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there's a new way to pay with your phone but you probably will not use it I'm Bridget Carey and this is your scene that update this is going to be a big year for the next generation of smartwatches LG is promoting its upcoming SmartWatch called the G watch and it released a short teaser video with pretty much no information about what makes it tick the video plays this epic background music so maybe you will feel epic wearing it it reminds us of what we already know that it's going to run Android and it has a square metal face LG says it's ready with a single charge but how long does that charge last because that would be nice to know and it won't get damaged by little drops of rain water LG said the watch will launch this quarter so we should get more details by the end of june and in other news for products that don't yet exist let's talk about the iphone 6 there have been many reports that the next iPhone will have a larger screen and there's yet another report that backs up this rumor the Chinese Network weifeng posted fuzzy computer renderings of the iphone 6 casein which were said to come from Foxconn that's the factory that makes the iphone it shows a screen that's slightly larger than the current 4-inch screen the renderings also show rounded corners let's move from tech rumors to tech murders Facebook killed off two of its spin-off apps poke and Facebook camera now poke was launched in 2012 as a copycat of snapchat it was a way to send a photo to someone that would disappear from the screen after a few seconds and Facebook camera was also released in 2012 designed just for sharing photos with filters kind of like Instagram of course facebook now owns Instagram and oddly enough square just killed an app that it launched in 2012 the coincidence square wallet is now gone and it's replaced with an app called square order it only works in New York and San Francisco for now the app shows local stores that you square and you can place an order for something at that store like say a cup of coffee and once you pay on the app that coffee will be ready for you to pick up at the shop it's different from the now-dead square wallet app that also let you pay for things with a nap but you had to be in the store to use it you how to activate the app and then your photo would show up on the cash register so the clerk could tap your photo to charge you now taking out your phone to turn on the app to pay doesn't save you time but maybe you will save time with square order by ordering ahead that is if you find a business near you that actually uses it that's your tech news update and you can stay updated by subscribing to our podcast or following me on twitter from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey