Stories by Usman Qureshi

Apple Will Introduce A $200 iPhone In 2014, Says Gene Munster

Analyst Gene Munster has made an interesting prediction regarding a cheaper iPhone, saying that Apple will launch a $200, unsubsidized iPhone in 2014, reports the Business Insider. In order to increase its market share in countries like India and China, Apple will introduce a cheaper iPhone with a price point of around $200. In the...

New Glif And Glif+ Now Available For iPhone 5 [VIDEO]

Studio Neat has announced the release of new Glif and Glif+ for iPhone 5 today, both of which are now available for order and will begin shipping early next week. The Glif ($20) is a small, elegant tripod mount and stand for the iPhone. You can use it to mount your iPhone 5 to a tripod for taking pictures & making...

UK’s Barclays Bank Buys 8,500 Apple iPads To Improve Its Customer Experience

The Telegraph is reporting (via The Register) that British bank Barclays has placed one of UK’s largest ever iPad orders i.e 8,500 units, for its various branches in order to better assist and interact with customers, in an effort to improve the overall customer experience. The iPads will also feature a new app specifically for mortgage advisers called "Mortgage...

Watch How Siri Can Control Philips Hue Lights [VIDEO]

Brandon Evans, an iOS developer, has put up the code and instructions for a SiriProxy plugin on Github, that allows users to control Philips Hue lights (via The Loop).  In the past, we have seen people use SiriProxy to lock / unlock and even start a car as well as to fully control a television. Similarly, Siri controlled apps for iPhone and iPad have...

Tim Cook Tops The List Of Highest Paid CEOs In America [FULL LIST]

Apple CEO Tim Cook, who took over the company after Steve Jobs merely 18 months ago, has been named as the highest paid CEO in America by CNBC (via Cult Of Mac). The report notes that Tim Cook tops the list of highest-paid CEOs in America with an average annual compensation of around $95 million, followed by Oracle’s Larry...

China Overtakes US As Angry Birds’ Biggest Market By Daily Users, Announces Rovio

Rovio Entertainment co-founder Niklas He'd and executive Peter Vesterbacka have revealed to TechCrunch at the Slush conference today that Chinese players of Angry Birds have overtaken the US in terms of daily usage. They also shared how the company nearly went bust and they had to lay off 20 friends back in the early days. While the Angry Birds has already passed a billion...