MacRumors posted an interesting comment Tim Cook made in the 4Q 2020 earnings call As you can imagine in this environment, people are less wont to hand over a card. Contactless payment has taken on a different level of adoption and I don’t think we’ll go back. The United States […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Mobile Payments - NFC
LINE Pay for Apple Pay (Updated)
LINE Pay said years ago they would add NFC/FeliCa support if customers wanted it. Now that Apple Pay is gaining QR Code Payment support in iOS 14, LINE Pay announced Apple Pay support ‘in 2020‘ at the online LINE DAY 2020 (2:34:00 mark) media event today. The announcement has special […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - CASHLESS - Mobile Payments - NFC tags
The Apple Pay Code Payment + App Clip Connection
When the AliPay Apple Pay leak surfaced earlier this year the stock story was that Apple Pay must support AliPay and WeChat Pay if Apple Pay is to have any relevance for iPhone users in China. The real story is more interesting and is centered on App Clips, not AliPay […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - iPhone - NFC - NFC tags
iPhone SE too popular in Japan?
Yes, as crazy as that sounds, but according to Kenta Yamaguchi’s piece on ASCII that’s exactly what is happening. The point of his story is that starting today, second brand carriers Y! mobile and UQ Mobile are selling iPhone SE instead of iPhone 8. Until yesterday they only offered the […]
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Apple’s Once and Future Japanese Variable System Font
2020 is the coming out party for Apple designed OpenType variable fonts, both the SF Pro and SF Compact system fonts and the all-new New York font shipping in iOS 14, watchOS 7 and macOS 11. The Apple created variable font technology is not new of course. It has been […]