Stories by Usman Qureshi

According to a new patent application published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Apple seems to be interested in developing a versatile magnetic iPad stand that would mount it securely in any direction, including "upside down in a moving car", reports AppleInsider. The filing indicates that a magnetic cup like stand would hold a portion of the...

As scheduled, EA has released Real Racing 3 for iPhone and iPad today as a free universal download in the App Store. While the game is initially free to play, there are some limitations on what you can do with the freemium version. Nonetheless, the game packs some of the best looking graphics on a...

11 new countries in Europe that include Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden, have received iTunes in the Cloud service for movies today, as pointed out by MacRumors. Furthermore, France has also received iTunes in the Cloud support for TV shows.  With the new iCloud service, customers in Europe can now re-download movie...

Last month, Amazon optimized its MP3 store for iOS devices allowing iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users to browse and purchase digital music from Amazon’s 22-million song catalog via mobile Safari. Today, the company has released its Cloud Player app for the iPad, updating the iPhone only version to a universal binary. The new Amazon Cloud Player...

According to Student & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM), a labor watchdog group in Hong Kong, Chinese suppliers are still exploiting workers by using "military-style management", despite Apple's strict code of conduct. The firm claims that Apple has "failed in its responsibility to monitor its Chinese suppliers" for worker violations, reports CNET.  SACOM's report accuses three of Apple's Chinese suppliers...

Adobe has finally released an iPhone friendly version of the Photoshop Touch app, which is now available for download on the App Store. Similar to its iPad counterpart, the app offers core Photoshop features like layers, advanced selections tools, adjustments and filters. Photoshop Touch for iPhone is currently selling for US $4.99 on iTunes. Photoshop Touch for iPhone...

Secure enterprise mobility leader Good Technology, has today released its Q4 2012 Device Activation Report, which suggests that Apple still dominates the enterprise, with iOS platform activations growing by 8.5% year-over-year, from 71% in Q4 of 2011 to 77% in Q4 2012. Furthermore, the iPhone 5 was the most popular device in Q4 of 2012, representing 32%...

Apple has seen its Mac sales rise 31% year over year for the month of January, which according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, is primarily because Apple is finally catching up with its iMac supply, AllThingsD is reporting. Latest data from NPD shows that Mac sales have increased significantly this year, although supplies of Apple's new iMac still remain...

According to some industry sources, Apple’s App Review team is now rejecting apps that are using cookie tracking methods, referred to as “Safari flip-flop” or “HTML5 first party cookies”, as an alternative to UDID for tracking application usage, reports TechCrunch.  Ever since Apple made changes to UDID usage in 2011, developers have been trying various alternative methods for tracking application usage, with cookie...

Apple rolled out the iOS 6.1.2 firmware update last week, primarily aimed at fixing the Exchange calendar bug which caused a decrease in battery life. Turns out, the update has now become the most popular version of iOS in less than a week following its initial release on February 19th, according to Chitika Insights, who examined the initial adoption...

MasterCard has today unveiled its plans to introduce a digital wallet app in Canada called the MasterPass, that will allow customers to keep personal payment details in their smartphones and make payments quickly by simply scanning a bar code in stores (via The Globe And Mall). The MasterPass app will create a digital receipt on the...

While rumours of a second generation iPad mini to sport a Retina display with a display pixel count of 324 pixels per inch (ppi) have lately been at large, a new report by PatentlyApple is suggesting that the Cupertino giant is looking to push this number past 400ppi with its third generation iPad mini.  While AU...