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Usman Khalid
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Time Warner goes up on stock after a deal with NFL

Time Warner Cable struck a deal with National Football League (NFL) for exclusive television rights. The cable TV providers will now be able to run an NFL-exclusive channel that will be aired via traditional cable network and online. The company was up 1.2 percent in the afternoon trading. Its stock value has increased more than […]

Apple misses initial sales figures over the weekend, down in the stock market

Apple shares were down Monday for the first time in eight days after the company released report on first weekend of iPhone 5 sales. Apple sold 5 Million units of the handset in three days after it broke the ice on Friday at Apple retail stores. The analysts had expected more sales from the smartphone […]

Facebook stock ends three-week upward streak after a report criticizes its value

Facebook shares were down 8.4 percent in the afternoon trading on Monday after one Wall Street newspaper published a critique on the company’s stock. Out of the 40 analysts covering The Social Network at Wall Street, one has the view that its share price is much over rated. The article blatantly compared FB’s stock value […]

Verizon Communications settles patents cases with TiVo and ActiveVideo

Verizon Communications has settled for patent lawsuits against both digital video technology companies TiVo and ActiveVideo after losing in separate cases. The company will pay both plaintiffs total of more than $500 Million in damages. Both TiVo and ActiveVideo won their respective federal district court cases against Verizon Communications on the infringement of their patents. […]

Google shares rise 2 percent after alleged Google Maps approval for iOS 6

Google surge up the graph on Monday after the word got out that its Google Map app for the new version of iOS  will get approved this Thursday. Apple recently released the latest mobile operating system iOS 6, preinstalled in iPhone 5 and available of iPhone 4/4S and iPad 2 and the new iPad. The […]

Google Maps expected to arrive as soon as Thursday on App Store for iOS 6

Apple is under yet another attack from its rivals and this time it is archenemy Google. In the midst of the scepticism on the company’s own Maps app, replacement for the Google product, the search giant has submitted Google Maps to Apple for approval. To sell or distribute an app on App Store every developer, […]

LinkedIn to make its presence in Pakistan, regional offices to start operations by year end

Chairman Board of Investments Saleem H Mandviwalla revealed in a statement that LinkedIn is planning to set up offices in major cities of Pakistan. The announcement came after the Board Chair’s detailed discussion with LinkedIn director Fredrick Berscl on the possible move. Mandviwalla was confident in announcing that the decision has been finalized and the […]

New Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9-inch: Will it live up to its hype? – Part 1

Amazon’s new 7-inch Kindle Fire HD is out for the same prime as the original Kindle Fire. At $199 the new tablet offers a faster processor, updated operating system and denser display with HD resolution. Alongside the launch of the 7 incher, Amazon also introduced the premium versions, 8.9-inch Fires, of the tablets. The 8.9-inch […]

New Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9-inch: Will it live up to its hype? – Part 2

The brief hands-on experience by a number of experts suggests that the device was quite satisfying but still there are certain performance quirks that might had been improved. A full-fledged review is only possible at the time of its release to the stores on November 20. Amazon is good at slating release dates on its […]

New iOS 6: Over 200 new features, more interactive Siri and Facebook integration – Part 1

Apple released the iOS 6 in July concurrently with the release of new MacBook Pro with Retina Display and Mac OS X Mountain Lion. However, the mobile operating system did not have worth companion back then. Now that the new iPhone 5 has been unleashed by Apple, experts are incising the new OS as well. […]

New iOS 6: Over 200 new features, more interactive Siri and Facebook integration – Part 2

Starting the addition, first we will move to the all-new Maps app. Apple has certain done a great job in replacing the old Google Maps app with its own home-bred maps application. It brings some new additions to the iPhone, which cannot be said the same for the overall market. The turn-by-turn navigation feature in […]

New iOS 6: Over 200 new features, more interactive Siri and Facebook integration – Part 3

As demonstrated in presentation on its official launch and iPhone 5’s launch, it gets the users everything from latest movies playing in theatres, favourite shows on TV, latest sports scores to booking reservations in restaurants. Another new feature iOS 6 houses is the Passbook, Apple’s attempt against NFC-based (near-field communications) Google Wallet. The only difference […]

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