Stories by Usman Qureshi

Apple has released the first ever iAd promotional video in an effort to sell its iOS advertising program to brands and advertisers, highlighting the success of its Land Rover iAd campaign promoting the new Range Rover Evoque, as noted by TechCrunch. The video shows executives from Land Rover and its partners praising Apple's campaign including Land Rover America’s communications...

Apart from pulling the native YouTube app from iOS, Apple has also introduced a bunch of improvements in iOS 6 beta 4 including better 3D Maps experience, improvement in privacy settings including bluetooth sharing and updated Passboook app (via 9to5Mac). The update also brings fixes for majority of bugs reported in earlier betas. Check out the...

Apple released iOS 6 beta 4 a few hours ago and the biggest highlight of the update is removal of the dedicated YouTube app that has been included on the iPhone operating system ever since its launch in 2007. Apple has already dropped Google Maps in iOS 6, replacing it with own 3D Maps app but pulling the native...

Just like the previous beta release i.e three weeks after iOS 6 beta 3, Apple has pushed iOS 6 beta 4 to the developer community. Developers running beta 3 on their iOS devices can grab the update either as an over the air (OTA) update or manually download iOS 6 beta 4 .IPSW files from Apple's iOS...

Apple introduced AirDrop WiFi ad-hoc service in Mac OS X Lion 10.7 that allows users to exchange files between Macs without the need of a Wi-Fi network or any configuration. While the feature is fairly simple to use via the OS X Finder, folks over at OSX Daily have pointed out that using AirDrop is now easier...

Wine Tripper B.C. Edition is a great iOS app for those who love wine tasting and exploring the wineries of British Columbia. In celebration of this B.C. Day long weekend, Bennalsoft Technologies have decided to make it a free download in the iTunes App Store till Monday. Regularly priced at $2.99, Wine Tripper lets you discover British Columbia wineries near...

Two popular social media apps for iOS have recently received minor updates in the iTunes App Store. One is Instagram and the other is the official Twitter client. No new features have been added to either of them, however some bug fixes and stability issues have been addressed. The Twitter iOS app gets an improved pull...

An interesting email extracted yesterday from court documents of ongoing Apple vs. Samsung trial reveals discussions among Apple executives regarding a smaller 7-inch iPad, reports CNET. The email, which was sent by Apple's senior vice president of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue to iOS chief Scott Forstall, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Phil Schiller, hints that discussions of building...

Developed by CuteCircuit in collaboration with Ballantine's Whiskey, tshirtOS is the world’s first wearable, washable, sharable and programmable T-shirt for digital creativity (via FSM). tshirtOS fearures an LED display, a camera, a microphone, a speaker and an accelerometer and can be controlled using an iPhone app. The T-shirt can show off tweets, play music videos, capture belly-height photos and send them off to Instagram among...

A couple of weeks ago, we detailed Apple's plans of building a second smaller ‘tactical’ facility in North Carolina in addition to its massive data center in Maiden, N.C. and today, Wired has acquired some exclusive aerial photos of the construction site showing not only the new tactical data center but also ongoing installation of solar panels at the 100-acre...

In the light of all the credible sources hinting at a September 12 iPhone 5 launch event, smartphone submissions to eBay's trade-in program have increased 70% in the last three days as compared with the same period the week before (via CNET). eBay, one of the the world's largest online marketplaces, has noted almost 100,000 smartphones being offered...

Madfinger Games' popular first-person shooter Dead Trigger, is now available for free in the iTunes App Store. Players who already bought the game at its previous $0.99 price will be compensated with a helping of in-game loot. The zombie slaughter game features amazing graphics and full 3D characters & environments with an unprecedented level of detail. Game controls are quite...