Stories by Usman Qureshi

A report published by DigiTimes indicates that Apple has instructed its major iPhone / iPad parts suppliers such as Foxconn to delay a portion of their shipments for the final quarter of 2011 to the first quarter of 2012. It is claimed that Apple has taken this decision in light of lower-than-expected pre-sales of iPhone 4S. All iPhone...

Here's a pretty interesting infographic giving you an insight into the fact that cell phones are playing a big role in shaping up the lives of college students. Students love their cell phones more than anything else with more than 94% texting their friends and colleagues every day. In fact, over 60% of these students...

9to5Mac is reporting that Apple has invited end users to test pre-release iOS 5.0.1 software update in order to provide feedback on any battery life improvements they may experience. In addition to battery life, Apple wants select end users to test the new software against apps and also check for Siri improvements. However, Apple has warned the program...

"Hey jailbreaking friends, I’ve found a bug that can untether iOS 5." This was the message by @pod2g, a member of the Chronic Dev Team, posted earlier today on twitter suggesting that he has discovered a loop hole in iOS 5 that can be exploited to achieve an untethered iOS 5 jailbreak. However, he also mentioned...

While Apple's amazing voice assistant technology a.k.a Siri can do tons of cool stuff, from setting up your meetings & reminders to telling you how many calories are there is a pint of Ben & Jerry's ice-cream, there's still a lot of room for improvement. But since the service is still in 'beta' according to...

An incredible 50-minute interview from the series Machine That Changed the World, with Apple and NeXT co-founder Steve Jobs recorded back in 1995, has just re-appered online. Meanwhile, another 'lost interview' by Jobs has been remastered which will be shown exclusively in theaters across the country as STEVE JOBS: THE LOST INTERVIEW. Some times dubbed as the “best...

In the last couple of weeks, a lot of iOS 5 / iCloud users have been complaining about experiencing bad connectivity and syncing issues across multiple devices. These have sometimes been caused by periodic iCloud outages disabling use of services like Documents, Photo Stream, Backup & Restore via iCloud. Luckily, now there is a way to...

Apple has reportedly seen 2011 as its record fiscal year with revenues topping $100 billion. As a reward for their efforts, 7 senior executives of Apple Inc. have been given a bonus of 1,000,000 (1 Million) shares. According to SEC filings, with Apple’s stock riding over $400 per share, today's awarded shares are worth $60 million per...

Only two days back, the first beta of iOS 5.0.1 was seeded to the developer community and now Apple has released iOS 5.0.1 beta 2. The previous beta was intended to bring some improvements and fixes to iOS 5.0 which included bugs affecting battery life, while the second beta once again hopes to resolve the...

Back in August, Apple released renders of a ‘simplified’ glass cube outside its iconic 5th Avenue store in New York which has been covered in white since then undergoing a $6.7 million renovation. Today, the great glass cube which is also dubbed as the most photographed landmark in New York City, has been completed and Apple has taken the wraps off it....

We gave you details about Apple's new retailing features such as in-store pickups for online orders as well as enhancements to the official Apple Store iOS application that will incorporate a feature dubbed as “EasyPay”. There have been reports claiming that the new retail system will go live some time today in the US, which seem to be true as 9to5Mac has just posted a snapshot...

Apple seeded iOS 5.0.1 beta day before yesterday to address battery issues with some minor bug fixes. Today, @iH8n0w has pushed an update to his Windows exclusive custom iOS firmware creation tool i.e Sn0wbreeze v2.8b9 which supports iOS 5.0.1 beta 1 jailbreak on iPhone 4/3GS, iPod touch 3G/4G and original iPad. No support for iPad 2 or...