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Apple - Japanese Typography - Maps - Signage - Transit

Apple Maps Japan Reboot Start Line

Now that the Apple Maps reboot has been announced and is starting a slow rollout in San Francisco, what kind of improvements can Japanese users expect in the months ahead? […]

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Apple - Apple Pay Suica - iPhone - NFC-Felica - Suica

iPhone X NFC Problem Unit? Do Not Install iOS 12 Public Beta

The public beta should be dropping soon and I’m traveling the next few weeks without connections so this public announcement is going out now: if you have an iPhone X […]

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Apple - Apple Pay Suica - iPhone - NFC-Felica - Suica - Transit

iOS 12 Beta 2 Does Not Fix The iPhone X NFC Problem

Yep. Suica Full Error City all the way. With each new iOS release it looks more and more like the iPhone X Suica Problem really is a iPhone X NFC design […]

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Japanese Typography

A bumpy ride for Apple Advanced Typography

One thing has remained constant in Apple’s long strange text layout architecture odyssey from QuickDraw GX to ATSUI to Core Text: with any big change advanced typography is the first […]

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Apple - Apple Pay Suica - iPhone - NFC-Felica - Suica - Transit

iOS 12 Does Not Fix The iPhone X NFC Problem

Well this is depressing, after all those dashed iOS 11 update hopes iOS 12 beta 1 does not fix the long running iPhone X Suica Problem aka the iPhone X Dirty […]

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Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - watchOS
NFC Passes and NFC Certificates for iOS 12 and watchOS 5

NFC Passes and NFC Certificates for iOS 12 and watchOS 5

Apple revealed details of NFC improvements coming to iOS 12 and watchOS 5. Contactless Student ID Cards for Wallet were announced at the WWDC18 Keynote on June 4. Apple clearly […]

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