Stories by Usman Qureshi

T-Mobile Carrier Update to Bring LTE to Unlocked iPhone 5 Owners

TmoNews is reporting that T-Mobile will enable LTE support, along with a handful of other features previously not available, on unlocked iPhone 5 handsets through a software update on April 5th. The source, who appears to have gotten its hands on an internal document, notes that T-Mobile will also enable Visual Voicemail, MMS Settings and Network/Device optimisations for iPhone...

U.S. Patent Office Confirms Apple’s “Rubber-Banding” Patent Is Invalid

Apple’s “rubber-banding” patent, which addresses the ability of graphics on iOS devices to bounce back when the user scrolls to the top or bottom of the page, has been ruled invalid in a “Final Office Action” by the US Patent and Trademark Office, reports FOSS Patents. Apple had used the patent in its lawsuit against Samsung that resulted in...

Apple Denied Request For “iPad mini” Trademark Filing By US Patent Office

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Examining Attorney Lee-Anne Berns has refused Apple's "iPad mini" trademark application, saying that IP Application Development and Marc Angell have also applied for the "iPad" trademark and therefore there's a "likelihood of confusion between these marks", reports Patently Apple. However, since Apple already owns the "iPad" trademark, it remains unclear why would there...

Apple Looking To Boost Siri’s Accuracy & Performance, Posts 12 Job Openings

Apple has posted 12 new job listings over the weekend, all of which relate to Siri, suggesting that the company is getting pretty serious about boosting its speech-recognizing personal assistant's accuracy and performance, as noted by FastCompany. One of the job posts suggests that Siri is going to expand dramatically, because Apple's looking for a "Siri...

This Canadian Made $629,000 Luxury SUV With iPad Controls Is Awesome [VIDEO]

Conquest Vehicles, a company based just outside of Toronto, specialised in hand-building luxury SUVs for high-profile clients around the world, has built a $629,000 armoured Knight XV, that features integrated iPad controls, a Sony Playstation 3, a 12-speaker Alpine entertainment media system with 2,500 watt power, dual thermal vision cameras, a bar, marble laptop tables...

Google’s Upcoming Cross-Platform Chat Solution Will Be Called “Babel”

According to a new report by Droid-Life, Google's upcoming unified chat service will be called “Babel". This new cross-platform service is expected to merge services like Google Voice, Google Talk, and Google+ Messenger, and will be released for Android, iOS, Chrome, G+ and Gmail. The report also claims that the service was previously being referred to as “Babble”, but...

Users Can Now Embed Vine posts On The Web

Using Twitter’s short-form video-sharing service Vine, that allows users to attach video clips lasting 6 seconds or less to their tweets, users can now embed their Vine posts on the web as well. Embedded posts are available in two different styles and can be created from a post's page using the embed code, or by using the latest version...

Developers Calling iCloud As “Broken” Due To Database Sync Issues

Apple's iCloud service, that lets users access their personal content on all their devices wirelessly and automatically via an Apple ID, has run into complaints from developers related to Core Data database sync issues, according to a report by Apple Insider. The source points out that several app developers have taken their complaints public via blog entries, with some...

Apple’s Cheaper iPhone Could Be Housed In A Unibody Ceramic Enclosure

Apple Insider is reporting that an Apple patent filing for a "Multi-layered ceramic enclosure" shows the Cupertino company's growing interest in ceramic device enclosures, a material which noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes could be used in the rumored low-cost iPhone. The filing reveals that Apple may be developing a unibody type design, fabricated from layers of ceramic in...