Rihanna has nabbed Justin Bieber’s claim as YouTube’s most-viewed artist.

At some time on Tuesday morning, Rihanna’s 77 music videos on her VEVO channel garnered a combined view of 3.784 billion views, surpassing Bieber’s channel by about two million views.

Rihanna has 8.7 million subscribers on her channel, which is almost twice as much as Biber's 4.9 million.

The other musicians that round out the top most-viewed list are PSY at 3.1 billion views, Eminem at 2.4 billion views, Lady Gaga at 2.25 billion views and Shakira with 2 billion views, according to Billboard.

Do you Yahoo? The government does.

Yahoo says that U.S. law enforcement agencies filed "between 12,000 and 13,000" requests for data from Jan. 1, 2013 to May 31 of this year, according to Reuters.

Yahoo made the announcement in a blog on its Tumblr page. Police most-often request information pertaining not to national security, but in cases concerning "fraud, homicides, kidnappings" and similar cases, according to the news wire.

Some data requests, however, were made under the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, the bit of American security policy brought into mainstream focus by the recent NSA leak.

The NSA, according to documents provided by former employee Edward Snowden, has been "acquiring customer data from" major US tech firms like Yahoo "for years," Reuters reported.
 

Facebook crashed on Tuesday and people took to Twitter to lob complaints, laugh and joke about the outage. Website monitoring site DownRightNow noted that the social network went down at around 9:10 p.m. ET.

Those who tried logging on saw this error message:

As of 11:00 p.m. ET, the site is back up. It is unclear what sparked the outage and how widespread the problem was, NBC News reported.

Were you affected by the outage? Tell us what you did to pass time in the comments section below.

You can't even go on Facebook to complain about how Facebook is down. Tweeting FTW.

— Jenny He (@jenn_he) June 19, 2013

Facebook is down? Good! pic.twitter.com/2ESwBbApyP

— John Yowan (@Yowan) June 19, 2013

OMG Facebook is down! How will I talk to my friends now?!!?!

— Brian Stilson (@brstilson) June 19, 2013

Oh no Facebook is down zomg the sky is falling !!!! #facebookdown #networkerror

— God (@TheGoodGodAbove) June 19, 2013

FACEBOOK IS DOWN!!! HURRY!! BEFORE IT COMES BACK.. RUN!!! WE ARE FREE!!!! #facebookdown

— Rick XX6 (@RickXX6) June 19, 2013

Is Facebook down? Yes, actually the whole world goes down when Facebook goes down.

— ǤƱĪÐØ™ (@furiousguido) June 19, 2013

I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. #facebookdown

— Brian Stilson (@brstilson) June 19, 2013

Facebook is down but worldwide productivity has just increased by 90%.

— John Yowan (@Yowan) June 19, 2013

Facebook is down, feel free to panic: http://t.co/GcXKUDo2P7

— SFist (@SFist) June 19, 2013

Facebook is down. How will I know what my friend from high school whom I haven't seen in 15 years ate for dinner?!?! #Facebook

— ThisHeartsOnFire (@JustAnotherRich) June 19, 2013

FACEBOOK IS DOWN REPEAT FACEBOOK IS DOWN QUICK GET TO THE BOMB SHELTER THE APOCALYPSE IS HAPPENING.

— Sam Taunton (@samtaunton) June 19, 2013

The Oxford English Dictionary is catching up to the high-tech world.

The word "tweet," appearing both as a noun and a verb, was added to the dictionary despite the OED's own rule that "a new word needs to be current for ten years before consideration for inclusion," according to Chief Editor John Simpson, who made the announcement in a blog post.

The OED got on board with other tech lingo. The words "big data," "crowdsourcing," "e-reader," "mouseover," "stream" and "redirect" also made their debut in the century-old dictionary.

"Flash mob," 3D printer" and "live-blogging" made the cut as well.

Check out new additions to the OED here.

Madden 25, EA Sports' upcoming football game, is a two-headed monster.

On the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, it's a promise to gamers who stuck with the series and begged for more gameplay options and features. On the Xbox One and Playstation 4, it's a glimpse into the future. With a new gameplay and visual engines and a brand-new step-based locomotion system, Electronic Arts believes the pigskin action will never be the same.

"There's that wow factor when you pick up the controller," said Electronic Arts Football General Manager Cam Weber. "It feels amazing."

A celebration of 25 years of the franchise, EA Sports spent significant time developing a next generation football game they felt would change the genre. On the PS4 and Xbox One, the IGNITE gameplay engine will have approximately 300 "live" characters on both sidelines, reacting to the action, as well as a crowd that looks more "real" than the cardboard cut-outs and static virtual fans gamers of all ages have become accustomed to over the years.

The new True Step Locomotion system also promises a better rushing game. Madden 2013 focused heavily on passing and True Step, combined with the enhanced A.I., makes offensive linemen, as well as defensive players, more aware of the on-field developments. The end result, Weber says, is a more authentic and instinctual game of football, with authentic route running, more realistic downfield blocking and better moving player models.

"Every individual step in our game is calculated," Weber said. "In previous games, there were a lot of looping and repeating running animations, without a lot of fidelity in terms of what each individual step would do. Now, with the power of the new consoles, we can make a lot of calculations with every single frame. There will be a precision to every footstep."

But what about the current consoles? Regardless of the effort the company has put into the next generation version of Madden, EA Sports said all the work on the PS4/Xbox One edition actually helped refine what may be the last hurrah for the series on the PS3 and 360.

Weber said that the run-blocking and locomotion system on the PS3 and 360 will be markedly improved because EA was able to transfer over "tidbits" of the new technology to the current generation version. With those improvements and the new and developed gameplay modes such as the "Connected Franchise" and "Owner Mode," EA Sports is confident they haven't left PS3 and 360 owners out to pasture.

"We wanted to deliver on the promises," said Weber. "We wanted to add all the depth and polish. 25 years of innovation-make Madden 25 the most polished experience we could."

Check out this gameplay video of Madden 25 below:

Madden 25 is scheduled for an August 27 release on the PS3 and 360. No release date has been confirmed for the PS4 and Xbox One versions.

American Airlines says it is not behind some fake flight confirmation emails floating around the Internet Thursday.

The email features the Fort Worth-based airline's logo at the top and throughout the itinerary.

It details a flight between Columbia and Dallas-Fort Worth as well as Las Vegas and Dallas-Fort Worth.

American Airlines has a page on its website dedicated to fraudulent communication, which includes an example of the latest email and this message:

American Airlines will never ask you to perform security-related changes to your account in this fashion or send emails to collect user names, passwords, email addresses or other personal information. If you receive an email claiming to be from American Airlines, that asks for account information, it should be considered fraudulent and an attempt to obtain personal information that may be used to commit fraud.

American Airlines says if you get any email that looks suspicious, do not open it and do not reply to it with personal information.

More: AA.com/phishing

Social media's beloved hashtag is finally coming to Facebook.

While many users are already using hashtags on the site, they served no purpose until Wednesday, when Facebook announced in a blog post that they will be clickable and searchable.

"When you click on a hashtag in Facebook, you'll see a feed of what other people and Pages are saying about that event or topic," wrote Greg Lindley, Facebook's product manager.

The feature will allow users to join in on conversations like #NBAFinals and #NSALeaks.

Facebook has been teasing the feature since March, according to The Wall Street Journal, and it's now joining the list of other social media sites with functional hashtags like Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest and Instagram, which Facebook purchased in 2012.

As feral hogs continue to barrel into suburban and urban areas -- and even into Dallas' city limits -- trappers are turning to smartphone technology to help catch the animals.

Locations such as Kiest Park in Oak Cliff, the Keeton Park Golf Course in Pleasant Grove and White Rock Trail have all seen damage from hogs within the last year, said Don Burns, Dallas parks and recreation project manager.

Osvaldo Rojas, currently the only trapper contracted to capture feral hogs in Dallas, said the hog problem is getting worse.

"The more you trap, the more places you find that need trapping," he said.

Rojas uses large pens equipped with cameras that link to his smartphone to remotely and humanely catch hogs. He then sells the hogs to a meat-processing company.

His contract with the city allows him to keep the proceeds of the sale.

Don Gresham has captured 44 hogs in one night at his family ranch in Forestburg, Montague County, which is approximately 10 miles north of Decatur.

"They destroy everything," he said. "They'll come in, they'll make a field ... look like a plowed field. In Dallas, they're destroying people's yards. They were knocking the air conditioners off of our pad sites up here."

Necessity was the mother of invention for Gresham. He helped to design a 30-foot hog trap that, like the one Rojas uses, employs Web cameras that send live video to his smartphone, allowing him to trigger the trapdoor with the touch of a button.

His company, Goin Fencing, now sells the traps to farmers around the country.

In the Dallas area, feral hogs travel from place to place along the banks of the Trinity River or, as Burns describes it, "Hog Highway." The animals use the Trinity's creeks and tributaries as exits to access suburban and urban neighborhoods, he said.

According to estimates from researchers at Texas A&M University, the number of feral hogs in the state may range from 1.8 million to 3.4 million, with the population growing between 18 percent and 21 percent each year.

The Texas A&M Institute of Renewable Natural Resources study also estimates that feral hogs cause $52 million in damage to agriculture in the state every year.

There are no known estimates for how many hogs are living in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Part of the problem in reducing the numbers of feral hogs is that they reproduce at an exponential rate. A sow can birth a litter of six to eight pigs twice per year, and those piglets can become fertile at the age of six months.

Dallas recently opened up a bidding process for more trappers to help corral the problem. The city expects to select a trapper and have that company on the ground and working by the end of the summer, Burns said.

As was much anticipated, Google bought the popular Israeli mapping app Waze on Tuesday for an undisclosed sum, according to its blog.

"To help you outsmart traffic, today we're excited to announce we've closed the acquisition of Waze," the blog, written by Geo Vice President Brian McClendon, stated. "This fast-growing community of traffic-obsessed drivers is working together to find the best routes from home to work every day."

A source close to the matter told Reuters that Google reportedly beat out Facebook and Apple to buy the crowd-sourcing app for $1.3 billion.

The Israel-based Waze, which uses GPS data and crowdsourcing to create "social mapping," had been wooed by Apple, Facebook and now Google.

Facebook had been in talks with Waze for six months, supposedly beating out Apple's $500 million offer for the startup.

It was rumored that Apple wanted the mapping startup to beef up its in-house Apple Maps after its previous Apple Maps fiasco. Facebook was reportedly offering $1 billion — the same price given to purchase Instagram — but became entrenched in a bidding war with Google. If the deal goes through, Google obviously outbid its competitors. 

Google celebrated the career of late children's author Maurice Sendak today by turning its homepage into an animated homage of his work.

Featuring characters and scenes from various Sendak stories such as "Where the Wild Things Are," "Bumble-ardy" and "In the Night Kitchen," the doodle quickly became a hit on Twitter:

Loving today's @google tribute to Maurice #Sendak. Perfect way to honor an extraordinary talent.

— Kristie Lanum (@IndieFlixChick) June 10, 2013

What @google did today was perfect.Struck a chord with every computer-using generation.Made us pause.Made us more creative. #sendak

— Liz Range-Pendell(@fonzidropit) June 10, 2013

For the record, this may be my favorite Google Doodle yet. #Sendak google.com

— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) June 10, 2013

Sendak passed away in May 2012, three years after his his magnum opus "Where the Wild Things Are," was turned into a feature film. During his more than half century career in children's literature, Sendak published over 40 stories as both a writer and an illustrator.

Apple CEO Tim Cook unveiled a new digital radio service and an operating system for the company's mobile devices that he called the biggest change ever to the iPhone.

Developers from 64 countries packed the 24th annual Worldwide Developers Conference Monday morning in San Francisco where Cook introduced the new iOS 7 to gasps in the crowd and an "I love you," shouted after the big reveal.

The new iOS7 system has a new user interface, new features, flat graphics, redesigned icons and a fresh palette of colors, all of which can be displayed on a simplified iPhone and iPad - the most radical design change since the iPhone debuted in 2007.

The operating system also has an AirDrop filesharing system and a new language for gesture interaction, meaning there will be a lot more swiping.

The system was designed by Jony Ive, who said: "We've seen iOS7 as a defining and important new direction and in many ways a beginning."

Cook added that this new operating system is the biggest change since the introduction of the iPhone. The new design will appear on iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches this fall, the company said.

The other big announcement of the day was the introduction of iTunes Radio, a Pandora-like Internet radio service that will be built into the Music app. It will run on the new operating system and be free of ads for iTunes Match subscribers.

Cook took a full hour to lead up to the big news of the day. Other updates include including new male and female voices on Siri, Apple's voice command technology, and a new look for the Mac Pro, the company's desk top model, which will launch later this year.

Cook opened the keynote at Moscone Center by talking about the status of Apple's more than 400 retail stores worldwide. He says Apple's newest store is in Berlin, at a century-old building that was one of the city's first theaters.

 MORE: Apple Unveils iOS7, iTunes Radio, New MacBook Air, Mac Pro
 
He also touted Apple's online store, which features 900,000 apps, including 375,000 specifically designed for the iPad.

Cook later introduced a new "Mavericks" operating system - the 10th version - which Wilson Rothman of NBC News said will have "crazy power management" and will sharply reduces battery drain, according to Apple. The system will offer tabs, tagging and multiple displays. It was the first time in a decade that Apple didn't name a system after a big cat. Mavericks is a nod to the undersea rock formation that creates the great surfing in Half Moon Bay.

Cook said the upgrades to the Mac's operating system are important to the company's 5,000-plus developers so they can create and modify their apps with more ease.

Apple has also introduced a new maps app with flyover data, points of interest, which you can send to iPhone with one click.

Cook had previously said the public shouldn't expect new products until the fall. Before the conference, Cook was seen with former vice president Al Gore and the late Steve Job's wife, Laurene Powell Jobs.

The Worldwide Developers Conference runs through Friday.


MORE: Before the conference, some were speculating on what the big news of the day would be.

AP's Anick Jesdanun, NBC Bay Area's Scott Budman, NBC News William Rothman and CNBC's Jon Fortt contributed to this story.

North Texas police agencies are warning people to take precautions when using online services to buy or sell items.

The Arlington, Fort Worth and Grand Prairie police departments are joining forces help prevent crimes against people wishing to buy and sell popular items such as smartphones and tablets.

Jose Moreno, of Crowley, said he was assaulted while trying to sell an iPhone 5 for $550 by listing it on Craigslist. Things got rough when the would-be buyer tried to grab the phone without paying, he said.

"He just went straight to me and just hit me -- hit me in my back," he said. "And once he hit me in my back, I flew over and I hit another car, and I fell on the floor."

Fort Worth police Detective Brian Raynsford said police are looking for Jacoby Choice, 20, in connection with the crime.

Fort Worth police have seen an increased number of similar crimes this year, he said.

"We've had 10 -- at least 10 -- offenses directly involved in Internet buying and selling, two of which led to aggravated sexual assaults and one of which led to a homicide," Raynsford said.

Police say meeting at public locations such as parks or parking lots may not be the safest. Instead, they recommended using a fire station or even a police station lobby.

People buying or selling anything using an online service should also try to get the full name of whoever they are dealing with, police say. If possible, they should do a background check. People should also bring someone when meeting a buyer or seller in public.

Arlington has had eight robberies related to social media this year. Grand Prairie has reported a handful of offenses since last summer.

With their reputation confirmed after two of the most critically acclaimed series over the last decade, "Jak and Daxter" and "Uncharted," video game developer Naughty Dog has done the unthinkable.

They've created a completely new genre.

Dubbed a "survival action" game, the Santa Monica, Calif.-based company's newest title, "The Last of Us" is set in a post apocalyptic United States and centers around Joel, a smuggler, and his cargo, a young girl named Ellie who he must transport across the country. After a rare fungal infection kills millions and mutates millions more, militarized zones enforce martial law, making the journey a difficult one.

Trekking through flooded Boston and looking for car parts in Virginia among their myriad of stops, both Ellie and Joel develop a relationship that Naughty Dog says separates the game from other titles.

"Throughout the game, Ellie will interact with the environment and you'll get to watch their relationship grow," Naughty Dog Community Strategist Eric Monacelli said. "This is a complex story and there are a lot of layers. We want people to buy into these characters and hear their story."

While the narrative is a compelling one, the amount of attention to the artificial intelligence is where Naughty Dog thinks the game stands out. Enemies respond to everything from sounds and light. One enemy in particular, The Clicker, an advanced form of the mutated humans, uses echolocation, similar to the way a bat finds its prey. If they "click" and you're in the direction of the shriek, they'll find you. And they will make you pay.

Even on the "easy" setting, "The Last of Us" is a challenge. During a gameplay session last week, Monacelli himself made sure to avoid confronting enemies whenever he had the opportunity.

"We've been working on the A.I. since day one, perfecting and honing it," Monacelli said. "We want it to be a challenge. We want the game to have this unique feel from moment to moment where anything is possible.We feel like we've developed a new genre here.It has elements of survival horror and adventure, but it's unique to itself."

With the promise of additional downloadable content to fill out the massive story, Naughty Dog promises "The Last of Us" will be their "most ambitious game to date. Monacelli said that the average run-through could take over 12-16 hours, but could be much longer after DLCs and more thorough exploration.

"We've been working really hard over the past few months to put as much spit and polish on this game as possible," Monacelli said. "We're known to be perfectionists and we've worked really hard on this. We think we nailed this one."

"The Last of Us" is scheduled for a June 14 release on the Playstation 3.

A tool that lets sexually active people receive and share their STD testing results digitally is now available to junior high and high school students in the Los Angeles School District.

Qpid.me relays STD and HIV test results from a health care provider to the user, who can then choose whether to send that information to a potential partner.

The free service is available to anyone older than 13. It's not a program implemented district wide, but rather is available for health education teachers to use in their curriculum if they choose to, Timothy Kordic, manager of LAUSD’s HIV/AIDS Prevention Program, told NBC4 Thursday.

“We have a huge epidemic of STDs going on in Los Angeles right now. We know that the people we have to look at and target right now are 13- to 24-year-olds,” Kordic said.

"That’s the group that are increasing their infection rates … and it’s coming from sexual activity,” he added.

Offering a digital tool to tech-savvy students so they can be aware of their sexual health status seemed natural, Kordic said.

“We need to make sure we get as much information to the youth as possible to make sure they make better, healthy decisions,” Kordic said.

Kordic said QpidMe.com was “heavily” vetted to make sure it was appropriate for students as young as those in seventh grade.

If students choose to use the service, they’ll receive two messages – one with their results and another about how to prevent the STDs for which they were tested, among them gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis and HIV.

That message will say something to the effect of “be careful. Even though they’ve been tested, they may have had sex since. Make sure you use a condom,” Kordic said.

There’s no way to search for other users’ sexual health status and all of the information comes directly from a health care provider or clinic – it’s never self-reported, Qpid.me founder Ramin Bastani said.

When asked if using his service among high school students may promote sexual activity, he replied: “We’re actually promoting testing.”

NBC4's Kim Baldonado and John Cadiz Klemack contributed to this report.

Facebook made a mea culpa, acknowledging in a blog post that it has "become clear that our systems to identify and remove hate have failed to work as effectively as we would like, particularly around issues of gender-based hate."

On Tuesday, Mark Levine, vice president of global public policy, said the Menlo Park-social media giant announced several steps the company would be taking to monitor and train its teams to review and evaulate hateful speech and harmful content on Facebook sites, while working with legal experts and women's coalitions in taking improper posts down. Early in the day, at least 800 people had "liked" the change.

Facebook's announcement did not specifically mention this month's threats against U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.)  —  which were posted on a military-oriented Facebook page that graphically belittled her and her efforts to stem sexual misconduct in the military. But it did come within the same month that the congresswoman has been quite vocal about military members posting denigrating comments on Facebook.

MORE: U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier Calls on Marines to End Vulgar Facebook Page

Speier is not the only one who has felt denigrated; other feminist groups have wanted to ban Facebook pages and posts that glorify violence against women, too.

Speier was threatened on a Facebook page, littered with comments by some active-duty Marines, shortly after she had sent a letter May 8 to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel informing him of a Facebook page which, according to Speier, helped "contribute to a culture that permits and seems to encourage sexual assault and abuse."

U.S. Capitol Police, who are investigating the threats, have asked Speier and her staff not to divulge the nature of the threat. Facebook has since taken the page down.

In addition, there were photos posted mocking Jewish concentration camp prisoners, African Americans, and President Barack Obama, shown with a rope around his neck. But the Facebook page's primary theme involved deriding women in the military, particularly those within the Marines. The administrator posted pictures titled "this is my rape face," and "I can 'bang' even when I'm not on my back!!" atop the image of a woman holding a gun in her camouflage uniform.

There also was a picture of Speier, photoshopped with a black eye. One poster — whose personal Facebook page lists his occupation as "Military infantry" — wrote of Speier: "I still firmly believe someone needs to struggle snuggle the s*** outta her."

In a brief interview Tuesday at a California restaurant, Speier told NBC Bay Area that the military has a "big job ahead of itself cleaning up a very distorted culture that has been allowed to persist for decades."

Facebook, which also lists its "law enforcement guidelines," has been known to cooperate with police agencies with active investigations that may delve into a suspect's Facebook accounts and activity. To read Facebook's prohibited speech and community standards, click here.

Speier has been actively campaiging for the military to more to crack down on vulgar Facebook pages by its members.In her May 8 letter, also sent to Gen. James Amos, commandant of the Marine Corps, Speier said it was her "understanding that not only is the Marine Corps Inspector General aware of this page and monitoring it, but they have been doing so for over three years."

MORE: Facebook Shutters Page That Taunted Lawmaker's Push to Curb Military Rape

Speier has authored three bills aimed at transforming the military justice system’s treatment of sexual assault cases. Those include the STOP Act (HR 1593), which seeks to take all cases of sexual assault outside of the chain of command by creating an independent office within the military to handle the reporting, investigation, and prosecution of such crimes. The bipartisan bill has 122 co-sponsors but has not been placed into consideration for a House vote.

NBC Bay Area's Marianne Favro contributed to this report.
 

Online auction and shopping websites are active marketplaces with countless items in transit between buyers and sellers, so both should choose the proper shipping method with all of the right assurances and insurances.

Most of the time, items are shipped and received with no problems. But when there is an issue, its best practice for sellers and buyers alike to protect themselves ahead of time.

Longtime eBay user Jason Worley learned that the hard way. He had never had any issues with shipping until he sold on eBay a Breitling watch that he said would retail for about $5,000.

"This is literally the first problem I've had, you know, in over 1,200 transactions over 14 years," he said.

He sold the watch to a buyer in New York for $3,000 and shipped it overnight. He said he got a confirmation that the package arrived.

"I fulfilled my end of the deal," he said.

But 10 days after he received confirmation the package arrived, the buyer claimed he never got the box, Worley said.

eBay refunded the buyer because of protections in place and told Worley he would have to reimburse the $3,000. He contested the decision.

"In my opinion, once it's been delivered, it's out of my hands," Worley said. "How am I supposed to control what happens 2,000 miles away whenever something's been delivered by a third party?"

Mindy Loll, owner of SavoirLuxe, a luxury shopping portal on eBay that sells designer items, faces the dilemma on a daily basis.

The items she sends -- everything from $10,000 Hermes handbags to Oscar de la Renta clothing to Christian Louboutin shoes -- don't belong to her. They're on consignment, so, if they're lost, it can be a major issue for her and her clients.

"Every single thing is about your protection. You're protecting you. You're protecting your clients," Loll said. "If you're a consignment store, it's even more important, because this merchandise is not yours."

And Loll takes shipping seriously.

"When you're shipping a high-dollar item, the first thing you want to do is, you have to have delivery confirmation; not just delivery confirmation -- signature confirmation," she said. "And it's worth the extra $2.50. I would rather pay $2.50 than lose $10,000, so it's a must."

Her policy is to ship everything with signature confirmation, and she insures all packages, too.

Lawanna Warmbrot, who owns a Pak Mail in Dallas, ships everything from taxidermy to fine art to antiques. Shipping is a science, she said.

"No. 1, it needs to be packaged properly, insured and on the road [in] as little time as possible," she said.

She also said that customers can ask for direct signature, an additional level of protection that means the package can only be signed for by the person on an address label.

As a buyer, consumers can ask for these protections too, even if it may cost more. However, every online outlet has different policies, so consumers need to read the fine print before they buy or sell.

eBay requires signature confirmation for items worth more than $750. The policy is buried in pages of fine print on eBay's website.

Worley said he was unaware of the policy. While eBay confirmed Worley's package was delivered to the buyer, the company still suspended his account and sent it to collection.

"I really have no intention of paying it unless a judge orders me to do so," he said. "I'm just not going to be bullied by eBay. I disagree with their conclusion in this case."

The NBC 5 Investigates Consumer Unit contacted eBay, too.

Shortly afterward, the company changed its tune, citing Worley's excellent track record.

In a statement eBay told NBC 5:

"eBay is committed to providing a fair and safe marketplace for all buyers and sellers. We want to ensure a trusted marketplace for our customers, where they can buy and sell with confidence, knowing that eBay has the people, policies and processes in place to protect them. We provide updates to our buyers and sellers regarding the protections we have in place on a frequent basis. This includes online guides and tutorials, monthly newsletters, local seller meet-ups, dedicated discussion boards and direct emails. We also solicit seller feedback on our protections and policies in a number of ways, which includes interactive online workshops, in order to improve our communications with the eBay community.

After careful review of this case and recognition of both the buyer's and seller's history with eBay, we will be reimbursing the seller for the full value of the lost item, as well as ensuring that the buyer is refunded for the purchase. Although occurrences like this are rare, we always endeavor to do the right thing for our customers."

Worley's account is back in good standing, and all collection efforts were stopped.

He said he will start using eBay again, but probably won't sell any high-dollar items anytime soon. When he does, he will use signature confirmation, Worley said.

"It's an additional level of confirmation," he said.

Editor's Note: A previous version of this story incorrectly spelled Jason Worley's last name. NBC 5 regrets the error.

Summer is not far off, and for many adults and kids alike, thoughts turn to hot, sunny days and refreshingly cold desserts. If ice cream and frozen yogurt choices seem endless, have no fear. Consumer Reports has the scoop on what to keep stocked in your freezer.

Consumer Reports tested 25 ice creams and frozen yogurts in three popular flavors: vanilla, chocolate, and butter pecan. Granted, not all are health food, but Consumer Reports does look at nutrition information to see which ones are better for you. And of course, trained testers also rate them for taste.

The butter pecan top-rated for taste is Häagen-Dazs, which aside from being delicious is also the priciest. And no surprise here, it also scored the lowest nutritionally among all those tested. A half-cup serving has a whopping 300 calories and 22 grams of fat. So it’s a real splurge!

For about half the fat and calories, try Walmart’s Great Value Butter Pecan ice cream, which is just as tasty, with bits of flavorful, roasted nuts. And it’s also the least expensive.

More of a flavor traditionalist? Both Häagen-Dazs and Ben & Jerry’s vanilla and chocolate have big flavors and creamy textures, but the Ben & Jerry’s are slightly lower in fat.

For an even healthier choice, try frozen yogurt. The hot new thing in the freezer aisle is Greek frozen yogurts, which pack more protein, but none of the four tested were standouts. Instead, go with traditional frozen yogurts. Blue Bunny Vanilla Bean and TCBY Classic Vanilla offer a treat that’s both delicious and healthy. That is, if you’re even thinking about nutrition!

Consumer Reports says it’s interesting to note that descriptions in the ice cream aisle are changing. Breyers now calls some of its products "frozen dairy dessert," because among other things, they have too little fat to meet the official government definition of ice cream. And if you think that ice cream containers are shrinking, Consumer Reports says that many are. Some, such as those from Häagen-Dazs, look like a 16-ounce pint but only contain 14 ounces.

Complete Ratings and recommendations on all kinds of products, including appliances, cars & trucks, and electronic gear, are available on Consumer Reports’ website.

Denton police say tracking software on a stolen iPad led them to three suspects.

A car owner reported that an iPad 2, a revolver and other items had been stolen from his unlocked car in the 2300 block of Ranch House Drive.

There were indications that other vehicles in the area had also been burglarized, Denton police spokesman Officer Ryan Grelle said.

While the items are often not recovered in stolen property cases, officers got a break when they returned to the office.

"At some point in time, as they're typing up the report, they get a phone call from the victim saying, hey, his iPad is now turned on," Grelle said.

The victim was using an application that tracks the location of his iPad. Police said they do not know which app the victim used.

Apple's Find My iPad app is built into most of its devices. The app, which uses the company's iCloud service, allows users who have turned on "track my device" mode to map on a computer where the device is at any time.

The victim's app led officers to an apartment in the 1800 block of Jason Drive. When officers knocked on the door, they found what they were looking for -- and more.

"In plain view was a lot of the stuff they had actually stolen," Grelle said.

The officers got a warrant and arrested three of the four people in the apartment.

Deray Lashun Thomas, Michael Scott Freeman and Kristopher Ray Giccatti, all 19, were arrested and charged with organized criminal activity.

Grelle said the case offers two lessons: Lock your car doors and use your technology.

"This is the age of technology," he said.

Taking steps such as turning on iPad tracking can help officers do their job even better if the device is stolen.

"If you've got it, go ahead and use it; turn it on," Grelle said. "Help us close that case and get the property back to the rightful owners."