Stories by Usman Qureshi

Samsung Infringed A Key Part Of Apple Patent, Says ITC Judge

In a preliminary decision issued last week, an International Trade Commission (ITC) judge has said that Samsung infringed a key portion of an Apple patent by including a text-selection feature in its smartphones and tablets, Reuters reports. The full commission will now decide whether they will uphold or overturn the judge's decision. In the same decision which was...

Apple Continues To Lead As The Top U.S. Smartphone Maker In 2013 [comScore]

The previous comScore MobiLens report for the three month period ending in January 2013 grabbed Apple the No. 1 US smartphone manufacturer position and now, the latest comScore report for the three month period ending in February 2013 shows that Apple has remained the top U.S. smartphone maker. While Android is still the top mobile operating system,...

Samsung To Build Its Own Retail Stores Inside Best Buy

In order to battle Apple's highly successful chain of retail stores worldwide, Samsung has decided to partner with Best Buy and open 1,400 Samsung Experience shops within the retailer’s existing stores, AllThingsD is reporting. According to Ketrina Dunagan, the Samsung VP of retail, the Korean company has made this decision because 70% of consumers live within 10 miles of...

Apple Wins Patent For A Convertible, Touch-Sensitive MacBook Design

Apple has been awarded a patent for a convertible MacBook design by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, that shows a a touch-sensitive screen which can be separated from the base, notes TechCrunch. Even though the design looks familiar to the ones available from many Windows device makers and some older Android tablets with a detachable keyboard, the screen...

Apple Safari Continues To Dominate The Mobile Browser Market

Latest market share data from Net Applications shows that Apple's Safari browser is still winning the mobile browser war, capturing 61.79% of all mobile browser web traffic in March (via AllThingsD). Safari browser's share has actually increased from 55.41% in February, reaffirming Apple’s dominance in the mobile browser market. Despite a plethora of devices on which...

Apple Approves Microsoft’s SkyDrive 3.0 iOS App Update

In December last year, Apple refused to approve any updates to SkyDrive app for iOS, as Microsoft allowed SkyDrive users to purchase paid storage upgrades on their iOS devices directly, bypassing Apple’s in-app purchases. It seems that Apple is no longer blocking updates to Microsoft's app as version 3.0 of SkyDrive for iOS has just been released...

Rememberum Pays Tribute To Steve Jobs With An Online Memorial

Late Apple co-founder, chairman, and CEO Steve Jobs, passed away on October 5, 2011 at the age of 56, due to complications of pancreatic cancer. The visionary inventor is known for revolutionizing the way music, movies and mobile communications are experienced today. Rememberum, a website that allows users to create beautiful, permanent online memorials to...