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Apple’s Secret Weapon

Technology is hard to cover well in a way that’s clear and easy to understand, that educates and elevates without dumbing down the technology or it’s intended audience. Technology like […]

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Titanium Apple Card activation with background NFC tag reading

Apple Card is rolling out to limited number preview users in America with a full release due by the end of August. In case you didn’t notice, Apple has posted […]

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Apple Card and Apple Cash Trademark Applications for Japan

The CoRRiENTE.top site reports a JP trademark bot tweet that shows Apple applied for Apple Card and Apple Cash trademarks in Japan on July 16, the trademark bot tweet itself […]

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SmartPlate CEO Takes the Softcream Cashless Index Challenge

AquaBit Spirals CEO Tomohiro Hagiwara responded to my post and took up the Softcream Cashless Index (SCI) challenge, promising to deliver a SCI score of “over 5” with his SmartPlate […]

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Tweets of the Week: Dear TfL please hurry up with that Apple Pay EMV Express Transit support

Some people are impatient. Especially at rush hour waiting behind iPhone users fumbling with Apple Pay Face/Touch ID authentication before going through crowded Transport for London (TfL) transit gates that […]

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Tweets of the Day: QR Code Tipping Point

I think we are witnessing the QR Code tipping point in Japan. After yesterday’s 7pay ‘latest in a series of QR Code payment system security meltdowns’, IT journalist Tsutsumu Ishikawa […]

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