Month: March 2009

CNET Japan Holds Its Annual Tech Innovation Awards Contest

On Friday, CNET Networks Japan[J] held this year’s award ceremony of its annual innovation contest called TechVenture 2009[J] in Omotesando, in association with Tokyo-based seven tech-oriented venture capital firms. Totally 15 companies and services are nominated for the prize awards.   Let’s have a look at each of them and what they provide. Atlantis[J] (Service: AdLantis[J]) Atlantis… Continue reading CNET Japan Holds Its Annual Tech Innovation Awards Contest

Legendary Business-Manga CEO Helps Adobe’s Business

On the back cover of this issue of the weekly manga (Japanese comic) magazine “Weekly Morning” (which I fond of reading), Kosaku Shima from popular business manga series Kacho Kosaku Shima (Kosaku Shima the section chief) asked my help on Adobe’s website. Weekly Morning’s printed circulation is over 410,000 copies every week [J], which is… Continue reading Legendary Business-Manga CEO Helps Adobe’s Business

RubyKaigi2009 Conference CFP Closes Soon

RubyKaigi2009 now calls for presentations. Deadline is March 15th. RubyKaigi2009 is the Japan’s annual Ruby conference. Previously, Dave Thomas and David Heinemeier Hansson gave key notes at the conference. Ofcourse Ruby’s father Matz talks every year. This year, the conference will be held from July 17th to 19th in Tokyo. Don’t miss the opportunity to… Continue reading RubyKaigi2009 Conference CFP Closes Soon

No Weather Update In Japan On Monday

Due to the technical fault that occurred Monday at the weather data distribution center of  Japan’s meteorological agency, most of weather updates have been suspended nationwide throughout the day. The center has its primary system as well as the stand-by to avoid the service interruption, but the configuration file referred by both systems was corrupted accidentally, which… Continue reading No Weather Update In Japan On Monday

Bijin Tokei: Japanese company offers Hot-girl-clock gadget

Finally a Google and Windows Vista gadget that makes sense. Tokyo-based PHIRIA DESIGN has developed the Bijin Tokei (hot girl clock) gadget, which shows random Japanese girls holding up a sign that displays the current time (see the pictures below for examples). So every time you look at the gadget, you will  know what time… Continue reading Bijin Tokei: Japanese company offers Hot-girl-clock gadget

Will Mobile Medical Services Save Japan From The Global Economic Downturn?

Economists point out that expanding domestic demand and encouraging consumption are the highest priorities in getting us out of this economic downturn. IT Strategic Headquarters, the arm of Japan’s Cabinet which oversees which IT platforms will most benefit the country in the future, has suggested a three-year stimulus package including further deployment of broadband applications… Continue reading Will Mobile Medical Services Save Japan From The Global Economic Downturn?

NTT DoCoMo Halted Brand-New BlackBerry Sales, While Sankei Keeps Distributing Its 1st Newspaper App For The Phone

Japan’s largest mobile operator NTT DoCoMo started selling the brand-new smartphone BlackBerry Bold (BBB) from Research In Motion(RIM) recently, but the operator halted[J] sales after only a week since its introduction, because the handset has reportedly overheated while the battery is being recharged. By the way, we covered a couple of  stories about newspaper apps… Continue reading NTT DoCoMo Halted Brand-New BlackBerry Sales, While Sankei Keeps Distributing Its 1st Newspaper App For The Phone