Year: 2009

Japan’s No. 1 Online Mall Rakuten Buys Into Thailand’s Leading E-Commerce Company Tarad

Japan’s biggest online shopping mall Rakuten (nearly 50 million registered users in Japan/Asiajin articles) today announced [JP] a capital and business alliance with Bangkok-based Tarad Dot Com [TH], Thailand’s leading e-commerce company. The move marks Rakuten’s first serious attempt to gain in a foothold in the country, which has an Internet population of 13.5 million… Continue reading Japan’s No. 1 Online Mall Rakuten Buys Into Thailand’s Leading E-Commerce Company Tarad

Matz becomes an honorary citizen of Matsue-city

(Photo by Jim Lindley (cc-by-nc)) Ruby’s creator Yukihiro ‘Matz’ Matsumoto is going to become an honorary citizen of Matsue city where he lives. The city will award three people this time but other two are awarded posthumously. Matz, a 44 years-old geek, is the youngest recipient of the award. Matsue city considers Ruby and Matz… Continue reading Matz becomes an honorary citizen of Matsue-city

The World Shortest URL Shortener Using Internationalized Domain Name

Yesterday I introduced a crazy 14 letters twitter clone and how much Japanese are obsessed with smallness. And today I am amazed again. A blogger Jamadam released an interesting URL shortening service, and that is the world shortest. [Update] @miyagawa pointed out that http://tinyarro.ws/ have been making the same shortest URL, though the generator URL… Continue reading The World Shortest URL Shortener Using Internationalized Domain Name

China’s Baidu Launches Mobile Search Service In Japan, Includes Emoji Search

China’s answer to Google, Baidu, has launched a number of search services for cell phones in Japan today. “Baidu Mobile” consists of four main elements: PC web search, mobile web search, picture and video search. But it’s also possible to look for emoji, picture characters or emoticons excessively used especially by Japan’s youth (and especially… Continue reading China’s Baidu Launches Mobile Search Service In Japan, Includes Emoji Search

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Twitter Clone Nano Blog Chuitter Limits 14 Letters Instead Of 140

If 1,400 letters-limit macro-blog Woofer is an American answer to Twitter, 14 letters nano-blog Chuitter is from Japan, where Haiku and other short, tiny thingy are loved. I don’t know how much serious this service is (Chuitter design seems too similar to the original Twitter), but their first day of launch seems successful. Many Japanese… Continue reading Twitter Clone Nano Blog Chuitter Limits 14 Letters Instead Of 140

Remodel Your Body With Tweet-able Dumbbell, And Continue Your Exercise Routine

Billy’s Bootcamp, Core Rhythms and Figurerobics by Korean aerobics guru Jung Da Yeon(정다연) – Japanese midnight infomercial programs tempted TV shoppers to buy a variety of items to remodel their body shapes.  These items will be used in several days after the purchase, but usually they will be stored in a shed and will be… Continue reading Remodel Your Body With Tweet-able Dumbbell, And Continue Your Exercise Routine

New iPod nano Caused Expected Upskirt Movie Taker’s Arrest

This week in Kobe, 30 years old male was arrested [J] by taking unsolicited movie of high school girls upskirt in bookstore. He set it in his shoes, under the shoelace and tongue. The new iPod nano, when it was released on September 10th, many people pointed out (on bbs like 2ch.net) that it is… Continue reading New iPod nano Caused Expected Upskirt Movie Taker’s Arrest

Two AR iPhone Apps Come To Our Hands This Week

Tokyo-based tech start-up led by Takahito Iguchi(@iguchi), a self-styled Willy Wonka who made an unique presentation at last year’s edition of TechCrunch 50, Tonchidot finally released an augmented reality (AR) iPhone app Sekai Camera on Thursday, it’s now available at AppStore for free of charge. In time with the release of the app, Mr. Iguchi… Continue reading Two AR iPhone Apps Come To Our Hands This Week