Stories by Usman Qureshi

Artist Federico Ciccarese has come up with a pretty amazing Smartwatch concept called the iSiri, that would allow you to control your iPhone with voice commands (using Siri) and also get a response right from your wrist, without requiring you to take the iPhone out from the pocket. The artist believes the concept will open they way for a new...

Last week, we told you about Evernote's biggest overhaul yet for iOS and today, the company has finally released the all new Evernote 5.0 for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The free universal app is now available for download in the App Store, and introduces a complete redesign to the popular note-syncing app. The app also brings...

Boombotix, a company known for its loud portable speakers designed for iPhones, iPods, MP3 players & all other portable audio devices, has released a new line of ultraportable wireless and wired speakers called the Artist Series, in collaboration with a group of urban artists and designers from around the globe. The Artist Series Boombots come in Bluetooth enabled versions...

Booz & Co. has just published the results for its 2012 analysis of 10 most innovative companies in the world, based on not how much these companies spend on research and development, but how those R&D funds are invested in talent, process, and tools. Well, the company who's on top of the list is neither Google...

BigBoss has pointed out a really interesting App Store app that has recently made it to the store, which not only looks exactly like the famous SBSettings jailbreak tweak, but is named the same as well. What's even more funny is that it even has a [Cydia] tag with its name. Called SBSettings [Cydia], the fake app...

A Chinese site DoNews is reporting (via SlashGear) that Apple's iPad mini display partner AU Optronics is already developing a Retina display for the next generation of iPad mini, which will be released next year. Furthermore, AU Optronics will use IGZO (indium gallium zinc oxide) and GOA (Gate IC) technologies to achieve Retina resolution in a thin design required...

Square, a company that enables anyone, anywhere to accept credit cards through its various products, stepped into the Canadian territory a couple of weeks back. Now, the company has announced that it will be the official payment processor for artists and designers selling at Vancouver’s craft fairs this fall. According to the press release, hundreds of vendors...

Remember that Chinese iPhone 5 knockoff we told you about a couple of months back? Yes, that GooPhone i5 running a heavily skinned version of Android 4.1 to make it look like iOS. Turns out, that brilliant iPhone 5 knockoff comes packed inside a secret agent-style aluminum alloy suitcase (via MIC Gadget).  I don't know why is the...

Last month, Blendtec posted their famous ‘Will it Blend?’ video blending the Apple iPhone 5 and the Samsung Galaxy S III. Today, the three 7-inch tablets are getting that ‘Will it Blend?’ treatment i.e Apple's iPad Mini, Amazon's Kindle Fire HD and Google's Nexus 7. Find out what happens:

Yesterday, a report by Bloomberg suggested that Apple may be looking to switch from Intel processors in the future for its Mac line up and instead use its own ARM-based processors. Today, AllThingsD has published an article detailing the benefits of Cupertino giant's decision to move away from Intel’s chips and towards using its own internally designed...

According to anonymous industry sources, Samsung will no longer be the sole supplier of Apple-designed chips that power the iPhone and iPad devices, reports DigiTimes. Due to the likelihood of losing future orders for Apple's next-gen. application chips, Samsung is reported to be delaying the construction of its new logic fabrication facility. Dubbed as Line-17, Samsung is apparently putting off...

According to a report published today by MIC Gadget, thousands of locals lined up outside the new Shenzhen Apple Store to celebrate its grand opening, even though they knew that company's two most recent products i.e iPhone 5 and iPad Mini, won't be available at the store. Both the iPhone 5 and iPad Mini still haven’t...