The Apple Pay Suica iOS 12.2 UI had one head scratching feature: the pull down refresh in the Suica details window. It didn’t update the balance or transaction information, or […]
Culture Wars
TEPCO Pulls a Pink Lady
In case you missed the Showa era and ‘The Best Ten‘ tv parade of Japanese pop, you missed a lot of fun. And if you missed the Showa and Pink […]
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Growing the Global NFC Footprint
One of the challenges facing Hong Kong Octopus Card expansion to digital wallet platforms is the fragmented state of Android hardware and the small footprint of Android global NFC devices. […]
Apple
The ‘g’ Difference
If you are thinking about trying iOS 13 Public Beta 2 (17A5522g), don’t. Developer beta 3/public beta 2 is usually a point when things settle down and come into focus. […]
Apple - Apple Pay Suica - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC tags - NFC-Felica
While the screen is on: Background Tags and Apple NFC Evolution
NFC background tag support that allows users to scan NFC tags without an app arrived with A12 Bionic iPhone XS/XR and iOS 12, but the feature is only becoming truly […]
Apple Pay Suica - Mobile Payments - NFC-Felica - QR Code Payments - Suica
QR Codes and Big Data
After the 7pay QR Code launch and security meltdown, Twitter is full of Japanese tweets asking ‘why do we need QR when we already have fast secure FeliCa services like […]