Stories by Usman Qureshi

TELUS Announces $2.6 Billion Revenue During First Quarter Of 2012

In a recent blog entry, TELUS has revealed its revenue during Q1 of 2012 as $2.6 billion which is an increase of 4% over last year. Thanks to company's solid data growth, a six per cent growth in wireless revenue and two per cent growth in wireline revenue has been observed. TELUS also added 63,000 postpaid wireless customers...

Angry Birds Hits 1 Billion Downloads Mark [VIDEO]

Just recently, Rovio Entertainment, the creator of Angry Birds franchise, announced its financial results for the year of 2011 revealing the company’s total revenue of US $106.3 million. With its latest iteration, the Angry Birds Space, hitting a record 50 million downloads mark in merely 35 days of its launch, the total downloads of Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons, Angry Birds Space and Angry Birds Rio across all platforms...

Clarion Reveals Touch & Voice Enabled “Next Gate” iPhone Dashboard Controller

Clarion, the leading manufacturer of high-performance in-car info-entertainment systems, has revealed its new  7? touch and voice-enabled iPhone dashboard controller called the Next Gate. Folks over at Slash Gear have already got their hands on Clarion's latest in-car entertainment system at CTIA 2012 event and have rated the new iPhone companion as "pretty accurate". The display is 480×800 in...

Apple & Samsung Mutually Drop Infringement Claims Despite Disagreement On Key Issues

While the CEOs of Apple and Samsung are scheduled to meet in San Francisco on May 21st for a court-moderated discussion, in order to settle the long-standing patent dispute between the two companies, Apple has made a new filing in California narrowing down the infringement claims against Samsung while the Korean giant has responded by dropping five of its 12 asserted patents against Apple, reports...

Digitimes: Cheaper Macbook Air Worth US $799 To Be Released Later This Year

In a recent publication, Digitimes has claimed that in order to combat the upcoming second-generation ultrabooks, Apple might introduce a cheaper MacBook Air which should cost around US $799 by Q3 of 2012. The report also points out that Intel is pushing manufacturers to produce ultra-thin notebook PCs and is aiming to have them priced at US $699 by...

Rovio Entertainment Publishes Its Financial Results For 2011

Rovio Entertainment, creators of Angry Birds which is not only the most successful mobile game franchise but also the fastest growing mobile game in the world with its latest iteration, the Angry Birds Space, hitting a record 50 million downloads mark in merely 35 days of its launch, has today announced its financial results for the year of...

Dev-Team Releases Redsn0w 0.9.10b8b With Compatibility Fixes

Popular jailbreak tool from Dev-Team has just received another update today. The latest release i.e Redsn0w 0.9.10b8b, does not introduce any new jailbreak exploits or more devices but rather fixes a few minor compatibility issues with the previous release. You can use Redsn0w 0.9.10b8b to jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 untethered on any A4 device i.e iPhone 3GS, iPhone...

Warren Buffett Prefers Investing In IBM Over Apple Or Google

Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, who is also considered as one of the most successful investors in the world, said that he would not buy shares of Apple or Google but would rather invest in International Business Machines Corp (IBM) which he believes will be a better investment for his company, reports Reuters. Buffett's revelation in November that...