Stories by Usman Qureshi

In an interview on BBC's One Breakfast, RIM's European managing director Stephen Bates was repeatedly asked what his company has learned from the iPhone in producing the new BlackBerry 10 smartphones. However, Bates dodged the question over and over again, refusing to acknowledge the impact iPhone has had on BlackBerry in the past six years (via The Verge). "RIM's...

Earlier this month, Hyundai announced support for Siri Eyes Free mode and today, Honda has announced that its 2013 Accord and Acura RDX / ILX models will receive support for Apple's hands-free extension of Siri (via Engadget). The feature will be available as a dealer-installed option, the price of which is yet to be announced. For those who aren't...

Hon Hai Precision Industry a.k.a Foxconn's Shenzhen based plant has reportedly starting adopting robots to manufacture Apple's iOS devices. According to a report by Caijing Magazine (via BrightWire), the iPhone 5 earphone workshop is currently using over 100 robots, which has increased the work efficiency by 140%. Liu Kun, a Hon Hai spokesperson said that the robots are not...

Last week, Apple removed Toronto-based 500px's popular photo sharing app from the iTunes App Store over concerns of nudity. However, the app has today made its return into the App Store with warning for mature content and a new “Report Photo” button to help users quickly tag things they find offensive for potential removal from the network...

Despite Apple's apparent downshift from a growth stock to a value stock in the recent few months, the level of customer loyalty that iOS enjoys from its users, is basically what drives increasing value to the company. According to a recent article by AllThingsD, iOS is sticky, and it’s stickiness is what makes it tough for Apple users...

An intriguing patent originally filed by Apple back in August 2010 labelled as the "Smart Bike", has today been granted by the US Patent and Trademark Office along with 47 other patents to the Cupertino company, PatentlyApple reports. Apple's Smart Bicycle System is much like Apple's Nike + iPod system for runners, except this one is for...

After pushing out iOS 6.1 for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad earlier today, Apple has released a firmware update for Apple TV as well, that brings Bluetooth keyboard support, Up Next and better support for iTunes in the Cloud, as noted by 9to5Mac. With iTunes in the Cloud, music purchased from iTunes appears automatically on all iOS...

Last week, Twitter announced its own video sharing service 'Vine', that allows users to attach short video clips to their tweets. For a brief period today, a pornographic video clip topped Vine's "Editor's Picks" section, which is visible when you launch the Vine app, as pointed out by The Verge. While the video clip was taken down...

A report published by Reuters today claims that Asia's well-heeled consumers in Singapore and Hong Kong are losing interest in the iPhone and are turning to smartphones from other brands, notably those from Samsung, Apple's biggest competitor. The trend is reportedly driven by a combination of "iPhone fatigue" and a desire to be different. Two years back,...

Turns out Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, who received an early draft of the JOBS biopic, opted not to work in the movie because he thought the script was not good enough, reports The Verge. Instead, he chose to help with another upcoming Steve Jobs movie from Sony Pictures and writer Aaron Sorkin. Woz explained that we he was approached...

As pointed out by the folks over at iDB, an interesting retweet by hacker @iH8sn0w suggests that future iPhones, iPods and iPads may also come in 128GB models. The original tweet by @iNeal claimed that a new system partition key size in the iOS 6.1 Beta 5 BuildManifest hints at upcoming 128GB iOS devices. "Notice...

iOS hacker @pod2g has confirmed in a series of tweets that a new team of developers is actively working on an iOS 6 and iOS 6.1 untethered jailbreak for iPhone 5/4S as well as other newer iOS devices. In an interview with iDigital Times, he has also revealed that the team "has all the pieces necessary for the...