Yahoo! Messenger [J] To Shut Down

Yahoo! Japan announced [J] that it would terminate its messenger service “Yahoo! Messenger” at 3 p.m. on March 26, 2014. Yahoo! Messenger was one of the most popular messenger services for Japanese Internet users, competed against Skype and MSN Messenger. (MSN Messenger, aka Windows Live Messenger, was also stopped after Microsoft got Skype) Yahoo! Japan… Continue reading Yahoo! Messenger [J] To Shut Down

Kakao Japan Releases Smartphone Communication App “Kakao Talk”

Kakao Japan, Inc. [J], a subsidiary of the South Korean KAKAO Corporation, who offer the smartphone communication app “Kakao Talk” [J], have released the external site linking service “Talk Plus” for Japan. “Talk Plus” is a function which links to external applications or web services (banner apps) and allows you to apply functions and applications… Continue reading Kakao Japan Releases Smartphone Communication App “Kakao Talk”