Stories by Usman Qureshi

We all know how fast mobile phone usage is growing all around the globe, especially the use of smartphones. Turns out this growth is changing the dynamics of how people interact with the world around them. Think back five or 10 years, you will realize how dramatically the way you interact with media, knowledge and people has...

By now, you must have jailbroken your iPhone 4S (..unless you've been living under a rock or something for God knows how long) and must be enjoying your handset more than ever, customizing it with all sorts of Cydia tweaks and themes. Yesterday, we told you how to dramatically improve the overall look of your...

Every iPhone 4S owner is excited about yesterday's untethered iOS 5.0 / 5.0.1 jailbreak release for A5 devices in the shapes of GreenPois0n Absinthe (Chronic Dev Team) and Absinthe CLI (iPhone-Dev Team) which opens a whole new world of iOS tweaks and customizations. When I jailbroke my own iPhone 4S, one of the first tweaks that I installed...

Update 1: Version 0.1.2-2 of Absinthe has been released to direct the web clip to Greepois0n.com and help your jailbreak. Download it here. -- Chronic-Dev Team has finally released the GreenPois0n Absinthe v0.1.2.-1 untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 running iOS 5.0/5.0.1 firmwares. Even though the jailbreak tool is pretty simple to use...

Apple has released iTunes 10.5.3 with support for the new iBooks 2 app allowing iOS users to sync their textbook purchases as well as support for the updated iTunes U program. The new version of iTunes is available for Mac OS (102.15MB) and Windows (66.11MB -32Bit , 67.98MB-64Bit) from Apple's website. Read the full release notes after the break. What’s new...

Only a couple of days back, @iH8sn0w released his Windows exclusive sn0wbreeze jailbreak tool’s two-year anniversary update incorporating pod2g’s iOS 5.0.1 untether exploit along with some new features like an IPSW Downloader, GUI Improvements and support for older firmwares up to iOS 3.1.3. Today, he has pushed another update labelled sn0wbreeze 2.9.1 which brings a couple of minor fixes. Here is the tweet regarding the update: @iH8sn0w: "Just a bump...

By now, you must know that the highly anticipated untethered A5 jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 is almost ready for public release. The 'dream team' of iOS hackers led by @pod2g has been publishing updates regarding the jailbreak's status from time to time with latest one coming from @MuscleNerd. In a post at...

[Refresh your browser periodically to update] 7:00am: Phill Schiller takes the stage, “We’re proud to help students learn”…and “Students are being introducd to the iPad” 7:03am "I get discouraged when students don't graduate... knowing that we failed them." 7:06am "There is a lot that's talked about that might be wrong in education, and no one person or company can...

NamcoBandai Games Inc. has released the iOS version of popular arcade fighting game SoulCalibur which is now available as a universal download for iPhone / iPod touch and iPad in the App Store. The game isn’t cheap though, currently selling at US $11.99, but Namco has launched the title with a 20% ‘Release Sale’. So if you...

iOS developer Adam Bell, creator of some pretty decent Cydia tweaks, has just introduced a brand new cydia tweak called Overflow which allows you to add a cool coverflow-effect to your iPhone or iPad dock icons making them behave just like album covers in iOS music player (when you rotate the iPhone to landscape mode). The...

Developed by income tax specialists with years of experience in tax preparation business, Go! Tax Canada app for iOS introduces an innovative way to file your Canadian personal income taxes anywhere, anytime using your iPhone or iPod Touch. Simply download the app free from the App Store, fill out your tax information, take photos of your tax slips and submit them to...

Update 1: Looks like the free promo period has ended. It was a nice grab while it lasted. CreativeNchildren (CnC) have just made their three best selling iOS apps totally free in the App Store. The apps are a part of the Quick™ Series i.e Quick™ Light, Quick™ Snap and Quick™ Video. The developers claim that all these three apps...