Apple Pay may be coming to Canada as per leak on TD Canada Trust website

Canadian iPhone users who have been waiting for Apple Pay to come to a bank near them might have a reason to rejoice. A leak on TD Canada Trust's website shows that Apple Pay is coming to Canada, at least for TD customers. A footer link on the bank's website showed the above information. The link has since been pulled down from the website which makes us wonder if Apple Pay is indeed coming or if this was just a wishful placeholder.

Source: AppleInsider

Apple Pay comes to the UK

Apple Pay has come to the UK and is available to a number of banks and services. Included financial institutions are NatWest, Nationwide, Royal Bank of Scotland, Ulster Bank and Santander. HSBC, which was expected to be part of the initial launch said it was planning to launch the service by the end of July. An HSBC spokesperson told the BBC: "We are working hard to bring this to our customers by the end of July."

Apple Pay uses secure touchless payments via NFC and can be enabled by the iPhone 6 an the iPhone 6 Plus as well as the Apple Watch paired to an iPhone 5, iPhone 5s or iPhone 5c. In the UK, Apple Pay will be limited to users that are 13 years old or older, and tap-and-go card transactions with retailers are limited to £20 - rising to £30 in September.

Square to unveil Apple Pay-compatible wireless reader in the fall

Square will be unveiling a new version of its card reader this fall that will accept Apple Pay. Announced at Apple’s WWDC event, the battery-powered wireless reader will also work with EMV chip cards and other services (possibly support for Android Pay at a later date). The new reader will work with Square Stand for businesses as well. Square is offering 250,000 of the wireless readers for free, or you can already preorder it for US$49, plus a $49 card processing credit.

Source: Square | Via: The Next Web

WWDC 2015: Apple intros iOS 9

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

San Francisco - Apple today revealed iOS 9, the new operating system coming to iPhones and iPads this fall. Offering various refinements stemming from the foundation level, iOS 9 isn't a huge overhaul like what we've seen in previous iOS 7 and iOS 8 releases. Notable new features include more proactive and intelligent features that automate various small tasks and make them available to users at the most opportune time.

Most notable, iPads now have various multitasking enhancements as well as more powerful tools to play video in a picture-in-picture mode while working on other applications. 

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