Stories by Usman Qureshi

Chinese Clone Specialist Beats Apple In Releasing The iPhone 5S [VIDEO]

Chinese clone specialist company GooPhone, that recently released the GooPhone i5 which runs a heavily skinned version of Android 4.1 to make it look like iOS, has now released the "i5S" even before the official iPhone 5S launch, notes CultOfMac. The cheap knockoff looks identical to the real iPhone (see video below), and you'll only notice the difference once...

Foxconn And TSMC To Hire 5000 New Workers Each To Meet Industry Demands

Hon Hai Precision a.k.a Foxconn, Apple's largest supplier of iPhone, iPod and iPad devices, as well as TSMC, the world's leading contract chip maker, are both looking to hire 5,000 new workers each in order to meet the technology industry's fast growing demand, reports Reuters. Both companies posted the recruitment notices today at an event...

iOS SDK For Philips Hue Lighting System Now Available For Download

Philips Hue is a smart web-enabled LED home lighting system, that allows users to personalize and control their home lights using an iPhone / iPad app. Today, Philips has released an iOS SDK for its innovative lighting system which can be downloaded through an official developer program (via TechCrunch). Hue uses the ZigBee standard for home...

Apple Maps Beats Google Maps & Waze When It Comes To Navigation

According to an interesting PCMag article, Apple Maps app seems to lead the way in navigation, despite all its flaws and inaccuracies. When put to the test against Waze and Google Maps, Apple Maps came out on top providing better navigation among the three. The author and his friends drove around in three separate cars, each...

Thermodo: A Tiny Thermometer For iOS & Android Devices [Kickstarter]

A new Kickstarter project Thermodo is a tiny electrical thermometer that easily plugs into your iPhone, iPod touch, iPad or any Android device's headphone jack and accurately measures the temperature around you. Designed and produced by Robocat, Thermodo consists of a passive temperature sensor built into a standard 4 pole audio jack, that allows your mobile device to read...

Apple Acquires Registered Trademarks For “AuthenTec” And “KeepSafe”

According to Patently Apple, the US Patent and Trademark's database has been updated to show that the registered trademark status for "AuthenTec" and "KeepSafe" have been assigned to Apple. The report notes that Apple acquired AuthenTec in July last year and is expected to use their fingerprint technology in iOS devices in near future. AuthenTec's registered trademark...

Apple Employees Who Quit Can Come Back & Keep Their Ranks After 2 Years

Daring Fireball's John Gruber claims that Apple allows its employees who leave the company, to come back after two years and also keep their seniority, notes Business Insider. He says that the company lets its employees quit, and if they decide to come back in two years, "it's like nothing ever happened". The source further details this interesting...

Disney CEO: Steve Jobs Used To Tell Me My Movies ‘Sucked’

Bob Iger, Chairman and chief executive of The Walt Disney Company, has told Bloomberg BusinessWeek that after becoming a Disney board member and the company’s largest shareholder, Steve Jobs would sometimes call him to say his movies “sucked”, via Business Insider. The transaction gave Disney a new source of hit movies. Jobs also became a Disney board member and its...

F-Secure: Android Accounted For 96% Of All Mobile Malware In Q4 2012

Anti-virus, cloud content and computer security company F-Secure's mobile threat report for Q4 2012 has revealed that Android accounted for 96% of all mobile malware during this period. The firm has also warned in its report that Google's mobile platform is increasingly being targeted by malware writers and hackers. Apple SVP of worldwide marketing Philip Schiller said "be...

Apple Grabs Yet Another Patent Win Against Samsung In UK

A London court has invalidated Samsung's assertion that some Apple products infringe on its patents, granting the Cupertino giant yet another patent win against its arch rival, ZDNet reports. The Judge ruled that Apple's products do not infringe Samsung's patents around the ability to send and receive information from a device over a 3G network. Judge...

Samsung’s Patents War With Apple Has Amplified Its U.S. Lobbying Efforts

According to a report published by Bloomberg, Samsung has increased its U.S. lobbying expenses by a factor of six i.e $900,000 last year from $150,000 in 2011, in its efforts to influence the federal government on its ongoing patent infringement lawsuits with Apple. The report also points out that the South Korean electronics giant has recently hired Sony...