Stories by Usman Qureshi

Readdle has today announced the launch of Scanner Mini for iOS, a compact version of its highly popular Scanner Pro app for iPhone and iPad. The new app is available as a free, universal download in the App Store, and promises to give everything to make great scans with iPhone or iPad in seconds. Scanner Mini is...

Just Mobile, a company known for its extremely stylish and highly functional accessories, has recently introduced the HeadStand™,  a brand new accessory that allows you to hang your precious headphones in style. Like all of Just Mobile products, the HeadStand™ reflects the company's iconic Apple-ish design philosophy with a silver aluminum brushed metal build. Today, we'll be taking...

Back in Spetember, Apple’s stock (AAPL) broke the $700 per share barrier just before the launch of the highly anticipated iPhone 5, with analysts predicting that the stock would soon hit the $850 mark. However, Citi's Apple analysts, Glen Yeung, Walter Pritchard and Jim Suva, have radically cut the price target for Apple Stock to $575, and are rating it neutral...

Last week, Google released Google Maps app for iOS in the App Store, with built-in Google local search, voice guided turn-by-turn navigation, public transit directions, Street View and more. Since Apple removed the old Google Maps from iOS 6, replacing it with its own troublesome Maps app, plenty of people weren’t upgrading to iOS 6 due to this. Following...

The same survey by Morgan Stanley and AlphaWise that revealed almost half of iPad Mini buyers are new Apple customers, suggests that majority of iPhone buyers are choosing the latest model i.e the iPhone 5 this year, showing more customers then ever are "willing to pay for the best device" available, reports AppleInsider. More than 1,000 U.S. smartphone buyers...

A survey of over 1,000 U.S. consumers published today by Morgan Stanley and AlphaWise reveals that almost half of all iPad Mini customers are new to the iPad. Analyst Katy Huberty believes that even though the smaller iPad is cannibalizing Retina iPad sales, the trend will help grow Apple's tablet market share significantly (via AppleInsider).  According to the survey, 47%...

Jefferies analyst Peter Misek, who has been keeping close tabs on the iPhone supply chain for quite some time, reports that iPhone component suppliers “have seen large order cuts” over the last 24-48 hours. However, he continues to project 53 million iPhones for the December quarter, in contrast with Street consensus of 46-48 million units (via Forbes). Misek...

According to DisplaySearch, the iPad Mini is on its way to soon become the iPad standard bearer, selling even better than the new Retina iPad 4 (via CNET). Originally, Apple was expected to sell 6 million iPad Minis before the end of 2012 but now, Apple is demanding display panel makers to "ship more than 12 million"...

While Apple has already moved to the top of enterprise market, thanks to the popularity of the iPhone and iPad with professionals, Samsung is still playing catch up. In a recent article, Bloomberg Businessweek points out how the Korean tech giant captured an enterprise order by creating a custom version of its popular Galaxy S II smartphone....

Apple has today launched its latest and greatest iPhone 5 in 33 more countries, including China, whose 2nd largest wireless carrier China Unicom received 100,000 online pre-orders last week on 1st day of reservations. Fortune is reporting that the iPhone 5 saw mixed reception in different countries, with China getting a low turnout in chilly weather...

Apple's App Store Best Of 2012 has just gone live, listing the best apps and games for iPhone and iPad for the year (via The Loop). The Best of 2012 iTunes category is further split into a number of sub-categories including Movies, TV Shows, App Store, Books and Podcasts. For the iPhone, Action Movie FX has been chosen...

Cupertino is reportedly experiencing a flurry of economic activity, with increased commercial rental rates and a surge in building activity, as Apple moves closer to breaking ground on its new campus, reports The Wall Street Journal.  The Apple Campus 2 project, which will be Apple's new headquarters, was first pitched to the Cupertino City Council personally by the late...