Apple ads tailored for Japan are kinda rare so it’s nice that Apple Watch Series 4 gets a Tokyo workout ad for ‘closing your rings’ with a regular Tokyo workday: […]
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Apple Pay Suica and PASMO Service Mode
Service Mode is a weird function that doesn’t have a counterpart on the Android Suica•PASMO side. The JR East Apple Pay Suica help page used to mention this. The iPhone […]
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Suica•PASMO System Downtime July 6th 2019 (obsolete)
Mobile Suica maintenance is a regular nightly occurrence from 1am~4am with longer once a month sessions. The July 6~7 and July 20~21 Suica system maintenance work is very unusual for […]
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Rakuten Pay branded Suica for Android in 2020
Apple Pay users got the Mizuho branded Suica in 2018, so it’s only fair that Android Suica users get a digitally branded Suica too. JR East and Rakuten announced Rakuten […]
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WWDC19 Apple Maps 2.0 Scorecard
The WWDC19 keynote had some Apple Maps 2.0 updates that included a few of my wish list items. The big marquee feature is iOS 13 Apple Maps ‘Look Around’ that […]
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WWDC19 Keynote and Apple Pay
There hasn’t been a single Apple Pay mention in tech site iOS 13 feature roundups for the WWDC19 keynote. I think there will be a few. The WWDC19 Apple Pay […]