NoticeSuicaEng is obsolete. It is no longer available on App Store, installed SuicaEng does not launch and should be deleted. The Japanese language only Suica app is still available, but […]
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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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Hands Free Suica
After iOS 13.2 hit the final beta I migrated my Suica from iPhone to Apple Watch to give watchOS 6 Apple Pay Suica a proper shake down. Even after only […]
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JR Central Online EX Ticketing Extends to Kyushu Shinkansen in 2022
JR Central/JR West/JR Kyushu issued a joint PR release that JR Central’s EX Shinkansen eTicket system, encompassing both EXPress Reservation and smartEX services, will be adding JR Kyushu Hakata~Kagomashima Shinkansen […]
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Apple Pay Octopus close to launch…or maybe not (obsolete)
UPDATE: Apple Pay Octopus launched June 2 In the on, off, on again Octopus Cards Limited relationship with Apple Pay, predicting a service launch is risky business. The last reliable […]