August 3, 2021 Busy week for Apple Pay and Mobile FeliCa Since last week’s Australian Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services hearings regarding the so called Apple Pay […]
The Weekly #2
July 27, 2021 The ‘Apple Pay is a monopoly’ soap opera continues ZDNet reports Australian Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services hearings that are focused on, yet again, […]
iOS 15 Apple Pay Wallet preview: the Express Mode difference
Express Transit Suica ruins the Apple Pay experience for using anything else. You want Apple Pay to work that way everywhere but it doesn’t. Most of the time we trudge […]
iOS 15: A12 Bionic fine print features
Japanese media reaction to Apple’s WWDC21 Keynote was a big ‘meh’. Not surprising as many iOS 15 features won’t be available for Japanese iPhone users who are well acquainted with […]
Secure Intent and the Secure Element
Undistracted John Gruber on Secure Intent on Apple Devices. A interesting dive into spoof proof secure intent: “a physical link—from a physical button to the Secure Enclave…used to confirm user […]
‘Say Apple Pay’ is going away
The success of Apple Pay lies in its consistent and well integrated UI that hides complexity from users. There are limitations however, and users are bumping up against them the […]