We first got a taste of iOS 14 App Clips with the slick Titanium Apple Card setup that leverages the NFC background tag reading ability, now called NFC with reader […]
Dear Starbucks, please give us a NFC Starbucks rewards card
The Starbuck app server was down this morning. Fortunately my daily Starbucks has Suica payments and the staff kindly stamped customer receipts so everybody could get the Starbucks Card refill […]
Transit Gate Evolution: why tap speed matters
As the post COVID world slowly goes back to work, school and, hopefully normal life, managing crowds will be key in keeping people safe and healthy as they use transit […]
Next Up for Octopus: Google Pay or something else?
Apple Pay Octopus launch day was a big success, so successful that Octopus apologized for their servers buckling under the demand. What’s next for Octopus, Google Pay? There are some […]
Apple Pay Octopus launch…for real
Good news for Hong Kong iPhone users: press invitations labeled ‘Redefining Mobile Payments’ that went out to local media outlets on May 28 signaled Octopus for Apple Pay would finally […]
Octopus is Out of Time
Is this the last time? Just a few thoughts as iOS 13.5 closes in on what hopefully will be a late May delivery, also rumored to be the launch iOS […]