Stories by Usman Qureshi

According to report by The New York Times, Federal Aviation Administration (F.A.A.) is looking to relax the rules for electronic reading devices during takeoff and landing. The change, which would not include cellphones, is expected to be announced by the end of this year. So, instead of being told to power down your electronic devices for takeoff,...

Taiwan based Hon Hai Precision a.k.a Foxconn Technology Group, the world’s largest contract manufacturer of electronics, has posted record quarterly profit with net income climbing 5.6% to NT $37 billion ($1.2 billion), according to data compiled by Bloomberg. It is believed that company's record profits are the result of its boosted production efficiency and output of iPhone 5 and...

Preview for the first chapter of "Steve Jobs" manga has just been released on the web, as the title hit store shelves today in the April issue of Kiss magazine. Japanese manga publishing house Kodansha released the comic's first images. According to Crunchyroll, Steve Jobs manga biography is being penned by noted manga artist and winner of...

We've already seen a number of app switcher concepts in the past few months and today, yet another one of those multitasking/app switcher concepts has hit the web. According to the concept designer, there is a big difference between app switching and multitasking, and Apple’s implementation is closer to the former i.e there are limited...

When it comes to the types of tasks one is looking to do, owners of the iPhone and the Galaxy S III really aren’t that different from one another, according to a new report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (via AllThingsD). Even though both companies spend a lot of money on advertising aimed at convincing their customers that they...

Previously, Apple has been rumoured to have a team of 100 people working on a smart watch and more recently, a Samsung executive has admitted that the company too is working on a watch device with capabilities similar to a smartphone. Now, The Financial Times is reporting that Google's Android unit is working on a smart watch,...

Stephen Elop, the CEO of Nokia Corporation and a Canadian citizen, literally threw an iPhone on the floor during an interview on Finnish TV, when asked about some upcoming products (via WMPoweruser). The show, which is called "Hjalliksen kanssa" ("With Hjallis"), aired yesterday evening at biggest Finnish commercial TV station MTV3. During the interview, the...

US Patent & Trademark Office has published a patent application from Apple today which shows that the iPad will soon be able to deliver "original message alerts" that are available today on the iPhone, with the help of a vibrating motor (via Patently Apple). The filing reveals a dual channel audio codec chip that has two...

The Korea Economic Daily has published a report that Apple will no longer be using displays manufactured by Samsung in its next generation iOS devices (via AppAdvice). The publication also claims that Apple will instead obtain screens from LG Display, Sharp, Japan Display and AU Optronics. Apple has reportedly sent out a request for quotation (RFQ) to...

According to a report by Technology Review, Sapphire, which is harder than any other natural material except diamond, may soon become cheap enough to replace Gorilla Glass, the durable material from Corning that’s used to make screens on iPhones and other smartphones. Sapphire is three times stronger and more scratch resistant than Gorilla Glass, which is why Apple...

An Apple patent filing published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office called "Protective Mechanism for an Electronic Device", indicates that the Cupertino company is working on a system that could protect the most fragile components of an accidentally dropped iPhone, including its glass screen, by "detecting when a device is falling and shifting the handset's center...

While Amazon's current generation Kindle Fire HD has not yet landed in Canada, the company is rumoured to be working on a $99 version of its 7-inch tablet which will be shipping later this year, according to TechCrunch. If the rumour turns out to be true, Kindle Fire would be able to easily knock out the...