Stories by Usman Qureshi

Instant Messaging On Chat Apps Overtakes SMS Texts For The First Time

According to a report by research firm Informa, instant messaging on chat apps such as WhatsApp or Viber, has overtaken the traditional SMS text messages for the first time, BBC reports. The firm says that almost 19 billion instant messages were sent per day on chat apps during 2012 while 17.6 billion SMS texts were sent...

Mailbox iPhone App Coming Soon To iPad And Mac OS X

Developers of the popular iPhone app Mailbox have confirmed today that an iPad version of the app will soon be hitting the App Store (via iDownloadBlog). Furthermore, the Mailbox team has confirmed on twitter that a Mac OS X version of the app is also under construction. In another tweet, the team revealed that the...

Is Samsung Spamming Twitter About Galaxy S4 Vs. iPhone 5 Display Shootout?

Yesterday, DisplayMate's Dr. Raymond M. Soneira published a display technology comparison of Samsung's Galaxy S4 with both its predecessor, the Galaxy S3, and its main competitor, the iPhone 5, which concluded that Samsung's latest flagship smartphone has finally caught up to Apple's Retina display technology. Interestingly, Fortune points out that when the results got reported on Twitter,...

The Siva Cycle Atom : Charge Your Phone, Lights & More As You Ride [Kickstarter]

A new Kickstarter project called The Siva Cycle Atom, is a lightweight, highly efficient bicycle generator paired with a rechargeable battery pack, that is designed to power phones, lights and virtually all electronic or mobile devices via USB. The generator, which charges by harnessing the kinetic energy you generate while pedalling, mounts on most standard bicycle frames in minutes, and the battery...