Stories by Usman Qureshi

Apple Saw My Prototype Tablet Way Before iPad, Claims Samsung Witness

Roger Fidler, a news technology developer called as a trial witness by Samsung yesterday in the ongoing patents infringement trial with Apple, claimed that Cupertino company saw his prototype for a tablet computer over a decade before the iPad was released in 2010, Bloomberg reports. The witness, who heads the digital publishing program at the University of Missouri, said...

Royal Canadian Mint Announces Start Of Public Vote For Popular Choice Award in MintChip™ Developer Challenge

Back in April, Royal Canadian Mint sent invitation to iOS developers to join the MintChip™ Developer Challenge, asking them to create an innovate digital payment app using MintChip technology. The contest entries ran though July 18, 2012 and today, the Royal Canadian Mint has announced the start of the public voting for the popular choice award in the $50,000...

Apple’s New LCD Technology Patent May Explain iPhone 5’s Thinner & Lighter Display Panel

Apple has been awarded patent for a new touch screen LCD technology that may suggest how the company might be able to reduce weight and thickness of next generation iPhone displays by combining different touch-sensing elements, reports AppleInsider. Labelled as "Touch screen liquid crystal display", the newly patented LCD screen technology integrates the touch sensors with the actual display circuits,...

Waterfield: SleeveCase For Retina MacBook Pro [REVIEW]

Designed and made in San Francisco, Waterfield Designs SleeveCase is a fully customizable bag-style protective sleeve for Apple's MacBook lineup. The SleeveCase is available for MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and Retina MacBook Pro models in a variety of material, design and size customization options. Today, we'll take a look at a horizontal SleeveCase for Retina MacBook...

U.S. Department Of Justice Labels Updated iOS Security As ‘Law Enforcement’s Worst Nightmare’

An official from U.S. Department Of Justice reportedly took the stage at the recent DFRWS computer forensics conference in Washington, D.C. where he explained how updated iOS security is now so good that it has become a nightmare for law enforcement, reports BGR (via M.I.T’s Technology Review blog). The source points out that Apple’s use of "sophisticated cryptography" isn't the only obstacle law enforcement and hackers...