NoticeSuicaEng is obsolete, replaced by Wallet app functionality for direct adding of Suica in iOS 13 Wallet and later. SuicaEng is no longer available on App Store, installed SuicaEng does […]
Apple - Japanese Typography - Maps - Signage
Google Maps has a Apple Maps meltdown in Japan
Early this month Google Japan announced new features for Japanese users that would include better map data and easier navigation. Instead of “in 100 meters turn left”, Google Maps now […]
Apple Pay Transit - Mobile Payments - NFC-Felica - Transit
Someday We’ll Be Together
UPDATE: Apple Pay Octopus is coming with iOS 13 Note: For simplicity and convenience I have migrated and merged older Octopus related posts here. All new Octopus related developments will […]
Apple
iOS 12 Stocks still mostly broken for Japan
A word to the wise: do not rely on the iOS Stocks app for Japanese stocks. The iOS 11 Stocks version of the app was actually handy until Verizon took […]
Apple - Japanese Typography
iWork update to add vertical CJK text support at Apple Special Event
The Japanese Flick News site reports that iWork/Pages/Keynote will finally gain vertical CJK text layout support with the major iWork update announced today with the new iPad Air and iPad […]
Mobile Payments - QR Code Payments
Security weaknesses cool China QR code use
Not all Japanese IT journalists are gaga over QR codes. Takefumi Makino writes on ASCII that QR codes really don’t make much business sense given that Japan already has a […]