Stories by Usman Qureshi

A set of Flickr images and a video posted by designer F. Bianco shows a pretty cool iOS 7 concept, that includes a new lockscreen, widget mode for apps, mission control and lots of other interesting tweaks. I honestly think Apple should have a look at this one and possibly grab a few hints as well....

Apple's long rumoured 'iRadio' music streaming service, which may be introduced as early as this summer, may prove to be more profitable for major music labels than Pandora. According to a CNET report, Apple is getting closer to finalizing a deal with at least two major music labels in order to bring to life its much...

In a preliminary decision issued last week, an International Trade Commission (ITC) judge has said that Samsung infringed a key portion of an Apple patent by including a text-selection feature in its smartphones and tablets, Reuters reports. The full commission will now decide whether they will uphold or overturn the judge's decision. In the same decision which was...

In a presentation given earlier today at Facebook's campus in Menlo Park, company CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced a new smartphone in collaboration with HTC called 'First', that runs on AT&T's network and will be released on April 12th for $99 (via The Verge). The company also showed off its new 'Facebook Home' app for Android, that puts feeds...

The previous comScore MobiLens report for the three month period ending in January 2013 grabbed Apple the No. 1 US smartphone manufacturer position and now, the latest comScore report for the three month period ending in February 2013 shows that Apple has remained the top U.S. smartphone maker. While Android is still the top mobile operating system,...

In order to battle Apple's highly successful chain of retail stores worldwide, Samsung has decided to partner with Best Buy and open 1,400 Samsung Experience shops within the retailer’s existing stores, AllThingsD is reporting. According to Ketrina Dunagan, the Samsung VP of retail, the Korean company has made this decision because 70% of consumers live within 10 miles of...

Apple's futuristic "Campus 2" project, that resembles a giant spaceship nestled in a forest of trees, is running more than a year behind schedule and $2 billion over budget, according to a new report by Bloomberg. The budget for company's new campus, which was announced back in 2011 by Steve Jobs himself, has reportedly risen from $3 billion to nearly...

Apple has been awarded a patent for a convertible MacBook design by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, that shows a a touch-sensitive screen which can be separated from the base, notes TechCrunch. Even though the design looks familiar to the ones available from many Windows device makers and some older Android tablets with a detachable keyboard, the screen...

Latest market share data from Net Applications shows that Apple's Safari browser is still winning the mobile browser war, capturing 61.79% of all mobile browser web traffic in March (via AllThingsD). Safari browser's share has actually increased from 55.41% in February, reaffirming Apple’s dominance in the mobile browser market. Despite a plethora of devices on which...

In December last year, Apple refused to approve any updates to SkyDrive app for iOS, as Microsoft allowed SkyDrive users to purchase paid storage upgrades on their iOS devices directly, bypassing Apple’s in-app purchases. It seems that Apple is no longer blocking updates to Microsoft's app as version 3.0 of SkyDrive for iOS has just been released...

Late Apple co-founder, chairman, and CEO Steve Jobs, passed away on October 5, 2011 at the age of 56, due to complications of pancreatic cancer. The visionary inventor is known for revolutionizing the way music, movies and mobile communications are experienced today. Rememberum, a website that allows users to create beautiful, permanent online memorials to...

The folks over at CNET have dug up a bunch of documents from 1978, revealing how Apple created the company's first disk operating system. The article basically tells the story of how "Apple booted up", digging into documents ranging from contracts signed by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs to design specs and pages of schematics and code,...