The iPhone and iPod development stories and how they changed Apple are well known but I’ve enjoyed watching the NO WIRES: How the Apple Airport Changed Everything YouTube video posted […]
Apple
The forking of iOS
iOS 17.4 is here, and with it comes an end to the iPhone business model that Steve Jobs envisioned. As the studio execs of golden age Hollywood used to say, […]
Mobile Transit
Suica 2.0 Platform Closeup: Suica card evolution
Suica 2.0 related comments and discussions are starting to appear on online forums but there are many mistaken assumptions. The assumption is any transit card system using ‘online’ processing simply […]
Mobile Payments
Reality Checking the Western Myth of Japanese Cash Addiction
Myths die hard, especially Western Japanese myths. Mostly because somebody doesn’t want them to. They are the proverbial rice bowl of hack foreign journalists who can’t be bothered doing research, […]
Mobile Payments - Mobile Transit
Suica 2.0 Platform Closeup: Mobile Suica 2.0
March is always the month for new train schedules and services and 2024 is no different. JR East will be adding a significant Suica service expansion to 21 stations in […]
Japanese Typography
Raising the dead: Morisawa breathes life into the Sha-Ken font library
In January 2021, Morisawa and Sha-Ken announced they would ‘co-develop’ the Sha-Ken font library for OpenType (English press release here), due for release in 2024 in celebration of the Japanese […]