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H.I.S. Mobile Strange SIM Shocks Japanese

Junya Ishino’s report on H.I.S. Mobile’s “Hen na SIM” (Strange SIM) has raised a few eyebrows and comments on Twitter. Comments like how is Apple OK with this brazen hijacking of […]

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Apple Pay Suica Inbound Battery Strategies

Google Pay doesn’t do Inbound and Apple Pay Suica remains the only digital wallet choice for inbound visitors to Japan who have a Global FeliCa iPhone or Apple Watch. One of […]

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The 10.5-inch iPad Pro, The Tipping Point and All That

I think a lot of people, myself included, have been somewhat unhappy with our Macs and iPads. The Mac does not feel like it’s where it needs to be, and […]

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