Stories by Usman Qureshi

As promised, Rovio has released their latest adventure today, the Angry Birds Space which is now live in the App Store. Like all previous versions, the latest iteration of Angry Birds is also available as separate downloads for iPhone / iPod touch and the iPad as Angry Birds Space and Angry Birds Space HD respectively. Here is the...

A brand new jailbreak tweak from JamieD360 called NCSettings has just hit the Cydia store. The tweak adds some attractive looking settings toggles to the iOS 5 Notification Center. For those who frequently use SBSettings on their jailbroken iOS devices, this is a pretty cool alternative. You get toggles for common settings like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Airplane Mode, Respring and more....

According to a report published by The Financial Times (via Engadget), Apple is seemingly pushing its own nano-SIM proposal once again for future iPhones and iPads against the will of its major smartphone competitors such as Nokia, Motorola and RIM. Apple submitted a proposal for a customized, even smaller nano-SIM card design than current micro-SIM back in 2011, which...

Juice Mobile, a Canadian mobile advertising network, has released some interesting statistics regarding the state of Canadian Mobile Industry during the month of February, in the shape of a pretty neat infographic. The statistics, which are based on information gathered from 1500 different publications, apps and almost 1 billion mobile ads, indicate that iPhone is Canada’s top mobile device...

Apple has just updated the Labour and Human Rights page in its "Supplier Responsibility" section for this month as noted by John Gruber (Daring Fireball). The update provides comprehensive report of excessive work hours in Apple's supply chain for the month of February. Apple details 48-hour average workweek and a 5% month-over-month decrease in 60+ hour weeks for...

A few days back, the popular Sparrow iPhone app went live in the App Store as the first real viable alternative to Apple’s Mail app. Sadly, the app was released without "push notifications" since the feature was pulled by Apple before approval, due to the fact that Sparrow team was caught using an API reserved for VoIP apps....

Today, Apple has issued a press release announcing that it is going to lauch a dividend and share repurchase program later this year. The announcement indicates that Apple is planning to initiate a quarterly dividend of $2.65 per share sometime in the fourth quarter of its fiscal 2012, which begins on July 1, 2012. Quoting via...

Do you ever stop to think how many of the inventions we utilize on daily basis and often take for granted came to be? The following infographic from BestCollegesOnline.org takes a look at how some of the most widely used inventions originally came about as well as how they evolved over time. Check out the...

Let me start by saying, "if you rate yourself as a passionate iPhoneographer, Photojojo's Ultimate iPhone Lens Kit is something you should really consider buying". That said, any photography enthusiast carrying an iPhone 4/4S and this handy lens kit can easily capture stunning images with his iPhone, far better than he can with just any point-n-shoot camera....

Wow! This could actually be the fastest jailbreak ever. Merely two hours after the official launch, @MuscleNerd of Dev-Team has jailbroken the all new 3rd generation Retina iPad on iOS 5.1. Just moments ago, he posted the following tweet with screenshots: jailbroken iPad3: twitpic.com/8x48rt twitpic.com/8x48xg(Just a first step, still lots of work to do!No ETA!) —...

A new report by DigiTimes claims that slimmer 13-inch & 15-inch MacBook Pros are currently in production. The report also suggests that the 2012 MacBook Pro line will retain more advanced specs than the MacBook Air line but will most likely be losing the optical drives like the MacBook Air. The sources inside the supply chain have also hinted that currently 100,000-150,000 MacBook Pro...

Just moments ago, famous iOS hacker Stefan Esser a.k.a @i0n1c who is known for his untethered jailbreak exploit for iOS 4.3.1, has just published screenshots of his iPad 2 showing a successful A5 jailbreak on iOS 5.1. The screenshot clearly shows Cydia running on an iPad 2 with iOS 5.1 firmware installed. However, he hasn't given any details...