2026-07-10 Mobile Suica App (iOS) update: all app services disrupted during the 2026-07-01 temporary service maintenance were restored as of 2026-07-01 18:00 JST. The trouble started the previous day 2026-06-30 […]
Mobile Payments
It’s a long way to teppay-rary
The 2026-07-01 Mobile Suica temporary service maintenance that ran from 09-50~17:34 JST, coming after 4 hour recharge slowdown on 2026-06-30, was the second time in recent months that Mobile Suica […]
Mobile Transit
New MARS with JRE GO
JR East catches a lot of criticism, some rightly so, for having outdated, old fashioned apps and web services with crusty, confusing UI. As for me, I’d rather have something […]
Mobile Transit
JR East local transit migration to paper QR tickets for spring 2027
JR East finally made a long anticipated announcement: the end of local transit mag-strip paper tickets. The PR release tucks the transition to paper QR tickets info at the very […]
Apple
WWDC26 mini to do list (updated)
Haven’t done one of these in a while. This really isn’t a to do list or a wish list, just a few things Apple needs to address in future iOS […]
Mobile Payments - Mobile Transit
UWB Mobile Suica isn’t just walk-through gates, it’s payments too
JR East and Sony held an open demonstration of next generation Suica showing Mobile Suica Ultra-wideband (UWB) use in walk-through gates (JR East) and UWB touchless payments (Sony), taking place […]
Mobile Transit
JR Central mistake is Meitetsu gain
In late January 2026, JR Central announced the end of several popular discounted tickets on their Toyohashi/Nagoya route: JR Central’s goal in deleting regular-line discount tickets: steer travelers to use […]