Stories by Usman Qureshi

Last week, Bloomberg published a report regarding Amazon's plans to develop a smartphone targeting the iPhone and now, Amazon has officially announced its own gaming experience for Kindle Fire called the GameCircle as a direct competition to Apple's Game Center (via 9to5Mac). Amazon’s GameCircle, which clearly draws cues from Apple’s Game Center, is geared specifically for game developers. The new game...

Apple is set to open 40 new retail stores this year alone. As a result, the company is now among one of the few retailers that are hiring employees in a big way. However, the Cupertino giant pays close attention to how it hires winning personalities for its industry leading retail stores, reveals an interesting story by The Forbes. The...

Before you get too excited, let me clarify that Transmission RPC, which is now available as a universal download in the App Store, is not a native iOS BitTorrent client i.e you can't use it to download torrents directly on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch but instead, it is a remote control for the popular OS X...

DigiTimes is reporting that any rumors about Apple planning to release a 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display have been denied by sources inside the upstream supply chain. Previously, there have been reports that Apple has deliberately postponed mass shipments of the device due to shortages of 13" Retina display. However, today's report refutes all such rumors. Meanwhile,...

Last month with the launch of iOS 6 beta, Apple introduced an all new Passbook digital wallet app at the WWDC 2012 event and today, a new Apple patent which relates to NFC-enabled transportation ticketing, further increases speculations of NFC capabilities coming to future iOS devices (via MacRumors). The patent reveals a new the disclosed "iTravel" application which would apparently handle a...

Last Monday, U.S District Judge Lucy Koh denied Samsung's request to lift ban on Samsung Galaxy Tab sales in the region. However, a  U.K. judge has ruled in favor of Samsung today saying that its Galaxy tablets aren’t “cool” enough to be confused with Apple's iPad and therefore the design for Samsung's three Galaxy tablets doesn’t infringe Apple’s registered design,...

Apple offers iOS beta releases exclusively to its registered iOS developers who pay a registration fee of $99 per year. Each developer account receives 100 iOS test device slots which allows developers to install the iOS betas prior to their official launch on these devices. However, numerous individuals have started selling their allocated slots in the...

The next update of Twitter app for iPhone and iPad is set to bring tons of great new features, most of which will focus on interactivity, enhanced notifications, searching and performance, as discovered by 9to5Mac through a bug in the iOS 6 App Store which has leaked the next version's release notes. The source points...

Ever since Apple introduced AirPlay, the platform for streaming high-quality audio over a Wi-Fi connection, big names like JBL, Logitech and Altec Lansing have introduced quite a few impressive AirPlay compatible docks and speakers in the market. Some of these offerings have an attractive design but don't sound as good while some sound fairly nice but look...

An aftermarket modification technique discovered by Tanveer, a part time modder who also happens to be a doctor (like me), adds built-in wireless charging capability to your iPhone 4S (via Ubergizmo). The process requires a wireless charger pad and case, eliminating the need of a case for wirelessly charging an iPhone 4s. To start off the process, he solders the...

EPEAT, the leading global environmental rating system for electronic products, has been notified by Apple today that it is withdrawing its products from their certification system and will no longer be submitting its products for environmental rating. EPEAT promises to connect its purchasers to environmentally preferable choices and benefit its producers who demonstrate environmental responsibility and innovation....

Poynt Corporation, a renowned Canadian mobile search company, has officially filed a Notice of Intention under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act according to a Winnipeg Free Press report. The Calgary-based company said it's "not currently in a position to pay its debts to its secured and unsecured creditors", including Toronto-based Intertainment Media Inc. Poynt currently has software applications available...