The big announcements from WWDC are fun to read about but so are the small print features the flash by during the keynote. Some of the highlighted ones appear on […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - iPhone - NFC-Felica - Suica - Transit
JR Central Tips Major Apple Pay Japan Expansion in September (U)
One of the current major limitations of Suica Apple Pay is that it cannot be used for Shinkansen travel on the most popular line: the Tokyo~Osaka Tokaido Shinkansen operated by JR […]
Cool Japan - Maps
Ye Olde Map of the Miyako Harbor Line
The Miyako Harbor Line was a short freight spur line off the Yamada line in Miyako to service ships. Built during the Pacific war, it was abandoned in 1984 just […]
Maps
Reality Check
Nick Heer has praised Justin O’Beirne’s A Year of Google & Apple Maps. Lots of people have. Nick says, “This article is so good that Apple could almost use it as a todo […]
Maps
Three Screenshots that Say All You Need to Know About Apple Maps Japan
I have reviewed Apple Maps, Google Maps and Yahoo Japan Maps extensively, but finding a simple and easy to understand comparison that elegantly summarizes the differences of the three Japanese […]
Apple
iCloud Music Library and Japanese Sorting
iCloud Music Library is supposed to be a magic cloud that seamlessly unifies three different products: Apple Music for steaming, the iTunes Store for song purchases and iTunes Match for […]
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