Stories by Usman Qureshi

On October 3rd, Samsung filed a request with the court for a re-trial demanding that $1.05 billion verdict awarded in favor of Apple should be overturned because of jury foreman's misconduct. Today, Apple has filed its response with the court saying that Samsung had its chance to investigate Velvin Hogan during jury selection but now, it's too late for the Korean company...

Mujjo has today launched its Autumn/Winter 12-13 touchscreen gloves collection, with improved fundamental elements i.e the insulation, aesthetics and fit. Previously only available in black, the new touch screen gloves collection comes in 4 sophisticated new colors; natural gray, sandstone, lavender and coral pink. According to the Dutch manufacturer, lots of tests were performed on various shapes and sizes...

"Economic moat" is a term used to describe the protective barrier shielding a company's profits and prospects from its competitors. Companies like Apple have wider moats, which not only offer the most protection but are also quite tough to breech. With a strong brand name, such as Apple, a company can translate its dominance into additional moat...

Angry Birds game developers Rovio Entertainment unveiled their upcoming game Angry Birds Star Wars a couple of weeks back with a claim that it will be the company’s best game ever. They have also set up a dedicated website for the upcoming game at angrybirds.com/starwars and have announced that it will be released on November 8th. Today, a new teaser video titled "Episode IV: Too Short" has...

Estimating iPhone sales for Q4 2012, the quarter that ended Sept. 29, Fortune reports that Apple sold approximately 27 million iPhones during the period. The report highlights that for the first 10 weeks, unit sales were depressed by customers holding out for the new iPhone, but for the last two weeks, the company sold iPhone 5 units "as...

Microsoft unveiled the Canadian pricing for its upcoming Windows RT Surface tablet and started taking pre-orders online yesterday. Today, a couple of interesting photos shared by Microsoft Windows boss Steven Sinofsky on Twitter, demonstrate how the new tablet makes for a pretty good skateboard too, points out the Business Insider. Perhaps the Windows chief wanted to...

A few days back, Dev-Team updated RedSn0w jailbreak tool with ability to restore to older firmwares which are no longer being signed by Apple including iOS 5.x, as well as untethered 6.0 jailbreak & hactivation on old-bootrom 3GS and direct restore option for pre-A5 devices to earlier firmware. Today, another update has been released i.e RedSn0w 0.9.15b2 that addresses a few issues with the previous...

Klout, the San Francisco-based social media analytics company that measures a user's influence across his or her social network by collecting data from sites such as Twitter, Facebook or Google+, has updated its official iPhone app today with Passbook integration. Users can now add their “Klout Card” to Passbook, which will display their name, photo and Klout Score all in...

Microsoft has just revealed the prices of its upcoming Windows 8 Surface tablet in Canada, with pre-orders now live at the Microsoft Canada online store, as pointed out by MobileSyrup. Pre-orders will ship on October 26th, the same day it hits the shelves in Microsoft stores, and are estimated to arrive by October 30th. Below are the prices of...

Last week's new iPod touch teardown from iFixit revealed a powerful device with poor repairability score of 3. Today, they have taken apart the new iPod nano which shows a device that has better repairability score of 5, though not as good as iPhone 5 which received a 7 out of 10 repairability score and a title of "most...

A list of leaked part numbers for Apple's purported 'iPad Mini' published by Apple Insider reveals that the rumored 7.85" iPad will come in four different storage capacities and two color options with 24 different models in total, when Apple unveils it at the October 23rd media event. The list of presumed 'iPad Mini' stock-keeping units (SKUs) shows four basic device...

Ever since the launch of iPhone 5, Apple has become extremely strict with its supply chain partners including Foxconn and Foxlink, over the product manufacturing process and yield rate. The company has even started conducting surprise inspections for areas that were not inspected previously. As a result, its key supply partners from China are now demanding a price...