Major Japanese mobile gaming social network GREE has taken a significant step yesterday: it’s now possible [PDF] for third parties to release games on the site (the move was announced back in January). Before, GREE offered its almost 20 million users self-developed titles only, meaning the company doubled as a platform and content provider. It… Continue reading GREE Opens Its Platform, Attracts 30 Game Companies From The Start
Month: June 2010
Twitter Whale – Japanese Interpretation
The original is here by @emeruzwei @seagetch [Update] The drawing was done by another person. The link to the image is fixed, too. [Update 2010-07-20] Greasemonkey script to replace the real Fail Whale to this image for Firefox/Opera/Chrome by Smellman
Mobile Tweeting Yoga On Japanese Magazine
Somehow Twitter catches on so much in Japan. Like Japanese tweets recorded on national team soccer game on the World Cup 2010 4 days ago. Following the majority is one of the national character where social accordance is valued. Then, weird things are happening by people who are not necessary to get on the bandwagon.… Continue reading Mobile Tweeting Yoga On Japanese Magazine
Mixi Introduces New Function To Find And Connect With Colleagues
Japan’s biggest social network Mixi (which crossed the 20 million member mark in April) may have just found yet another way to expand its user base and boost engagement. Mixi yesterday introduced a new function that makes it possible to find colleagues from your company on the site and befriend them. Background: Unlike Facebook and… Continue reading Mixi Introduces New Function To Find And Connect With Colleagues
Japan’s Internet-Banned Election Probed By Voice Over Twitter
Japan’s upper house election campaign period began on 24th June. Internet updates during election has been banned in Japan. It was a discussion to legalize blog updates (but not Twitter, funny how they tried to draw line between them) recently, but it could not make this time in time. According to J-Cast [J], incumbent upper… Continue reading Japan’s Internet-Banned Election Probed By Voice Over Twitter
June 2010 Japan IT Links (Part 1)
First half of (June) news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Continued to (Part 2) Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Ustream Only Women Pro Wrestling Starts Softbank’s Viewn Starts With Server Trouble. Masayoshi Son Tweets They Are Adding 10 Times More Servers Viewn Stops, Decupling Servers Failed, Son… Continue reading June 2010 Japan IT Links (Part 1)
2 Tokyo College Students Expelled By Uploading Video “Save The Ugly Girls” On YouTube
Two male senior students of Tokyo Metropolitan University uploading a series of movies on YouTube under the name of “Dobusu wo Mamoru Kai”(Save The Ugly Girls Club) early this month rapidly called a strong reactions from Japanese society. June 12th at Tachikawa station, those guys asked ladies few pictures with lying it was for magazine,… Continue reading 2 Tokyo College Students Expelled By Uploading Video “Save The Ugly Girls” On YouTube
Evernote Gets Bigger, Opens Office in Japan
Evernote‘s press conference was held in Tokyo on 23rd June, just one day before their second anniversary. At the conference, Evernote’s CEO Phil Libin, who was visiting Tokyo, announced a lot of new things for their Japanese users. 1. Japan branch They opened a 100% subsidiary, Evernote Japan. Evernote’s vice president Takeshi Nakajima, who worked… Continue reading Evernote Gets Bigger, Opens Office in Japan
Japanese Venture Capital Investments Take Nosedive in 2009
Japan’s venture capital industry is in a very difficult situation. That’s, in a nutshell, the result of a recent Nikkei survey. According to the paper, investments from the nation’s top 20 VC firms dropped a whopping 40% in fiscal 2009 to $711 million. Compared to 2007, that’s even 50% less. To be more concrete, the… Continue reading Japanese Venture Capital Investments Take Nosedive in 2009
Join The Open Web Asia Conference In Malaysia On July 13-14 (Discount For Asiajin Readers)
It’s about time that South East Asia, home to 600 million people, gets its own web industry event. The Open Web Asia conference, which is going to be held in Kuala Lumpur on July 13-14, is the region’s first of its size: no less than 350 attendees are expected – I myself will be at… Continue reading Join The Open Web Asia Conference In Malaysia On July 13-14 (Discount For Asiajin Readers)