Tinami[J], a fourteen-year-old illustration sharing site for cartoonists and animators, completed the integrations with Ustream and Stickam last week, and it now allows users of the service to broadcast live videos of their drawing processes via the two streaming services and to communicate with their fans. Furthermore, the site introduced an API[J] for developers who… Continue reading Cartoon Illustration Sharing Site Tinami Introduces Streaming Integration And API
Month: April 2010
Softbank To Stop Further Development Of Japan-Made Mobile Technology And To Take Chinese 4G Standard?
Softbank, a Japanese telecom and media company who will take over the next-generation PHS service called XGP[J] from the service’s predecessor Willcom in corporate reorganization proceedings, is reportedly considering to adopt China Mobile‘s TD-LTE standard instead for the service in Japan, several Japanese news sources reported. If Softbank adopts TD-LTE, Softbank’s subscribers in Japan and… Continue reading Softbank To Stop Further Development Of Japan-Made Mobile Technology And To Take Chinese 4G Standard?
[Breaking] Yahoo! Japan And DeNA To Runs Social Game Site Yahoo! Mobage
The Dominator of Japanese web Yahoo! Japan and DeNA, who runs one of big three Japanese social networking services Mobage Town, just announced to form an united front on PC social gaming. The new service tentatively called “Yahoo! Mobage” will launch late this summer. According to the release, Yahoo! Mobage will have; social game platform… Continue reading [Breaking] Yahoo! Japan And DeNA To Runs Social Game Site Yahoo! Mobage
The President Of Japan Liberal Democratic Party(LDP) Begins Twitter
Sadakazu Tanigaki (official site) [J], the president of Liberal Democratic Party(LDP), which is a political party who had dominated Japanese politics for half an century since the mid-1950s and got debacle at last national election against Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), started Twitter (@Tanigaki_S), with taking back his former remarks that he would never use… Continue reading The President Of Japan Liberal Democratic Party(LDP) Begins Twitter
Tokyo-Bay Fishermen Start Seafood E-Commerce; Line-ups Are Updated From Boats Every Morning
A fishermen’s cooperative[J] in Yokosuka, a Tokyo suburb known for having a U.S. fleet activities, launched a fish and seafood e-commerce site that sells what have been caught in Tokyo Bay in the morning of the day. Fishermen on boats take pictures of their fishing results and put them on the website with retail prices… Continue reading Tokyo-Bay Fishermen Start Seafood E-Commerce; Line-ups Are Updated From Boats Every Morning
Gourmet Navigator Plans 1-Seg TV Service For Mobile On Tokyo Subways
NKB[J], the transit ad agency running well-known restaurant guide Gourmet Navigator(Gournavi) on the web, is now discussing in-subway 1-seg TV service (refer to these stories about 1-seg) with Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications for obtaining a TV station license. The company expects the service will be provided in subway trains running, at subway… Continue reading Gourmet Navigator Plans 1-Seg TV Service For Mobile On Tokyo Subways
Japanese Blog Queen Tasted Twitter And Gave Up
Shoko Nakagawa (aka Shokotan), one of the most successful Japanese celebrity bloggers, finally started Twitter (@shokonakagawa) on February 24th with a tweet “I begin to chirp…” [J]. This could have been a milestone for Japanese Twitter to show the centre of the celebrity blogging moving from regular blog to microblog. However, after posting 15 tweets… Continue reading Japanese Blog Queen Tasted Twitter And Gave Up
Japan No.1 Cellphone Carrier’s Official Social Network Now Opened To Other Two
Docomo Community [J], a social networking service run by NTT Docomo, Japan’s largest cellphone carrier, started March 2009, is now available to other carriers, No.2 KDDI au and No.3 Softbank Mobile. Docomo Community was designed to let you share photos, notes and diary with your family and friends for free, driven by cellphone but also… Continue reading Japan No.1 Cellphone Carrier’s Official Social Network Now Opened To Other Two
Uniqlo Runs Powerful Web Promos In Prior To Shanghai Real Store Launch
Tokyo-based global fast-fashion retailer Uniqlo started the Internet promotion campaign using China’s Facebook-like social network Kaixin and YouTube-like video sharing platform Youku, in prior to the May 15th opening of the company’s first flagship store in Shanghai. On Kaixin, the company set up an exclusive account[C] for the promotion, and is announcing news updates and… Continue reading Uniqlo Runs Powerful Web Promos In Prior To Shanghai Real Store Launch
GMO-AP To Acquire Sanoh From Unoh To Obtain Mobile Ad Network
GMO Ad Partners(GMO-AP)[J], a web ad agency of Shibuya-based web juggernaut GMO Internet Group, announced it would acquire Sanow Inc.[J] who has been developing a behavioral targeting and content-match ad network for mobile. Sanow has been a subsidiary of Unoh Inc.[J] who has developed several web application services including Machi-Tsuku (described in this story). GMO-AP… Continue reading GMO-AP To Acquire Sanoh From Unoh To Obtain Mobile Ad Network