Stories by Usman Qureshi

Canadian Company To Release An Armband That Reads Muscle Signals

A Canadian startup by the name of Thalmic Labs is working on a device that would soon unleash your inner Jedi. According to a report by Reuters, the company has already received 22,000 pre-orders for MYO, a Bluetooth armband that reads muscle signals before amplifying and relaying them to gadgets, which could potentially allow users to play video games...

Apple Looking To Bring New Features To iMessage And FaceTime

A new Apple job listing posted today for Communications Application Engineer seems to indicate that the company is looking to make significant improvements to the FaceTime and iMessage applications in the next iOS update, as pointed out by AppleBitch. According to the listing, Apple is looking for someone who will ‘take the revolutionary iPhone to the next level’...

ComScore Debuts Media Metrix Multi-Platform For U.S.

ComScore has today announced the official U.S. launch of its new Media Metrix Multi-Platform, a web audience analytics tool aimed at providing comScore’s clients a better understanding of their current web audience. The product, which was originally released to clients in Beta with September 2012 data, offers unduplicated accounting of audience size and demographics, and offers a...

F.A.A. May Relax Rules For Using Electronics During Takeoff & Landing

According to report by The New York Times, Federal Aviation Administration (F.A.A.) is looking to relax the rules for electronic reading devices during takeoff and landing. The change, which would not include cellphones, is expected to be announced by the end of this year. So, instead of being told to power down your electronic devices for takeoff,...

Foxconn’s Record Profits Being Credited To Apple’s Expanded Product Lineup

Taiwan based Hon Hai Precision a.k.a Foxconn Technology Group, the world’s largest contract manufacturer of electronics, has posted record quarterly profit with net income climbing 5.6% to NT $37 billion ($1.2 billion), according to data compiled by Bloomberg. It is believed that company's record profits are the result of its boosted production efficiency and output of iPhone 5 and...

Preview Of Steve Jobs Manga Hits The Web [VIDEO]

Preview for the first chapter of "Steve Jobs" manga has just been released on the web, as the title hit store shelves today in the April issue of Kiss magazine. Japanese manga publishing house Kodansha released the comic's first images. According to Crunchyroll, Steve Jobs manga biography is being penned by noted manga artist and winner of...

Multitasking Redesign – A New iOS App Switcher Concept [VIDEO]

We've already seen a number of app switcher concepts in the past few months and today, yet another one of those multitasking/app switcher concepts has hit the web. According to the concept designer, there is a big difference between app switching and multitasking, and Apple’s implementation is closer to the former i.e there are limited...

iPhone & Galaxy S III Owners Really Aren’t That Different, Says Study

When it comes to the types of tasks one is looking to do, owners of the iPhone and the Galaxy S III really aren’t that different from one another, according to a new report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (via AllThingsD). Even though both companies spend a lot of money on advertising aimed at convincing their customers that they...

Looks Like Google Is Also Working On A Smart Watch

Previously, Apple has been rumoured to have a team of 100 people working on a smart watch and more recently, a Samsung executive has admitted that the company too is working on a watch device with capabilities similar to a smartphone. Now, The Financial Times is reporting that Google's Android unit is working on a smart watch,...

Nokia CEO Literally Throws An iPhone On The Floor On TV [VIDEO]

Stephen Elop, the CEO of Nokia Corporation and a Canadian citizen, literally threw an iPhone on the floor during an interview on Finnish TV, when asked about some upcoming products (via WMPoweruser). The show, which is called "Hjalliksen kanssa" ("With Hjallis"), aired yesterday evening at biggest Finnish commercial TV station MTV3. During the interview, the...

iPad To Soon Get Vibrator Support For Messages Alerts, Reveals Patent

US Patent & Trademark Office has published a patent application from Apple today which shows that the iPad will soon be able to deliver "original message alerts" that are available today on the iPhone, with the help of a vibrating motor (via Patently Apple). The filing reveals a dual channel audio codec chip that has two...

Next Generation iOS Devices Will Not Come With Samsung Displays

The Korea Economic Daily has published a report that Apple will no longer be using displays manufactured by Samsung in its next generation iOS devices (via AppAdvice). The publication also claims that Apple will instead obtain screens from LG Display, Sharp, Japan Display and AU Optronics. Apple has reportedly sent out a request for quotation (RFQ) to...