Mixi[J], needless to say, one of Japan’s largest social networks, had a briefing conference entitled Mixi Meetup 2010 today, announced they had launched a social app platform for their smartphone-optimized user interface called mixi Touch. As of today, the following social apps are available on the platform. (Links given to app names in the list… Continue reading Mixi Launches Social App Platform For Smartphone Users, Too
Day: September 10, 2010
Mixi Partners With Renren and CyWorld – 3 Asian Major Social Networks Cooperate
Japanese Facebook Mixi announced [J] today that they are shaking hands with China’s huge social networking service Renren [Chinese] and Korea’s massive social networking service CyWorld [Korean]. The initial project among the three is to standardize their social application platform, which enables third-party social application providers (SAP, Mixi calls) to run their applications over three… Continue reading Mixi Partners With Renren and CyWorld – 3 Asian Major Social Networks Cooperate
Asiajin Meetup Tokyo On October 9th
[Update] Registration Begins We had a first readers meetup in February 2008 in Tokyo. This year, our readers meetup travelled to Taipei, Shanghai and will be at Singapore this September 25th. We always wanted to have meetups with our readers but have been concentrating on writing more articles, as there are a lot of English-uncovered… Continue reading Asiajin Meetup Tokyo On October 9th
Itochu Technology Ventures Invests $2 Million In Ooyala’s $22 Million Series D Round
As TechCrunch reported yesterday, video publishing platform Ooyala from the US plans to bolster its activities in Asia after raising a $22 million series D round (the company is now funded with $42 million in total). TechCrunch quotes CEO Fulcher as saying that future markets include places like Japan, Taiwan, China, and Korea. What’s interesting… Continue reading Itochu Technology Ventures Invests $2 Million In Ooyala’s $22 Million Series D Round