Monday
Sep282015

Apple Music introduces Guided Tours page to help you make sense of the app

Still get confused about how to use Apple Music? The tech giant is helping you out with the new “Guided Tours” section on the mini site for Apple Music. There are “tours” with videos explaining how these core functions work. The tours revolve around the For You, New, Radio, Connect, and My Music features. It would seem this is to help the people who have been complaining about the service’s confusing interface.

It doesn’t tackle the iTunes and iPad interfaces though or the app that’ll come for the fourth-generation Apple TV. Right now, it’s a critical time for the service as the trials for Apple Music will end at the end of this month. Starting October 1st, subscribers who stay on will have to pay at least US$10 per month for the service. And we'll be able to see how much potential the service really has with the number of users who decide to stay on.

Source: Apple Insider

Monday
Sep282015

SlideShow: Check out the new BlackBerry Passport Silver edition

Photos by Alex Davies

While we've not been able to review or test the new BlackBerry Passport Silver Edition, contributor Alex Davies got to spend some quality time with the new and improved variant of BlackBerry's work-wide device. What's new aside from the colour change are the new textured back which is grippier. The camera now has a metal bezel which protects the glass from touching the surface. 

The more refined build and finish is apparent and similar in look to the AT&T version of the Passport that was released early this year.  BB10 version 10.3.2. is also preinstalled. Here's our review of the original BlackBerry Passport.

Monday
Sep282015

Samsung Pay mobile payments system now available in the US

Samsung's mobile payments system, Samsung Pay, is now live across the US. Using a built-in app as well as thier fingerprint sensor, the service allows users to pay for purchases via NFC and contactless payments terminal.  The service is available only to Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, S6 Edge + and Note 5 devices on AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and  US Cellular provided they're tied up with Visa, MasterCard or American Express accounts. 

Source: Engadget

Monday
Sep282015

All the Nexus 6P details leaked in review document

While a few days away from launch (and likely, subsequent short online supplies), Google's newest Nexus devices have already been leaked in various renders and documents, but not like this. A complete reviewer's guide was leaked recently and made available on Imgur

Designed to focus on talking points for product reviewers, the document explains and confirms many of the features coming to the Nexus 6P including a unibody construction, fingerprint reader, improved camera and sensors, USB Type-C charging port and Android Marshmallow preinstalled. What isn't discussed in the document is the price, which will be the biggest factor whether users will flock to the new Nexus devices or consider other mid-range options from the likes of Motorola, HTC, OnePlus and others.

Source: BGR