Video: First look at the Apple Pay

Apple has put its prodigious talents into solving the antiquated payments systems we use today and develop a truly mobile, secure and easy mobile payments platform using the iPhone 6. Here's a short demo of how Apple Pay will work with a retailer. Apple Pay already has various banks, credit and debit companies onboard and more importantly, the retail infrastructure is buying into this new way of purchasing with mobile devices. Apple Pay uses the new NFC chip in the iPhone 6 as well as established features such as PassBook and the Touch ID to securely verify identity for payments.

TELUS opens up iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus pre-order page

The new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will come to Canada on Septemeber 19 with pre-orders starting on September 12. TELUS is the first Canadian carrier to confirm that they will be having the new devices.

Telus customers can now register at www.telus.com/preregister to be the first to be notified when the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are available for pre-order at TELUS. 

First Impressions: Neptune's 'Pine' Smartwatch

I'd be lying if I didn't admit that, just short of a year ago, I was smitten by Montreal-based Neptune's 'Pine' Kickstarter campaign. Besides smashing past its fundraising goal, this visibly ostentatious, Dick Tracy wannabe, had all the features every other 'smart' watch just didn’t, while only adding a 'bit' of bulk to the overall feel on your wrist.

This bad boy was sold as your answer to everything: phone calls, emails, photos, video calls, full QWERTY, browsing, etc and had a very compelling sales video. It managed to allure 2839 people into funding it; all believed in the dream and decided to fork the money up to make it a reality.

Fast-forward to almost a year later and the campaign is rapidly becoming reality, with first round backer products set to ship in a matter of weeks. I was lucky enough to get an early demo unit and I wanted to put some two cents down after 48-hours with it.

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Video: First look at the Apple Watch

Apple's first wearable is quite a knockout device. The Apple Watch broke ground today in an unprecedented launch event that saw newer, bigger iPhones, an Apple Pay mobile payments platform and the revolutionary Apple Watch. While it is still coming in 2015, the family of Apple Watches offer the gamut of wearable, health tracker, iPhone extension as well as remote control for Apple TV and iTunes. Here's our exclusive first look at the latest from Apple. Check out my first impressions on this new wearable. Here are some more images from our slideshow.