Stories by Usman Qureshi

According to a Bloomberg report, Apple may face court-ordered penalties over its information-sharing practices in a privacy lawsuit. U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal says that the company’s document production “has more than doubled since the court got involved" in policing information-sharing obligations. Apple is accused in the lawsuit of improperly collecting data on the locations of customers...

Acclaimed RPG Final Fantasy V will soon be hitting the Japanese App Store, and will be available for download later this month, Pocket Gamer is reporting. As expected, Final Fantasy's smartphone port will boast improved visuals and touchscreen-optimised controls. As of now, there's no news on US or Canadian release date for Final Fantasy V. We're also...

Kevin Lynch, Apple's new VP of Technology who is going to work for company's well-respected executive Bob Mansfield, seems to have become the target of outrage from some of the most influential Apple bloggers on the internet, all because of his previous job at Adobe i.e the development of Flash (via Business Insider). Apple has always...

The folks over at Android Authority have given Samsung's Galaxy S 4 the Geekbench treatment, revealing that the device sports the fastest smartphone processor yet. With its Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 quad core processing chip, Samsung Galaxy S4 tops the benchmarks with a score of 3163 on Geekbench. In comparison, the iPhone 5's dual core A6 processor...

Back in January, a Belgian consumer protection organization sued Apple over its warranty policy, claiming that Apple’s warranty practices don’t comply with local laws. Today, EU’s Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding has accused Apple of continuing warranty practices that go against consumer laws in many European states, 9to5Mac is reporting (via Dow Jones Business News). The Comissioner said that EU authorities must...

Mobile advertising and marketing firm Velti has released its February summary of global exchange data from its network, suggesting that iOS and iPhone continue to dominate among mobile advertisers, despite the rise of Samsung's Galaxy lineup (via TechCrunch). The study shows that 8 of 10 devices on Velti's global ad exchange were iOS-based, including the iPhone 5, iPhone 4S...

It has been said a few times about the HiddenRadio's minimalistic speaker design that if Apple ever built a Bluetooth speaker, this would be it. Today, the company has released a special edition of its iconic speaker in Metallic Red colour, with a limited run of only 500 units. The product is being offered with free...

Apple's Stock (AAPL) is seeing a rise on speculation that the company plans to raise dividend significantly, as tomorrow marks the first anniversary of Apple’s quarterly dividend and accompanying share buyback plan. According to Bloomberg, analysts are expecting Apple to boost its dividend by more than half, raising its annual payout to $15.7 billion. Many companies announce dividend changes...

With Apple still seeing sky rocketing sales for its first generation iPad mini, it is quite unlikely that the company will feel the need to introduce a Retina iPad mini this spring, reports CultOfMac. Even though Apple pushed an update to the full-sized Retina iPad merely eight months after introducing the third-gen iPad, it seems that...

CEO of popular cross-platform messaging app WhatsApp has said that the company is planning to introduce a yearly subscription service to its iOS app later this year, where new users would pay annually to keep using the app, TechCrunch is reporting. He added that a one-off download fee will be removed from the iOS version, bringing...

THX Ltd., a high-fidelity audio / video reproduction company developed by “Star Wars” producer George Lucas, has filed a lawsuit against Apple over stealing speaker technology that is currently being used in iPhones, iPads and iMac products, reports Bloomberg. The company has accused Apple of using its patented speaker unit that can boost sound output and attach to...

Latest numbers from Onavo Insights, a company that tracks usage of apps across iOS devices in the U.S., reveal that Twitter’s short-form video-sharing app Vine has grown its monthly active users by 50% in the last month, while other video-sharing apps on iOS like Cinemagram, SocialCam and Viddy are all seeing a decline, TechCrunch is reporting. The study also claims...