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Apple Pay is expected to expand to its third market this week, launching in Canada this Tuesday, November, 17, reports iPhone in Canada . As previously announced, Apple Pay will be launching through an exclusive partnership with American Express , initially limiting the reach of Apple's payments service in the country. According to American Express, the service is set to launch this Tuesday, November 17, 2015. Customer service representatives we spoke with confirmed the date over the phone numerous times, and is in line with what you've told us as well. As reported by The Globe and Mail last month, sources indicate Apple partnered with American Express in order to expedite the Apple Pay launch in the country, as discussions with the major Canadian banks and other credit card companies had been "dragging." Beyond Canada, Apple is also partnering with American Express to bring Apple Pay to Australia by the end of the year and to Spain,...

8 Hidden Windows 10 Features You Didn't Know About The Cheat Sheet » The Cheat Sheet  /   info@wallstcheatsheet.com (Damien Hoffman) Source: Microsoft Many of us have had Windows 10 on our PCs for a while now, so we're pretty used to the new features of the operating system from daily use. However, Microsoft has hidden a few features underneath the hood however that you may find especially useful. Give these tips and tricks a try, and improve your Windows 10 experience. 1. Access a Start Menu for power users Windows 10 has a hidden Start Menu that contains some useful features for Windows power users, such as the task manager, command prompt, device and disk management, and others. To get to this menu, you'll need to either right click the Windows button or use the Windows key+X shortcut on your keyboard. 2. Sniff out disk space-hoarding apps A useful feature of both iOS and Android is a feature within their settings apps that allow you to monitor th...

OneNote is receiving several updates today across multiple platforms that will make it better for many devices. First up, iOS and Web users can finally add audio recordings to their notes. That means you can easily record meetings or lectures, and add the clips directly to documents. Web users can also now add other sorts of attachments too, such as a PowerPoint slide from a coworker or professor. On the desktop you can now embed Web video from sources like YouTube and Vimeo with a new video button. It’s something that probably should have been there a long time ago given…  This story continues  at The Next Web

Microsoft  announced  today that the first major update for its newest operating system Windows 10 is rolling out to users across the globe. The update, dubbed Threshold 2 by Microsoft during development, is the first major update of the operating system. The company announced the launch of the update on the official Windows Experience blog earlier today, mentioning that Windows 10 has reached a point with it in "platform maturity" where it can be recommended confidently to whole organizations for deployment. The update features changes that Windows Insiders have tested for a while. Notable updates are performance improvements and updates to the official system browser Microsoft Edge. Microsoft does not reveal many of the improvements that went into the update on the blog post. If you read Ghacks regularly, you know about some of the updates already. Activation improvements . It is possible now to enter a Windows 7 or Windows 8 product key to activate Windows 10 d...

Microsoft has released the first large update to Windows 10 that brings with it several new features and stability improvements. The update is available now via Windows Update but know that installing this release will take a bit of time, so be patient, and make sure to save all of your work before updating. The release, which is free for all Windows 10 users, brings enhancements to Cortana, Edge and also adds a bit of polish to the user interface. For those of you who have been participating in the Insiders program, this release is the culmination of all those updates packaged into one build for the general population. With this release, Cortana gains the functionality to understand handwritten notes and can keep track of your event and movie bookings along with the ability to call an Uber. The personal digital assistant is also now available in new regions that include Japan, Australia, and Canada and India (in English) with features and experiences customized for eac...

First look at the BlackBerry "Vienna" - the company's second Android phone! CrackBerry.com blogs  /  Bla1ze Our first look at BlackBerry's next Android phone, this time with a front-facing keyboard BlackBerry's next Android phone could feature an always-present physical keyboard Just days after CEO John Chen confirmed the company has a range of products planned after the newly-released BlackBerry Priv , we just received on the CrackBerry tip line these renders of what is rumored to be BlackBerry's next Android-powered phone. I've dropped the codename "Vienna" before on our weekly podcast and in the forums, but these renders are the first real look we've had at the design. Vienna ditches the Priv's slider in favor of the iconic BlackBerry layout, with a front-facing physical keyboard that is always present. The keyboard looks to be of the same size and design as that of the Priv's, but it's hard to tell simply based off of th...

We’ve all been in that unfortunate situation when we’re lost with no reception, and our phone’s navigation features are neutered as a result. Now, Google is offering a dead simple solution. You can download snippets of the world for offline navigation and search. There’s one small but unsurprising catch: The new feature is available now on Android and is “coming soon to iOS.” So if you’re an Android user, you’re going to love it. With the update, you can select a portion of the map, and the selection will be saved to a new “Offline Areas” section of the app. (Google uses the city of San Francisco as an example in its announcement.) Google Maps will save all the relevant navigation and search data so you can do anything from navigate to an address or search for the nearest zoo. Whenever you get bars back, the app will automatically switch back to the full version of Google Maps. The trick, of course, is knowing which offline areas you want to store for later use–Google will only down...