Stories by Usman Qureshi

Sears Canada, a multi-channel retailer with a network that includes 196 corporate stores and over 1,700 catalogue merchandise pick-up locations across the country, introduced Wish Book last year, Canada's first shoppable iPad catalogue application. Today, the company is celebrating its 60th anniversary by announcing a permanent Sears iPad Catalogue App in the form of 2012 Wish Book (via CNW). Sears...

Philips, the leading name in the world of bulbs and lights, has just launched hue, a smart web-enabled LED home lighting system. With Philips hue, users can personalize and control their home lights using an iPhone / iPad app. Starting today, Philips hue is available exclusively from Apple stores with a starter pack containing three bulbs, a bridge that...

AppAdvice has published a neat trick for iOS 6 device owners called PassHack, that allows users to utilize Passbook for hiding stock iOS apps without any jailbreak. All users need to do is add PassHack to their Passbook and begin hiding any unwanted iOS apps right away. Follow these steps using mobile Safari on your iOS 6...

Folks over at iFixit have taken apart Microsoft's newly launched Surface tablet and have given it a better repairability score than the iPad. The iPad received merely 2 out of a possible 10 while the Surface ended up with a repairability score of 4. The famous gadget repair site found it rather difficult to remove the rear panel...

Apple is already preparing to ship early iPad Mini pre-orders of Wifi-only models for delivery on Friday, November 2, the official launch date for the device, according to MacRumors who is reporting with reference to a couple of its forum reports and a Twitter user from UK and Germany respectively. Apple typically updates order status to "Preparing...

Startling numbers of mobile device thefts, a.k.a “Apple-picking” from Vancouver indicate that almost 50% increase has been observed in stolen mobile devices over the past two years. As a result, Metro Vancouver police are urging the public to be extremely cautious with their Smartphones and other personal electronics, reports CTV News. Sgt. Randy Fincham from Vancouver police said that thefts include everything from...

Apple has issued a comprehensive environmental report for the iPad Mini, highlighting the device's environmental performance in relation to climate change, energy efficiency, material efficiency, and restricted substances. According to the report, iPad Mini features arsenic-free display glass, mercury-free LED-backlit display, recyclable aluminum enclosure and a power adapter that outperforms strictest global energy-efficiency standards. Apple states...

Last year, we reviewed Just Mobile's Gum Max™ backup battery pack and were extremely pleased with its colossal 10,400 mAh capacity. Today, we'll be looking at its smaller sibling, the thumb-sized Gum™ backup battery with a capacity of 2200 mAh, enough to fully recharge any of the current generation iPhones. Check out our full review after the break! Specifications: 3 micro-LED...

Back in July, a UK judge ruled in favor of Samsung stating that its Galaxy tablets aren’t “cool” enough to be confused with Apple’s iPad and therefore the design for Samsung’s three Galaxy tablets don't infringe Apple’s registered design. As a result, the court instructed Apple to run ads acknowledging Samsung did not infringe iPad design on its website and newspapers...

DigiTimes is reporting through its anonymous industry sources that iPad Mini's DITO film sensor is having mass production issues, which is why the device is approximately 40-50% more expensive compared to other 7-inch tablets. The iPad Mini features the GF2 (DITO film) touch screen technology, which according to the source, has extremely low yield rates as a result of...

Opera's Q3 2012 installment of the State of Mobile Advertising report reveals that Apple’s iOS is the highest yielding platform on its advertising network. Furthermore, it appears that Android isn't even as effective as Blackberry as an advertising platform, points out The Next Web (via The Loop). Back in July, Opera officially declared iOS as the most effective mobile advertising platform with an...

With over 400 million iTunes accounts, Apple is now the world's largest online music retailer. However, it looks like the Cupertino giant now wants its share from the online music streaming market as well and is planning to introduce its own radio service as early as 2013 in order to compete with Pandora, reports Bloomberg (via @Satariano)....