prosecutor said ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. The law, meant to reduce the number of smartphone thefts by ...

Google and Microsoft are joining Apple and Samsung in adding a "kill switch" feature to their phone operating systems. Both Android and Windows phones will now offer a true kill switch as a way to ...

A recent Consumer Reports survey found 3.1 million Americans had cellphones stolen in 2013, almost double the 1.6 million thefts reported in 2012. Milonas and Tsai said some smartphone manufacturers ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Smartphones available in California after July 2015 will be ...