Despite a lot of launch hype back in 2020, App Clips has been a poster child for highly engineered solutions looking for a problem. Lots of industry folks had been […]
Mobile Transit
The Apple Pay Navigo charm offensive
Apple Pay Navigo is finally here after a very long gestation, a French government dictated delay and EU dictated open NFC Host Card Emulation, just in time for the Paris […]
Mobile Transit
Octopus ditches FeliCa for PBOC
Called it: Octopus announced NFC A HCE Octopus for Android, an HCE version of PBOC 2.0 which is an EMV clone, i.e. no licensing fees to pay to EMVCo, Octopus […]
Japan Journal
Farewell Osawa-kan
My partner loves onsen ryokan, famous onsen ryokan or the special ones that give you great value for the money, wonderful food, wonder service with the personal touch and personality […]
Apple
Japan inbound visitors don’t use Apple Maps
With the cheap yen and visitors flooding Japan, social media sites are overflowing with itinerary and transit questions. Should I get a JR PASS or not, how much cash do […]
Mobile Transit
Disability fare Suica and Eki-Net Services
I have been wanting to write about Disability Fare Suica/PASMO ever since the service started in March 2023. When I lived in Osaka my deaf friends always used the staffed […]