Month: June 2008

New English version of Made-in-Japan browser Sleipnir released

Osaka-based web software company Fenrir announced on their homepage that they officially released the English version 2.7.2 of their Internet browser Sleipnir. Sleipnir is particularly popular in Japan and according to the press release is localized for users in the USA, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, India, Ireland, South Africa and the… Continue reading New English version of Made-in-Japan browser Sleipnir released

Tokyo2point0 Event: Cloud Computing the Amazon Way

This month’s Tokyo2point0 event drew a huge crowd on Monday this week. Two main factors attracted over 100 people to come to the new venue in Azabu (an event space called SuperDeluxe): a very interesting speaker who came from the USA and the event’s 1st anniversary! Cloud Computing the Amazon way Jinesh Varia, evangelist for… Continue reading Tokyo2point0 Event: Cloud Computing the Amazon Way

OpenWeb.Asia

Gang Lu, a director of Netvibes Asia, launched a blog aggregation site called OpenWeb.Asia. And we are a proud member of the network. “The OpenWeb.Asia Workgroup is a network of premium blogs focus on Asian Web industry.” OpenWeb.Asia provides an OPML file which can be easily imported to feed readers to subscribe the feeds of… Continue reading OpenWeb.Asia

jsmap – US States selection library

New Javascript library jsmap is released on cognitom.com , which enables a new way of choosing regions from diagram map. Its Japan version seems welcomed favorably by Japanese web developers, as the Japan’s prefecture selection is always an usability headache. There are Japanese websites provides region selection by drilling down by links, usually implemented on… Continue reading jsmap – US States selection library

Japan’s Blockbuster Video wants to to become Japan’s Netflix

What Blockbuster Video is to the USA, Tsutaya is to Japan. The company is currently operating over 1,300 video rental stores in this country and boasts 27 million members. Now, Tsutaya finally came to realize their future is the web: The company now wants to transform into this country’s Netflix – at least kind of.… Continue reading Japan’s Blockbuster Video wants to to become Japan’s Netflix

Japanese TV star is the world’s most popular blogger by Guinnes Records

Cyber Agent, free blogging service Ameba(Ameblo) provider, announced that their holding celebrity blogger Yusuke KAMIJI‘s weblog is certified by Guinness World Records as the “MOST UNIQUE USERS ON A PERSONAL BLOG IN 24 HOURS” who is read by the 230,755 unique visitors in one day. The daily page views is 5-6 million, the highest 13,171,039… Continue reading Japanese TV star is the world’s most popular blogger by Guinnes Records

iPhone sold from the 3rd player Softbank in Japan

Softbank announced that they agreed with Apple to sell the iPhone in Japan. SOFTBANK MOBILE Corp. today announced it has signed an agreement with Apple® to bring the iPhone™ to Japan later this year. Masayoshi SON, president of Softbank and investor of Yahoo! Japan, Alibaba, etc. attended the conference during Steve Jobs announced the iPhone… Continue reading iPhone sold from the 3rd player Softbank in Japan

Apply for Sun Microsystems / Recruit’s Mash-up award in October

Since today Japan-based web companies are welcome to send in applications for the 4th Mash-up awards jointly organized by Sun Microsystems Japan and Recruit. The first prize is 10 million Yen (approximately $10,000). Applications will be accepted until September 16th, while the awards show will be conducted on October 19th. Last year, Yuki Naotori from… Continue reading Apply for Sun Microsystems / Recruit’s Mash-up award in October