Reviews are in on iPad Air 2 and our day with Apple Pay on The CultCast

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This week: the iPad Air 2 reviews are in, and not everyone’s feeling the love; Cult of Mac spends a day with Apple Pay; Yosemite and iOS 8.1 Continuity features delight; a potential cure for the painful #6PlusPinch; some welcome changes rumored for Beats Music; and we wrap with our favorite movie trilogies of all time on an all-new Get To Know Your Cultist.

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Links to today’s stories

Early reviews of latest iPads praise new hardware, but wish for more

Cult of Mac’s day with Apple Pay

Everything you can buy with Apple Pay starting today

New iOS 8.1 features you need to know

This store will enlarge your pockets to fit your new iPhone 6

Apple and GT Advanced Technologies amicably part ways

Apple aiming for $5 Beats Music streaming subscriptions

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Alex Heath – Cult of Mac writer.
Buster Heine – Cult of Mac writer and community manager.
Erfon Elijah – Cult of Mac writer and host of The CultCast.

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