Stories by Usman Qureshi

The pace at which new iPhone a.k.a iPhone 5 leaks are being brought to the scene, it is quite likely that we'll have a fully functional handset before Apple makes it official on September 12th event. The latest leak relates to the next generation iPhone's slightly more powerful battery, as newly surfaced photos of alleged...

Exciting news folks! Starting tomorrow, Future Shop Canada is offering great discounts on iTunes gift cards and some Apple products. You can get a $60 iTunes Gift Card for just $48, which can be used to fund your iTunes account to buy apps, music and more. Similarly, you can save up to $60 on an iPhone 4S,...

Pulse, the popular news reader app for iOS which was endorsed by Steve Jobs at WWDC as “a wonderful RSS reader”, is now available as a fully featured Pulse for web application on Mac and Windows desktop computers. Developers of Pulse have brought the app's popular tile interface for news articles to the web which automatically and dynamically adjusts to any browser window. Pulse for...

Canada's smart mobile carrier Mobilicity has released a new survey Mobile Student 2.0, whose findings suggest that smartphones are continuing to play a vital role in education across the country (via Canada Newswire). According to the survey, 56% of Canadians agree that smartphones are an invaluable tool for students with over 66% of Canadians found to use a mobile phone to...

Apple has once again updated its head tracking related patent which was originally published back in 2009, adding more strength to the patent claims relating to "methods" while reducing the patent claims relating to "systems", reports Patently Apple. According to the patent application from Apple published by US Patent & Trademark Office today, Apple is refining its head tracking technology which...

Apple's iAd Producer, a platform that allows developers to create high-impact, motion-rich ads for iOS devices, has just received a mega update introducing tons of new templates, new workflows, improved application UI and lots more. iAd Producer 3.0, which is available to iOS developers as a free download, will allow iAd developers to integrate more aspects of iOS such...

A large number of MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Retina MacBook Pro owners have been reporting significant decrease in battery life after upgrading to Mountain Lion, Apple's latest OS X iteration. Some users have even experienced almost half the amount of battery time on Mountain Lion as compared to OS X Lion. Looking into the matter, Ars Technica...

Serving as Steve Jobs’ ad agency creative director for both NeXT and Apple, Ken Segall led the team that created Apple’s legendary Think Different campaign, which was an integral part of Apple’s transformation following Steve’s return. He is also the author of Insanely Simple: The Obsession that Drives Apple’s Success, a book that promises to reveal...

While rumours of upcoming iPhone 5 to introduce a 19-pin dock connector or an 8-pin dock connector have been floating around for a good number of months now, a new publication by French site Nowehereelse.fr reveals a new photo [Google translation] showing that the connector itself will be even smaller than originally thought with a metal ring inside the casing cutout for the new dock...

Previously, I have reviewed the iCarbons skins in white carbon fiber for iPhone 4S, New iPad & iPad 2 Smart cover as well as in black carbon fiber for 13" MacBook Pro & Mac Mini and if you've had the chance to read either or both of them, you'd know how pleased I am with...

Apple seeded iOS 6 beta 4 yesterday introducing improved 3D Maps, enhanced privacy and bluetooth sharing along with tons of bug fixes while removing the native YouTube app from iOS for good. Today, Dev Team's @MuscleNerd has confirmed that iOS 6 beta 4 can be jailbroken with the existing version of RedSn0w 0.9.13 dev 3 on Mac and...

Leading industrial designer Peter Bressler, former president of the Industrial Designers Society and the founder of product design firm Bresslergroup, said in a testimony for Apple today that Samsung is clearly infringing on multiple patents with its phones & tablets and that consumers could easily confuse one of Samsung's devices with Apple's (via CNET). He further argued that one...