Stories by Usman Qureshi

Tony Fadell Reveals How Apple Built The World’s Greatest Smartphone [VIDEO]

Tony Fadell, the former Apple hardware designer has recently revealed that the iPhone was originally planned to receive a physical keyboard, until the very last moment when Apple decided to go with the touchscreen-only design. In an interview with The Verge over the weekend, he talked about working on eighteen generations of iPods as well as the creation of...

Angry Birds Space Is Now The Fastest Growing Mobile Game In The World

Rovio Mobile's latest Angry Birds game, the Angry Birds Space hit the 20 Million downloads mark in merely one week after its multi-platform release. This milestone was achieved exactly a month ago and today, the game has taken the crown of becoming the fastest growing mobile game ever, according to the game's developers. The game has now surpassed 50 Million...

An iOS App Designer Guide To Cool Design [INFOGRAPHIC]

Every app developer is not necessarily an expert app designer too. Designing an app is totally different from developing it and is therefore usually done by different people too. Obviously there are guidelines for either department and this nice little infographic here is one such guide, aimed to assist today's iOS app designers. It has...

Grab Last-Minute Hotel Deals In Toronto & Vancouver Using Your iPhone With Hotel Tonight App

Popular last-minute hotel booking service Hotel Tonight has announced the availability of its apps for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch as well as Android in Canada with initial hotel offerings in Toronto and Vancouver, reports Market Watch. The company is planning to expand its international reach, launching in additional Canadian cities and new international markets over the coming...

Tim Cook Will Meet Samsung CEO In San Francisco Courthouse On May 21-22

A couple of weeks back, we reported that the CEOs of Apple and Samsung were planning to meet in San Francisco for a court-moderated discussion, in order to settle the long-standing patent dispute between the two companies. Today, Foss Patents has reported that the meeting has now been finalized between Tim Cook (Apple) and Gee-Sung Choi (Samsung) which is scheduled to take place...

Apple Was Considering A Physical Keyboard For iPhone, Reveals Tony Fadell

Tony Fadell, Apple's ex Senior Vice President of the iPod Division, has revealed an interesting truth about the original iPhone's development in an interview with The Verge. He claims that a hardware keyboard was seriously considered within Apple "before the iconic touchscreen-only design was given the green light". Furthermore, he said that there were two other versions of the device...

Celebrate 10,000 Mac App Store Apps Milestone With Deus Ex

As noted by MacGeneration (via 9to5Mac), the Mac App Store has hit the 10,000 apps mark today. The iOS App Store currently has 600,000 apps with over 200,000 exclusive apps for the iPad's bigger display. The smaller number of apps in case of Mac App Store is due to the fact that majority of software...

Just Mobile Lazy Couch™ [Review]

Folks, I'm gonna keep this one as simple as the product itself. Called the Lazy Couch™, this small laptop accessory has been designed by Just Mobile, a company known for its iconic products such as the Xtand for iPhone / iPod, Gum Max Pro battery pack and AluPen Pro to name a few. It is meant...