Stories by Usman Qureshi

Evernote has today released the all new Skitch 2.0 app for Mac and iOS that not only brings a re-designed UI and great new features for OS X and iPad, but also a brand new iPhone / iPod touch version. The iOS Skitch app is now a universal binary and is available as a free...

Apple has released iOS 6 to the general public today alongside a major OS X Mountain Lion update and now, the official Podcasts app for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad has also received an update to support the latest iOS release. The standalone Podcasts app was released in June this year and enables iOS users...

Earlier today, Apple pushed the full and final version of iOS 6 to the general public, two days ahead of the official iPhone 5 shipment date and now, the company has released the OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2 update, which can be downloaded via Software Update in the Mac App Store. The 10.8.2 update size is 365MB.  The...

With construction of Apple's North Carolina data center already underway, Apple's smaller tactical facility in North Carolina in addition to its massive data center in Maiden, N.C., a new report is now claiming that Apple is building another huge data center in Hong Kong SAR, China, which will be operational by 2015, the same time Apple’s Spaceship Campus 2 is scheduled to complete (via...

Twitter has today updated its universal iOS app in the App Store, taking it to version 5.0 which introduces a completely revamped Twitter for iPad. The update brings new profiles with header photos as well as Photo streams integration with profiles and events in addition to bug fixes and minor improvements. The official Twitter blog notes: Today...

Back in April, a new cell phone legislation to protect consumers was unveiled by the government in the province of Manitoba, which was believed to be one of the best consumer protections in Canada. That consumer protection law for cellphone contracts and fees is now in effect in Manitoba, which basically requires cellphone companies to fully disclose and explain...

In August, Asymco predicted the sales for iPhone 5 hitting 263 million units worldwide, based on Phil Schiller’s statement that each new iPhone so far has sold approximately equal to all previous generations combined. Last week, the firm announced its projected estimate for the iPhone 5 sales saying that Apple could sell around 6 million devices during the opening weekend. Now, Asymco...

Google has today announced its acquisition of Nik Software, the developer of leading iOS photography app Snapseed, which also won Apple's iPad App Of The Year award in 2011 for its inventive multitouch photo editing interface, reports The Verge. The portion of Nik Software that worked on Snapseed, will relocate to Google headquarters in Mountain View to work on...

Apple unveiled the iPhone 5 at a special media event on September 12th and started taking pre-orders for the device 2 days after i.e on Friday, September 14th. While the first wave of these pre-orders is scheduled to start shipping on September 21st, it has already been sold out with shipping times slipping to 2-3 weeks....

Back in July, Harman Kardon introduced its premium lineup of headphones comprising of four different models including over-ear, in-ear and Bluetooth-enabled headphones. We've got our hands on the on-ear model from that collection i.e. Harman Kardon CL, an in-depth review of which follows right after the break! Features: High-tech performance Elegant package and interface Unique removable magnetic ear...

The iPhone 5 is powered by Apple's all new A6 SoC which according to AnandTech, is the first Apple SoC to use its own ARMv7 based processor design whose core(s) are based on something purely created by Apple as opposed to fully licensed ARM cores which the Cupertino company has always used in the past.   Even though Apple...

Canadian Competition Bureau has concluded its 5 month investigation today regarding misleading advertisements from carriers who claim to be offering “premium texting services” and has announced that is suing Rogers, Telus and Bell, along with the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association over it for $31 million (via Mobile Syrup). The Competition Bureau is suing the three carriers...