A big limitation of the blog format is that related information gets scattered across different posts over time, a particular problem with constantly evolving tech topics. Major guides and topics […]
Help Desk
EX Shinkansen Mobile Ticket Quick Guide
Sections Service OverviewsmartEX RegistrationEX Reservation RegistrationIC Card LinkingeTicket Reservation • Purchase IntroJR Central offers the EX Online Ticketing Services and accompanying EX App for Shinkansen mobile eTickets that can be […]
Mobile Payments
iOS 18.1 NFC & SE Platform: final destination for the iPhone open NFC saga
Apple announced a new iOS 18.1 API for iPhone: the NFC & SE Platform, a new framework for in-app NFC transactions using iPhone XS and later Secure Element. The key part of […]
Mobile Transit
Lazy Galapagos Media Lizards and the Transit IC Problem
Anytime you see ‘galapagos’ mentioned in any Japanese related tech article, know this: the writer is a lazy hack spicing up a crappy article with a sexy title. It’s no […]
Apple
Apple Maps Real-Time Transit comes to Tokyo…sort of
Apple announced Apple Maps Real-Time transit for the Tokyo area, for real unlike last time. The fuzzy Japanese press release says there is real-time transit information for ‘more than’ 20 […]
Mobile Payments
The Open NFC Lie
The whole EU vs Apple DMA sage boils down to one thing: “unfair” is never defined, never clear-cut. I’m no fan of what John Gruber writes these days, but his […]