This week Jason tells Myke about his experiences at an Apple event as an independent writer, before going on to discuss the new products announced and day-one impressions of Apple Pay.

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Six Colors: Local man uses Apple Pay to buy grocieries

Dan Moren on Twitter: "Bah, Apple Pay says none of my card issuers support it yet, despite the fact that they’re all on Apple’s list."

Paul Haddad on Twitter: "Get an authentication code for Apple Pay, enter it in, get a too many attempts error and now card is locked out. Pretty much as expected."

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