Payment empire players envision a brave new world of 5G enhanced contactless payment solutions, seen in recent moves by JR East and other major Japanese transit companies to replace expensive […]
Apple
Coming later this year attractions that didn’t make it, and one that did
Now that Apple is in full holiday season vacation mode, here is one last look at some promised ‘coming later this year’ services that didn’t make it (and a last […]
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One down, two to go on Apple Pay Express Transit 2019 ‘coming later this year’ list
Apple Pay Express Transit arrived on the Transport for London system over the weekend, some 6 months after it was announced. The other 2 remaining Apple Pay Transit cards announced […]
Mobile Payments
What does ‘open’ Apple Pay NFC really mean?
IntroThe Apple Pay monopoly debate is a long complex saga with recent developments. The EU finally issued an official complaint regarding Apple’s so called ‘closed’ NFC, with PayPal playing a […]
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Remember QR Codes? Well they’re the future…again
Hacker News and Reddit have very different user audiences but each have their share of ‘my experience is the world’ navel gazers. This is a plus: the comments are fascinating […]
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The Global NFC + Background Tag Reading iPhone SE2
Update: iPhone SE is here and goes on sale April 24, the perfect iPhone for these Face ID with face mask challenged times. The secret sauce is A13 Bionic powered […]