New Apple TV now available for pre-order online

Apple's new and improved Apple TV set top box is coming this week and interested buyers can place an order online for the 32GB or 64GB versions. Apple TV features an updated A8 processor and user interface which includes voice search and control using Siri. A new controller incorporating multi-touch and  microphone for voice. Canadians can get the new Apple TV for $199.00 for the 32GB version or $269.00 for the 64GB version. What is all the storage for? There are Apple TV specific apps and games coming to the platform in the near future.

Moto 360 (2015) coming to Canada via Best Buy, TELUS and Google Play on October 28th

Motorola's latest Android Wear smartwatch, the Moto 360 will be available to Canadians on October 28th from Best Buy, TELUS and Google Play and starts at $379.00. Now featuring two sizes and models specifc to ladies and gentlemen, the MOto 360 also works with Android devices as well as iPhones thanks to an iOS version of Android Wear app.

Also new for this year is an ambient mode that always dislplays the time without wearing down the battery life which is good for at least a day and a half. On a full charge. We will have a ful review of this new and improved wearable right here so stay tuned. In the meantime, check out the new Moto 360 on Motorola.ca.

BlackBerry's PRIV Android smartphone now available for pre-order in Canada for $899

Blackberry's PRIV smartphone is now available for pre-order in Canada, the United States, and UK. Built on BlackBerry’s legacy of securing and keeping private our customers’ data, PRIV brings the best of BlackBerry’s security, privacy and access to both a touchscreen and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.

The device offers unique tools and features – like DTEK, our exclusive warning system app that lets you know when your privacy could be at risk so you can take action to improve it – as well as an elegant, slim design with a slide-out physical keyboard, 5.4-inch dual-curved screen and a powerful 18MP camera. And of course, access to the Google Play store to easily download all the apps you want.

PRIV will be the solution for smartphone users who are learning daily of the lack of privacy they have on their current devices. PRIV will be the answer for former BlackBerry users who miss the physical keyboard but want more apps. And we’re responding to current – and prospective – BlackBerry users who need it all: choice, innovation, security, privacy and productivity.

Where to order

Customers in Canada, United States, and UK can pre-order PRIV from ShopBlackBerry.com. PRIV will be priced at $699 USD in the US, $899 CDN in Canada and £559 incl. VAT in the UK. We invite you to learn more at BlackBerry.com and to visit our Inside BlackBerry blog for more details on where to pre-order PRIV.

Mac, iOS and Apple Watch users get a trifecta of software updates

Apple's quietly rolled out software updates to OS X El Capitan, iOS 9 and Watch OS today. The updates bring a lot of improvements, fix bugs and improve the compatibility of these operating systems with various third-party apps.

OS X 10.11  for El Capitan gets bug fixes and improvements related to Office 2016 which has been quite problematic, Mail, VoiceOver also get updates and Apple's released more than 150 new emoji characters including some for tacos and the much anticipated middle finger emoji.

For iOS 9.1, Live Photos functionality on the iPhone 6S with motion sensing capability that avoids recording Live Photos when the iPhone is moving, we also get new wallpapers incliuding Mars, Jupiter, and Neptune. It is has been noted that this release is in preparation for AppleTV (coming next week) and the iPad Pro (November).

For WatchOS 2.0.1, focus is on a fix for an issue that could cause software updates to stall. Fixes for issues that were impacting battery performance. A resolution for an issue that could prevent a managed iPhone from syncing iOS Calendar events to Apple Watch. All of these updates are available via Software Update right now.