Cybridge Buys Smartphone App Developer Conit From Mixi

Cybridge, Inc. [J] has announced that they have acquired all stocks of Conit, Inc. [J] from mixi, Inc. [J]. Conit is a company the entered into the mixi umbrella in November 2011, their business centers around smartphone application planning and development.  They manage the ASP “Samurai Smartphone Services” such as the iPhone/iPad/Android application contents billing… Continue reading Cybridge Buys Smartphone App Developer Conit From Mixi

Japanese And Korean Start-ups Hold Presentation Event In Seoul For Potential Partnerships

As noticed on this story, Japanese four tech start-ups and Korean two start-ups five Japanese tech start-ups and six Korean tech start-ups had jointly a presentation event in Seoul on Wednesday.  I just wanted to join them for covering what happened onsite, however, I couldn’t make it because of my another assignment in Malaysia.  … Continue reading Japanese And Korean Start-ups Hold Presentation Event In Seoul For Potential Partnerships

12 Tech Start-ups Present At NICT’s Annual Business Plan Contest

(Source: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan) Earlier this week, NICT, an ICT arm of Japan’s telecommunication authority, held the award-presenting ceremony of their annual contest to choose the best from business plans nominated.   Mr. Takeshi Natsuno, the inventor of NTT DoCoMo’s mobile web service i-Mode, started the ceremony with his keynote speech,… Continue reading 12 Tech Start-ups Present At NICT’s Annual Business Plan Contest

Conit Launches Easy-to-manage In-app Purchase Platform For Android App Developers

Tokyo-based tech start-up Conit launched an in-app purchase platform for the Android apps as well as the iPhone/iPad apps on Friday, in association with Japan’s largest ad agency Dentsu. The platform is named as Samurai Purchase[J], and allows smartphone app developer to manage all their in-app purchases that are made by users via the Android… Continue reading Conit Launches Easy-to-manage In-app Purchase Platform For Android App Developers

Foodlog, Rapeko, EatNow: 3 Japanese food picture posting services

One major difference between Japanese bloggers and those elsewhere is that not too few Japanese writers seem to be obsessed with food, filling their blogs with pictures of their dinner, lunch boxes, favorite snacks etc. shot from all angles. Here‘s a Japanese blog that even solely focuses on lunch boxes (and this is just one… Continue reading Foodlog, Rapeko, EatNow: 3 Japanese food picture posting services

Event Wrap-up: 400+ Geeks Applaud Web Innovators At WISH2009

More than 400 Internet users joined the event on Friday evening in Tokyo.   Tokyo-based blog marketing agency Agile Media Network (AMN)[J] held Japan’s first conference having a number of tech start-ups in comprehensive perspective, titled WISH2009 (Web Innovation SHare)[J].   More than a dozen of innovators had opportunities to present their works, and Japanese tech media… Continue reading Event Wrap-up: 400+ Geeks Applaud Web Innovators At WISH2009

Event Preview: Web Innovation Showcase WISH2009 To Be Held

Agile Media Network, a Shibuya-based start-up company providing Japanese A-list bloggers with ad revenue opportunities and Asiajin’s adviser Motohiko Tokuriki[J] serves as the president of, plans to hold an event called WISH2009[J] on Friday evening next week. Mr. Tokuriki attended TedxTokyo last May, and he was highly inspired by the event and turned to think… Continue reading Event Preview: Web Innovation Showcase WISH2009 To Be Held