Just a friendly reminder that the first of JR East’s major Suica system maintenance downtimes starts Saturday July 6 at 9pm and runs to 5am. Mobile Suica and JR East […]
Apple - Mobile Payments - NFC-Felica
Tweets of the Day: QR Code Tipping Point
I think we are witnessing the QR Code tipping point in Japan. After yesterday’s 7pay ‘latest in a series of QR Code payment system security meltdowns’, IT journalist Tsutsumu Ishikawa […]
Apple
Another QR Code Payment Launch, Another Security Meltdown
It seems to becoming a regular occurrence that whenever a (yes, yet another) new QR Code Payment platform launches, they have a security meltdown. Right on cue, NHK is reporting […]
Apple - iPhone
Face ID + Face Masks = Lost iPhone Sales
The China only Under-Display Fingerprint Sensor iPhone rumor making the rounds is interesting but the reasons offered for it, and the analysis for lost iPhone sales in China don’t really […]
Apple - Apple Pay Suica - Apple Pay Transit - NFC - Suica - Transit
iOS 13 Apple Pay Suica: Move along folks there’s nothing to see here…
As I wrote previously, “if you are using iOS 12.3, you are already using iOS 13 Apple Pay Wallet.” The major under the hood Wallet changes of iOS 12.3~4 were […]
Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Suica - Docomo - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC-Felica - Suica
NTT Docomo Celebrates Osaifu Keitai 15th Anniversary
It all started today, July 1, 2004, when NTT Docomo launched the iMode FeliCa mobile wallet, called Osaifu Keitai in Japanese. It was the world’s first mobile payment platform, a […]