Stories by Usman Qureshi

So, my dear friend Gary per-ordered an iPhone 5 for himself and another one for me the night Apple started taking per-orders in Canada, and as much excited as I was for being among the first few to have reserved one, I was also worried about the whole 'nano SIM' thing. As most of you...

Apple is known to rely on suppliers with big names like Taiwan-based Foxconn, a company that employs more than a million workers who assemble everything from MacBooks to iPads. But now, it seems that Apple is relying on off-the-radar Taiwanese companies like Ta Liang, to figure out hard-to-solve production problems and meet strong demand for its new products like the...

Apple has today updated its Labor and Human Rights page, detailing the company's efforts in restricting excessive work load on workers in its suppliers factories such as Foxconn, the TNW points out. Apple claims that to ensure its workers never work more than 60 hours in a week, which is also in line with Chinese labor law, it is now...

Earlier today, Apple CEO Tim Cook issued an apology letter for bugs and errors in the new iOS 6 Maps app and now, the company has added a new Map Apps section to the App Store highlighting some alternatives to the native Maps app, thanks to @swotam for pointing it out! While Tim Cook also mentioned some alternative map...

Apple sold over 5 million iPhone 5 units in the first three days of its release. While this is of course a great news for Apple, it is also turning out to be equally good for the app developers who are attributing the bump in their daily app downloads to the iPhone 5, Forbes is reporting. The...

Negotiations between Sony/ATV, the world’s largest music publisher, and Apple regarding a music-streaming service native to iOS, has reportedly hit a last-minute snag, delaying Cupertino giant's plans to launch its own radio service to rival Pandora, according to an exclusive report by New York Post. It appears that Apple couldn't agree on a per-song rights fee that...

Remember that dumb Motorola ad we wrote about a few days back which mocked Apple's iOS 6 Maps app? Turns out that Google owned subsidiary used a cheap tactic in an attempt to make Apple's newly introduced Maps app look bad by showing an address lookup in Manhattan that doesn't even exist in reality. What a shame!...

Ita, the recently introduced iOS app that makes list-keeping easier than ever with support for iCloud syncing and much more, has just gone free in the App Store. The developers of Ita announced on Twitter earlier today that the universal iPhone/iPad app will remain free through Friday only so better grab it quick. https://twitter.com/NiceMohawk/status/251538672355262464 The app...

In a study released by energy efficiency company Opower today, it appears that the annual energy cost for charging the iPhone 5 is just $0.41 on average (via MacRumors). Opower's estimate assumes a full charge once per day at a U.S. average of 11.8 cents per kWh. Of course every user's actual cost would vary based on use...

When Apple unveiled the iPhone 5, most of us were expecting to see accessories like an iPhone 5 bumper or a dock with new Lightning connector. However, no such announcements were made that day and so far, Apple has not released any information regarding such accessories either. Despite that, some keen eyed readers have noticed...

For some, it's all about the camera. They don't care about the OS or the build quality and certainly not LTE. If you're one of those 'photo nerds' looking to upgrade your camera phone, then this would be of great interest to you. Folks over at Engadget have compared low-light shooting capabilities of today's most...

Following the launch of Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet last year, Apple filed a lawsuit accusing Amazon of misusing its "App Store" name to solicit developers for a mobile software download service. Today, Amazon has asked a federal judge to throw out Apple's false claims saying that the term "App Store" has become so generic that its use could...