Stories by Usman Qureshi

A new publication by CNET claims to have unveiled the last big project which Steve Jobs was working on and it was not the iPhone 4S. Rather he was deeply involved in everything from concept to design of the all new, redesigned iPhone 5. In a research note by Ashok Kumar, an analyst at Rodman & Renshaw, the source...

Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, the 'MythBusters' who are known for mixing science with gleeful curiosity and plain old-fashioned ingenuity are going to host a special one-hour documentary titled iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World which will include interviews with various people whose lives were greatly impacted by Jobs.The documentary is produced for Discovery Channel by NBC's...

9to5Mac in collaboration with developer Steven Troughton-Smith have ported the amazing voice assistant technology a.k.a Siri from the iPhone 4S to iPhone 4. The developer successfully installed the iPhone 4S Siri and Springboard files onto an iPhone 4 allowing Siri’s interface to load up just fine on the iPhone 4, with all the features from the iPhone...

With iOS 5 and iCloud introduction, tons of new stuff can be done which previously wasn't possible. One of them is the ability to hide your previously bought applications from the App Store. This is actually pretty handy especially if you share your iTunes & App Store account with someone else, say your wife, and...

Most of us have already updated to iOS 5 on our iPhones / iPads and are very well aware of the new Newsstand feature. But some people seem to find it annoying that Newsstand which is basically a folder itself dedicated to App Store's digital publications, can not be moved inside another folder. Luckily, a...

Here's an interesting infographic developed by TechVibes especially for the Canadians who prefer carrying out their bank transactions on their smartphones rather than visiting the banks physically. It highlights some pretty cool facts such as approximately 36% of Canadians would buy a "latte" with their mobile phones while around 56% would be more comfortable never...

Yesterday, @MuscleNerd gave us a heads up for today's Ultrasn0w update which has just gone live on Cydia. The latest update to Dev-Team's carrier unlocking tool is Ultrasn0w 1.2.4 which is now fully compatible with iOS 5. Those who have updated to iOS 5 using a custom .IPSW file created with recent Redsn0w version can use the...

With yesterday's launch of iCloud, Apple is now allowing all iTunes customers to re-download all their purchased music and TV shows to any of their devices. In the light of this development, a report by LA Times claims that Apple is now working out a deal with major movie studious to bring iTunes purchased movies...

All those who are holding back on iOS 5 update on their iPhones just because they rely on an ultrasn0w carrier unlock, it's time to cheer up! MuscleNerd of Dev-Team has just tweeted that iOS 5 compatible ultrasn0w unlock is going to be released tomorrow. So if you preserve your current unlock-able baseband and update...

Update 1: Here you go! As promised, below are the direct download links to iOS 5 firmware (.IPSW) files: Download iOS 5 For iPhone 3GS Download iOS 5 For iPhone 4 GSM Download iOS 5 For iPhone 4 CDMA Download iOS 5 For Pad Download iOS 5 For iPad 2 (iPad 2,2 & iPad 2,3) Download iOS 5...

Tons of stuff is happening today and all pretty fast, thanks to the official iOS 5 launch which is happening later today. Just few minutes ago, Apple's Newsstand store went live with a new "Store" button appearing in the top right corner of Newsstand iOS 5 app. Most of the magazine apps got updated in the...

Here's another quick heads up for iOS 5 users! Apple has just released AirPort Utility for iOS which was discovered last week in iOS 5 GM release. The app lets you configure and manage AirPort devices on a local network. As noted by MacStories, the app isn’t showing up in iTunes search yet, but here’s the...