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A woman has been sentenced to eight days in jail for stealing a former "American Idol" contestant's iPhone while the singer was performing at a California elementary school.

City News Service reports 47-year-old Bertha Alicia Avalos of Santa Ana pleaded guilty Monday to misdemeanor theft charges.

Money lost in a scam is usually money lost forever. Mari Merwin of New Britain , a victim of a "mortgage audit" scam, now knows that's not always true.

Think Apple's critics struck a raw nerve with the company? "Can't innovate anymore, my ."

Apple launched the latest iteration of its mobile operating system, iOS 7 beta, at the high-profile Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco.

The Staten Island Ferry passenger wanted to be helpful. When the gentleman approached and asked to briefly borrow her cell phone for an emergency call, the tourist, standing in line to speak with the concierge at the Ferry terminal, complied.

Craig Federighi, senior vice president of Software Engineering at Apple talks about the features of the new iOS 7 during the keynote address of the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference Monday, June 10, 2013, in San Francisco.

After two reported thefts from city pools this week, officials want people to know there are ways to protect your valuables.

The "Find My iPhone" application led a former American Idol contestant and a school security officer to a mother who allegedly stole the singer's cell phone during an event at an Orange County elementary school.

Men are silhouetted against a video screen as they pose with the Samsung Galaxy S3, the Nokia Lumia 820 and the iPhone 4 smartphones in this 2013 photo illustration.

A third of robberies involve the theft of a mobile device. Top law enforcement officials across the country are asking for help from the companies that make those devices.

In the U.S., one-third of robberies involve the theft of a mobile device, the FCC reported last year .

Several state and city law enforcement officials are teaming up to launch an investigation on why smartphone manufacturers including Apple have not done more to combat device thefts, reports the Huffington Post .

NEWS ANALYSIS: Activation Lock for iOS 7 allows an iPhone to be locked against reactivation if it's stolen or lost, but you have to wait until this fall and then upgrade to iOS 7 to get it.

New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said top state and city law enforcement officials will encourage the smartphone industry "to be good corporate citizens and take responsible steps to ensure the safety of our consumers."

After months of speculation, Apple on Monday finally unveiled iOS 7 , which is "the biggest change to iOS since the iPhone," Apple CEO Tim Cook said at its Worldwide Developer Conference .

With such a plethora of fancy new features from the iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks operating systems that Apple Inc. unleashed upon the world at this week's Worldwide Developers conference in San Francisco, it was inevitable that a lot of intriguing new services would be lost in the shuffle.

It's called "Apple picking," a growing wave of crime in which thieves target mobile devices, particularly iPhones and iPads.

Apple announced a raft of new features coming to its iOS software, which runs the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

Apple has launched the iTunes Radio internet radio service and iOS 7 at the annual developers conference in San Francisco, US.