Stories by Usman Qureshi

Apple's 23rd WWDC kicked off today in San Francisco, an event that sold out in record 2 hours time. Tim Cook took the stage and started off by announcing App Store's latest milestone i.e surpassing 30 billion downloads worldwide. With that, he also announced that the iTunes App Store, which is currently available in 120...

A couple of months back, Apple put together a team to review apps and automatically reject them if they were accessing device UDIDs, a common method used by app developers and advertisers to track usage of their apps. Now, Apple is looking to release new developer tools for tracking usage of apps without using the UDID, Wall Street Journal reports...

Apple has agreed to pay $2.25 million in settlement in order to end a lawsuit filed in Australia for misleading buyers over the 4G-compatibility of the new iPad in the country, reports The Next Web (via The Australian). The settlement is yet to get final approval from the judge but it will most likely be granted, bringing a close to the...

According to a report published by BGR (via Want China Times), a riot involving hundreds of workers broke out at Foxconn's Chengdu factory on Monday that produces iPhone's LCDs, further confirming that working conditions at Apple's largest iPhone and iPad manufacturing facilities haven't improved yet. The incident occurred on Monday night after an unknown number of employees who...

Analyst Gene Munster at Piper Jaffray believes that 2% of Google's total revenue in 2012 will be generated by iOS devices, which is in fact the largest chunk of search giant's mobile revenue (via Apple Insider). The analyst stated in a note to investors that Google will generate approximately $4.5 billion in mobile revenue over the year...

A brand new swiping iOS game called Angry Ninjas has just hit the App Store, that lets you play as a ninja cutting down hordes of angry ninjas earning gold and glory. Developed by God-Mode Games (based in Vancouver), the game is available as a free downloaded for your iPhone and iPod touch devices and features 3 addictive game...

Element Case has just introduced the Vapor Pro ELITE™ line of iPhone 4/4S bumper cases that literally takes the popular Vapor Pro™ case to a whole new level. The limited edition cases are available in four different models and with three different finishes, each carefully built with certified exotic wood, special hard plating and buttery soft leather. The...

While rumors of Apple's iOS 6 getting an all new 3D Maps app are going hot, Google is planning to enhance its Google Earth with improved 3D images (via The Verge). Google plans to use an automated technology to extract 3D from aerial images which results in stunning 3D maps with very building competely modeled frome street to...

Looks like all sorts of rumors regarding Apple's 6th generation iPhone are pouring in today. Earlier, we reported how an analyst believes the next iPhone will indeed have a 16:9 display and now, another report by Apple Insider speculates the iPhone 5 to sport a front-facing camera capable of HD resolution. The report claims that in addition to an...

A lot of iPhone 4/4S owners like to cover their delicate smartphone with luxury cases, most popular of which are the handcrafted leather pouches. A couple of weeks back, we reviewed once such line of premium cases i.e Sena's Elega cases for iPhone 4/4S, in a variety of leather colors and textures. Today, we'll go hands on with...

Google has just acquired Quickoffice, the popular mobile office software developing company, in order to make the Google Apps product suite more compatible with various file formats. Even though Google Docs is available on mobile devices as well as personal computers, the focus of Quickoffice on devices like iPad and Android smartphones has led to its immense growth with reported installations...

Purported 2012 MacBook Pro specifications sheet ripped right from a unit has just been published online by a Weiphone forum member (via 9to5Mac) which quite frankly, is not at all what we have been expecting so anxiously for. The specs show nothing like a Retina resolution display or a thinner chassis. Instead, an Intel HD 4000 video, USB 3.0 and...