Day: February 19, 2013

Mixi Launches Smartphone Photo App Sends You Free Photobook Every Month

Mixi released iPhone/Android free app Nohana [J] today. The app is a camera application with backend photo storage web service. Every month, you get one free photobook (stamp fee 90-yen = $1 required though) made from your taking photos. The book will have 28 pages with 20 photos. They said that their business model is… Continue reading Mixi Launches Smartphone Photo App Sends You Free Photobook Every Month

Docomo’s LTE Passes 10 Million Subscribers

NTT Docomo announced [J] today February 19, 2013 that their LTE service Xi got 10 million users yesterday, February 18, 2013. Here is a chart from their release. Docomo’s Xi began December 24, 2010. [Update] other English news Japan’s DoCoMo hits 10 million LTE subscribers, doubling its numbers in 6 months – The Next Web… Continue reading Docomo’s LTE Passes 10 Million Subscribers

2-channel Founder Hiroyuki Nishimura Resigns From Niwango Board

Niwango, Dwango’s subsidiary which runs popular Japanese video sharing service Niconico (Douga), announced [J] that one of the board member, whose initial “Ni” was used to name the company, left the company. Nishimura recently had made complaints on some campaigns of Niconico services, such like weighing real events around Tokyo-area, on his own blogs. After… Continue reading 2-channel Founder Hiroyuki Nishimura Resigns From Niwango Board

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