A woman walking on Capitol Hill on Tuesday was the victim of a mugging in which the suspect punched her in the face, stole her iPhone and then sped off, all while riding a Capital Bikeshare bicycle. more ›

A woman in Fredericksburg, Va. thought she was doing the right thing when she found an iPhone and returned it to the owners. But then one of the phone's owners beat her up. more ›

Just as many other cities across the country, D.C. has been hit by a rash of robberies, a large part targeting people with iPhones and other electronic gadgets. Now D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier has a message for national cell phone service providers—step up and help stop the thefts. more ›

D.C. police want drivers, cyclists and walkers to get off of their phones, turn off the music and pay more attention. more ›

The BlackBerry has long been associated with Capitol Hill staffers and legislators, but the device's dominance is slowly falling as more Hill types switch over to iPhones. more ›

If someone recently stole an iPhone or iPad from you, call the D.C. police—they may well have recovered during a massive sting operation. more ›

Yesterday D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier and Mayor Vince Gray announced a number of arrests in connection to thefts of electronic gadgets, which have spiked in 2012. more ›

The bitch set him up -- with an iPhone. more ›

Just in time for taxi rates to shoot up, D.C. is getting a new livery service of sorts with Uber, a smartphone app that will hail you one of the city's luxury sedans instead of a dingy old cab. more ›

Friends: did you realize that our children are being cruelly deceived by smartphone applications? In a preview of a segment that I'm sure we'll be seeing on some late network newscast in the near future, the Post reports on an eight-year-old Rockville girl who racked up $1,400 in charges by purchasing add-ons inside an iPhone game. more ›

D.C.'s iPhone bandits are out in full force: MPD Commander Matt Klein sent an email to residents of the Second District last night to remind them that iPhones make an incredibly tantalizing target for thieves, as they can be quickly wiped and resold for fast cash. Klein said that over the last three days, the Second District alone has had six reports of stolen iPhones, even a couple with the same daring MO -- an individual engages the victim in conversation, asks to use their phone for directions, then runs off with it once its in their hands. For those with iPhones concerned about personal data, you can set your phone to automatically delete personal data after ten failed logins. But the best crime prevention strategy here is probably just good old common sense -- like not handing your shiny phone over to the complete stranger you just met on the street. more ›

At a tech event last week called Digital Capital Week, iPhone fans reportedly outnumbered Blackberry users by a margin of 10 percent, at roughly 400 out of the 4,000 attendees. Meanwhile, in the House of Representatives, there are reportedly less than 100 total iPhones out of more than 9,000 smart phones. Is there any one reason why Washingtonians would cling to their Blackberry's longer than their counterparts in say San Francisco or New York City? more ›

Many long-suffering iPhone owners let out a groan last week when it was reported that AT&T's exclusive relationship with Apple may go at least through 2012. But a friend of mine texted me last night to let me know he had just picked up a 3G Microcell from his local AT&T store for $150 here in the District and it is working perfectly for him so far. more ›

For all the iPhone users out there, a heads up: Gothamist has just released its first iPhone app, dubbed "Istaverse." You can download it free from iTunes here. more ›

The folks at NextBus have just released an application for the BlackBerry, available for $2.99 at this link. It appears to work somewhat similarly to the iPhone version, which we reviewed earlier this year. BlackBerry users, be sure to let us know how it works for you. more ›

WMATA's NextBus tool has been officially back up and running for just a little over a month now, and last week the developers at NextBus launched their own iPhone application (now $2.99 from the iTunes store). For iPhone users, the application is well worth the purchase price, thanks to enhanced GPS and mapping features. more ›

You may have noticed that DCist has a brand new mobile version, working as of this weekend on the iPhone, the BlackBerry (or if you're like me, the really old, crappy Sidekick), and most every other mobile device. All you have to do is access DCist.com from your mobile device and you'll be redirected (or you can go straight to mobile.dcist.com). There you'll find a tinier and tidier version of DCist that's optimized for your smaller screen. Let us know how it's working in the comments. more ›

We know that plenty of you are getting all psyched about the new 3G iPhone, which is set to deliver tomorrow morning. (Hopefully, this release won't result in as much cutting in line as the first incarnation of the much-sought after gadget.) Via We Love DC, it appears that some intrepid developers have created a new iPhone navigation application called iTrans DC (link requires iTunes), which allows you to access published Metro times. Sounds cool, but $15 seems like an outrageous amount to pay for information that you can easily get from WMATA or Meenster, with just a couple additional clicks of your finger. Some of the early iTrans DC reviewers are also skeptical. We've pasted them below: more ›

Fun Fun Fun Fest 2007 Recap from Super!Alright! on Vimeo. Austinist attended a town hall meeting about proposed noise ordinances that could undermine the city's future as the Live Music Capital of the World, and lamented the possible loss of Texas's only feminist bookstore. Throughout the week, they interviewed a bunch of indie fashion designers and D-I-Y websites—Etsy, Ornamental Things, 31 Corn Lane, and Aorta Designs—for the upcoming Stitch Fashion Show. They also did... more ›

There was very little else for Londonist to be concerned with when the threat of a Tube strike became a very unpleasant reality. The inconvenience was extreme: there aren't many alternatives to the Tube in London despite the best efforts of the Londonist team to get everyone from A to B. Brighter news came in the form of the first ever female Yeoman Warder, or Beefeater as the position is more commonly known, and... more ›

>> A federal jury awarded $260,000 to one of two men who sued NBA star Allen Iverson after they said they were beaten by his entourage outside Eyebar. [WaPo] >> Watch the very same Allen Iverson dominate on his high school football team at Bethel High in Hampton, VA in 1993. [DCSportsGuy] >> Spending $600 on a first generation iPhone: expensive. Losing it twelve hours later: so sad it's funny? [craigslist] >> Massive fire... more ›

LAist was comped front row seats by the Dodgers due to Malingering being struck by a foul ball last week, and she came back with some great photos, and earlier made fun of 4th of July on Venice Beach. But the biggest stories of the week was that the Mayor's Hot Tamale was revealed, and that a Kwik-E-Mart was erected in Burbank. Phillyist was busy doing the Fourth of July up right, exercising their... more ›

Via Consumerist, an alleged eye-witness report of staff members of Mayor Adrian Fenty cutting in line to buy iPhones on Friday. And here we thought Council chairman Vincent Gray would win the most entitled public servant of the week award. ...I work in downtown DC and went to the AT&T store on 17th and Pennsylvania around 4:45 to get in line. About 35 people were in front of me, everyone was nice, people from AT&T... more ›

What with Paris Hilton's release earlier this week and the upcoming celebration of American Independence (sorry, Londonist!), we've been thinking a lot about freedom. Freedom to vote, freedom to choose, and most importantly, freedom to blog. Here are a few things we're happy we've been free to blog about this week. Being the nation's capital, DCist felt especially proud to let freedom ring this week by exposing the really important issues, like how sad they... more ›

About 100 people were lined up outside the Apple Store in Clarendon at 2:45 p.m. today in advance of the 6 p.m. release of the wildly anticipated new iPhone. The first people in line arrived at 8:15 p.m. last night to stake out their ground, though at the halfway point, about 50 people in, one man said he had only been there since noon. Several people in line indicated they were waiting in shifts... more ›

As the world holds it's breath, teetering precariously on the cusp of the Super Bowl (well, at least in America), the wheels of the -ists keep on turning. Austinist was in a musical frame of mind as they listened to the new Shins album, updated the SXSW band listings and got called "punk rock" for their efforts by MTV. And an ice storm swept through the area. Bostonist said goodbye to John Kerry's plans... more ›