Video: The iPhone 6S 3D Touch and Live Photos demo

iPhone 6S is coming to Canada on September 25. While maintaining the same look and feel as the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, the new versions features a potentially game changing 3D Touch functionality which expands one handed use with 'Peek' and 'Pop' features in supported apps. The iPhone 6S also brings an improved 12 megapixel front facing camera, the ability to shoot 4K video as well as a 5 megapixel front facing camera with Retina Flash which uses the brightness of the display to illuminate selfies. Check out the video above and stay tuned for our complete review of the iPhone 6S in the coming month.

watchOS 2 now available for download for existing Apple Watch users

Apple has finally released watchOS 2 for the Apple Watch. The second generation of the wearable's operating system brings much needed improvements including the ability to use native apps, faster interaction with iPhones and the ability for third-party apps to display information on the watch face as complications.

A Time Travel feature allows users to see future events and past headlines using the digital crown. watchOS 2 also includes new communication features such as the ability to respond quickly to Mail with dictation, Smart Replies or emoji, and Digital Touch enables more creativity with multiple sketch colors. Weighing in at 515 MB, the update takes over an hour to download on the iPhone 6 (via WiFi). Stay tuned for our first impressions once we get the new OS installed on our Apple Watch.

To update open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone> go to My Watch> General> click Software Update. It should take an hour to download (seriously, an hour) before you can proceed to installation.

Apple: iOS 9 already on 50 per cent of mobile devices

Despite some very early difficulties in enabling the Software Update, Apple's latest iOS 9 operating sytems seems to be enjoying healthy adoption with over 50 per cent of compatible devices already running the latest, greatest that iOS has to offer.

“iOS 9 is also off to an amazing start, on pace to be downloaded by more users than any other software release in Apple’s history," confirmed Apple SVP for Marketing Phil Schiller. iOS 9, which can be installed via iTunes or through WiFi via an over-the-air installation, was made available on September 16 and has a much smaller file size requirement than previous versions.

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The Apple Beat: The iPad grows up

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

To say Apple is eyeing the enterprise is a huge understatement. They’ve struck deals with the likes of IBM and Cisco to create some serious, secure, and enterprise grade iOS-first solutions that should satisfy CIOs of Fortune 500 companies as well as any SMB outfit looking for a standardized set of tools.

Apple’s iPad Pro is a daring creation. It is a powerful yet portable tablet that may seem oversized to many of us used to 7, 8 and 9-inch tablets but there’s merit to the new size as well as the new functionality.

IPad Pro isn’t the first pro-focused tablet. There’s three (possibly four, by October) generations of Microsoft Surface Pros that have a similar keyboard and stylus combination. The big difference is that the Surface runs PC applications as well as some mobile ones as well.

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