I like writing but am no writer, so I prescribe to the ‘if you’re not a sharpshooter shoot lots of bullets’ school of wannabes. When the Financial Times, “The painful […]
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Apple Pay Octopus Screenshot Leak
There have been plenty of ‘Apple Pay Octopus is coming’ leaks since Octopus Cards Limited (OCL) and Apple started testing in December 2018, but there has not been a single […]
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iOS 13 b5 Apple Pay Suica Update
The latest iOS 13 beta Apple Pay Suica has a minor UI tweak that removes the Shinkansen/Green Ticket section added in b4 and, hurray, returns 3D/Haptic Touch notification shortcuts. This […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Suica - EMV - MIFARE - Mobile Payments - NFC-Felica - QR Code Payments
Financial Times Dissin’ Japan again: The painful path of curing Japan of its cash addiction
The UK media has a thing about Japan. Japan must always be portrayed as ‘pathetic’. Pathetic losers, pathetically isolated, pathetically out of step, arrogant, etc. Does this make UK readers […]
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Pixel 3 Global NFC Evolution
Reader feedback and discussion from my earlier post analyzing the fuzzy state of iPhone 7 FeliCa and its possible support of Apple Pay Octopus, resulted in some interesting discussion about […]
Apple Pay Octopus - NFC - NFC-Felica
iOS 13 b4 Hong Kong Wallet now mentions ‘Travel Cards’
Apple has not yet officially announced Apple Pay Octopus but the latest iOS 13 beta (developer beta 4/public beta 3) now mentions ‘travel cards’ and ‘public transport’ in the Wallet […]