Stories by Usman Qureshi

EVP at Samsung's Open Innovation Center David Eun has said in an interview at Dana Point, California during the opening night of D:Dive Into Media 2013, that his company's ongoing litigation with Apple is "a loss" for innovation, Engadget reports. The executive made the comment when Kara Swisher asked him about the Korean company's relationship with Apple. While Eun wouldn't...

Video monetization company FreeWheel has today published a study revealing that iOS has grown its share of total mobile video views to 60%, compared to Android’s 32%, between Q4 2011 and Q4 2012. The report also notes that mobile video market grew from 2% in 2011, to 12% of overall online videos watched in 2012 (via TechCrunch). The...

The 14th Annual Harris Poll Reputation Quotient Study, which measures various dimensions that comprise reputation and influence consumer behaviour, has revealed that technology is the most reputable industry in corporate America. According to the 2013 poll, Amazon, Apple, The Walt Disney Company, Google and Johnson & Johnson are the top 5 companies with the best...

Winston for iPhone, a completely re-designed speech-enabled personal assistant that narrates you the news from your social streams and favorite news sites, is now available on the App Store for free. Unlike Siri, Winston is a personable British butler that focuses on news instead of sending messages, bringing you an audiovisual newscast that you can enjoy on your...

According to a report by German blog iFun, some carriers have already completed testing the iOS 6.1.1 update that addresses 3G performance issues faced by a number of carriers in Europe, who have also issued warnings to their subscribers not to upgrade to iOS 6.1, and Apple will soon roll out an OTA update carrying build number 10B145 (via 9to5Mac)....

Apple CEO Tim Cook's highly anticipated keynote presentation at Goldman Sachs's technology conference, which was scheduled to begin at 1:15 p.m. Pacific time (4:15 p.m. Eastern time) tomorrow, will now start 6 hours earlier, according to CNN Money. The new time for Tim Cook's keynote speech is 7:15 a.m. Pacific (10:15 Eastern) as given on Apple's Investor Relations page. In other words,...

Analyst Scott Devitt at Morgan Stanley has reported that Apple is charging almost $1 billion each year from Google for making it the default search engine on iOS devices (via Business Insider). While some analysts have previously estimated that Apple has a revenue sharing deal with Google on iOS search, Devitt believes Apple would rather has a fee...

Luxury car maker BMW has announced its new “BMW Genius Everywhere” program across all of its dealerships, a customer assistance setup inspired by Apple's industry leading Genius Bar program incorporated in its retail stores, reports TNW (via Adage). The German car maker has asked its dealers to hire young, tech-savvy employees to handle questions about its vehicles on...

Dr. Lee Jeung-jil, a former senior researcher at LG Display who was in charge of researching OLED printing technology, has recently been recruited by Apple, according to oled-info.com, a website dedicated to OLED-related information (via BrightWire). Dr. Lee, who was apparently involved with printing technology research, worked at P-OLED pioneer firm Cambridge Display Technology, before joining LG Display. Apple has been...

Following reports of malware attacks on OS X and Windows users due to Flash player vulnerabilities, Adobe has issued emergency patches in order to prevent the two Flash player versions from being exploited online. Furthermore, the company ha also rolled out Flash player patches for users of Linux and Android, ArsTechnica is reporting. The source explains that the OS X exploits...

Bandai, the Japanese toy and video games maker, has today announced that Tamagotchi L.i.f.e app will soon be available for download on iOS and Android platforms (via The Telegraph). For those who aren't aware, Tamagotchi is an electronic virtual pet that became a craze in the 1990s, and was first released in Japan as a small plastic toy on a keychain...

Last year, U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Apple and publishers Hachette SA, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster over alleged ebook price collusion. While the DOJ has already settled with all other companies accused, Apple is now left alone fighting the lawsuit, AllThingsD reports.  Macmillan, the last company to settle with DOJ, has agreed...