Stories by Usman Qureshi

With the introduction of iOS 6 at WWDC 2012, Apple demoed its digital wallet solution in the shape of an all new built-in iOS app called the "Passbook", an app which is meant to let users keep a track of their discount coupons, boarding passes, loyalty cards and movie tickets. However, the app has not been activated...

Great new for Instagramers! A new L.A. based website named Instaprints lets Instagram users sell their photographs as canvas or acrylic prints, greetings cards and posters as noted by an L.A. Times report. Instaprints founder Sean Broihier also founded the online art marketplace Fine Art America, an online marketplace for buying and selling fine art originals and prints, which currently has...

As a memorial to the Apple's great co-founder Steve Jobs, AllThingsD recently uploaded his video and audio podcasts in which the legendary innovator candidly answers unrehearsed questions and explains his views on technology and business at his six appearances at D: All Things Digital conference from 2003 to 2010. These podcasts, all of which are available on iTunes for free...

At a recent quarterly meeting of Apple Stores across the U.S., Apple has announced a new employee training initiative called "Pathways", according to a 9to5Mac report. The meeting focused on numbers and on past store results in addition to the new training program for employees. Apple's new retail chief John Browett has already promised several changes and has introduced...

U.S. Judge Richard Posner pulled the plug on the ongoing lawsuit between Apple and Motorola this Friday, reports FOSS Patents. The lawsuit in which Apple was asserting four patents and Motorola was suing over one patent, was dismissed by Judge Posner who recently canceled a jury trial and indicated his inclination to dismiss the case. However, as pointed...

Foxconn has apparently accelerated its schedule for ordering television LCD panels from its Japanese partner Sharp, fueling speculations that these panels might be for Apple's much rumored television set which could debut this holiday shopping season, reports MacRumors. Topeka Capital Markets analyst Brian White further points out that Apple may use Kinect-like motion sensing technology for interacting with...

Looks like rumors regarding Microsoft opening its first retail location in Canada are finally coming true. According to The Star, Microsoft will openits first retail store in Canada at Yorkdale Shopping Mall in Toronto, which also happens to host an Apple Store. The report claims that the design of the Microsoft stores in the U.S. incorporates many of the...

Having already developed over a dozen dictionary apps for aboriginal languages in British Columbia, First Peoples' Cultural Council B.C. has created a new app called FirstVoices for the iPhone and iPad that allows Canadian First Nations speakers to chat using their native language for the first time ever (via The Province). The app features nearly 100 customized keyboards that display the...

In anticipation of the 2012 Wimbledon Championships which are set to begin next week, the official Wimbledon app for iOS has just been updated for the 2012 season. The official app, which has been completely redesigned for the 2012 Championships, allows The All England Lawn Tennis Club (Wimbledon) fans to catch all the action LIVE during the fortnight with the...

As noted by The Next Web, Rovio has just pushed free versions of its record selling Angry Birds Space game for iOS in the App Store which are now available for download for the iPhone and iPod touch as well as for the iPad as HD version. The games are supported by advertising and are...

Liquidmetal Technologies, a leading name in the research, development and commercialization of amorphous metals, has announced an extension of its agreement with Apple for an additional two years (via MacRumors). Apple has a full license to use all of Liquidmetal's intellectual property for commercialization in consumer electronics. The rights were acquired by Apple in 2010 after testing the material in...

Terry Gou, the chairman of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (commonly known as Foxconn), told the media on Monday that consumers should wait for the launch of iPhone 5 as Apple's next model "will put Samsung's Galaxy III to shame" reports Patently Apple. Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker and also the main manufacturer behind iPhone and iPad,...