Stories by Usman Qureshi

Rovio Entertainment, makers of the best-selling Angry Birds game that has now been downloaded over 1 billion times, has today released its first book app called Bad Piggies Best Egg Recipes, an interactive cookbook for iPad. The book is currently available for download in the App Store for an introductory price of $0.99, but will later go up...

During their iPhone 5 teardown, folks over at iFixit said "it is the most repairable iPhone we’ve seen in a while" but unfortunately, they found the new 5th generation iPod touch much harder to get inside and gave it a low 3 out of 10 repairability score. Nonetheless, they did discover 512 MB of Hynix RAM inside its...

According to statistics released today by iQmetrix, the leading retail management software solutions provider in U.S and Canada, iPhone 5 accounts for 20% of smartphone activations in North America since its launch on September 21st. The analysis sampled 7,000 independent wireless retailers across the region, revealing year-over-year buying trends in the past year. Looking at the analytical data, it...

In addition to updating its Google+ iOS app with full support for iOS 6 and iPhone 5?s larger display, Google has also issued a redesign of its mobile search homepage (via The Verge). A new services task bar listing all Google products now replaces the old tabs at the top of the screen (shown below). On visiting Google.com in...

Readdle has today re-launched its famous Calendars app for iOS, one of the easiest Google Calendar clients available on the App Store with simple drag & drop interface that allows easy navigation between days, weeks and months. The new version of Calendars has numerous improvements such as iPhone 5 and iOS 6 compatibility with improved overall performance. Calendars by...

When users began complaining about a ‘purple lens flare’ in photos taken with their iPhone 5?s camera, Apple responded with an official statement, explaining how the phenomenon is not exclusive to iPhone 4S or iPhone 5 cameras. Now, Consumer Reports has echoed Apple's claims confirming that the iPhone 5 camera is not the only one that yields lens flare but also the latest devices...

Folks over at Gizmodo have got their hands on what appear to be the first laser-etched iPhone 5s out there, both in black and white color, which quite frankly, truly look amazing. This does give you a really good reason of going case-free with your iPhone 5. The etched white iPhone 5 looks superb as you...

Apple has been awarded a new 'open-to-app' patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as a continuation of its 'slide-to-unlock' patent, hinting at company's intentions to bring further functionality to the feature in future, reveals a report by the Apple Insider. The newly-granted patent adds significant language to the 'slide-to-unlock' feature regarding what is displayed on screen after the unlock...

In order to better utilize the new iPhone 5's taller 4" display, a much improved iOS app switcher concept presented by The Verge shows how one simple element of the iOS can be re-thought to take advantage of the larger display while "retaining the original functionality and design philosophy". The goal of this concept is to offer extended functionality...

Still missing that good old Google Maps app on your iOS 6 device? Well, looks like we have a pretty neat alternative at our hands in the shape of a new app called ClassicMap. Except for directions and street view, you get pretty much everything offered by native Google Maps application on iOS 5. Best of all,...

A lot of iOS users find this fact annoying that Newsstand ,which is basically a folder dedicated to App Store’s digital publications, can not be moved inside another folder. When iOS 5 came out, an easy trick was discovered that allowed users to place Newsstand in another folder and now, a rather easier solution has been...

The official Apple Store app for iOS has finally been updated to support the new iPhone 5's taller 4-inch display. You no longer get the letter boxing with the app as seen on un-optimised applications filling the display on the iPhone 5 with black bars on top and on the bottom. The update however still hasn't...