Microsoft's Windows Mobile Word Flow keyboard coming to iOS

Word Flow keyboard has long been one of the highly praised features on Windows Phone and was used to break the Guinness World Record for fastest texting. We are now working on extending this keyboard to other platforms, starting with iOS. - Microsoft

Microsoft is going to make the predictive and swipe-enabled Word Flow keyboard, previously exclusive to Lumias and Windows Phone devices, to iOS. iPhones and iPads have had the ability to run third party keyboards since iOS 8 and Apple has improved the functionality and ease of use of their stock keyboard. 

Microsoft seems to be in the testing phase and is looking to send out invitations to beta users willing to test the Word Flow keyboard on their iPhones.

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CES 2016: Samsung's new Gear S2 smartwatch will finally work with iPhones

Samsung unveiled yet another generation of its Galaxy Gear S2 smartwatches as part of its CES event in Las Vegas. Showing off two new editions including an 18K rose gold version and another in platinum, the wearables will have NFC for Samsung Pay contactless payments. While the Tizen powered Gear S2 will work with Samsung phones and certain Android-powered phones, Samsung has also made their latest wearable compatible with iPhones.

The extent of the compatibility is still unknown but at least Samsung has made it possible for more uses to consider their Gear S2 devices.

FineSCanner App enables iPhones to scan books and documents on-the-go

ABBYY’s FineSCanner is an app for scanning books with your iPhone and iPad, using the breakthrough BookScan technology. A new version of FineScanner has launched, with new document ‘capture’ technology; it automatically finds the edges of a page and photocopies it without having to press a button. All you have to do is to place your smartphone on a document and scanning begins automatically.

Due to the new technologies of Apple iOS 9 – which has 3D Touch and Spotlight Search – you can effectively work anywhere at anytime, needing only your iPhone.

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iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus available in Canada today

The 9th generation of Apple's iPhone, the iPhone 6S is now available through Apple Retail Stores as well as various Canadian carriers as well as partner stores like Best Buy.

Maintaining the same look and feel as last year's iPhone 6, the updated versions feature faster processors, more RAM, improved 12 megapixel iSight camera capable of shooting 4K video, a new 5 megapixel front-facing camera for Facetime and selfies and the most advanced range of 4G LTE bands. The biggest feature of the iPhone 6S is the new 3D Touch function which provides various menu options based on the pressure applied on the glass.

Pricing begins at $899 (CAD) for the 16GB mode, $1,029 (CAD) for the 64GB model and $1,159 (CAD) for the 128GB model. iPhone 6s Plus will be available in gold, silver, space grey and the new rose gold metallic finishes for a suggested retail price of $1,029 (CAD) for the 16GB model, $1,159 (CAD) for the 64GB model and $1,289 (CAD) for the 128GB model.