Tokyo-based real affiliate service provider Best Create[J], Japan’s largest telecom product distributor Hikari Tsushin, Cyber Agent Investment and SBI Investment[J] launched a new project called “Future of Apps[J]” last month, which is expected to collect new app ideas and will invest USD110,000 at the maximum in each of selected promising ones. The project will also… Continue reading Four Companies Encourage Developers To Monetize Apps With New In-app Purchase Platform And Investments
Month: June 2010
Japan’s Prime Minister Tweets His Farewell
9 hours later of his expressing intention to resign Japan’s prime minister job, the first tweeting prime minister, who boasts the most popular Japanese Twitter user, posted his first tweet today. Today, I made a statement to resign as prime minister. It is to take back clean Democratic Party of Japan to listen to the… Continue reading Japan’s Prime Minister Tweets His Farewell
May 2010 Japan IT Links (Part 1)
First half of May news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Continued to (Part 2) Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Twitter Rescued A Guy Without Paper At Akihabara Toilet covered by Japan Trend Shop [En] and Gizmodo [En] Cellphone Journalist Atsushi Ishikawa reports that NTT Docomo did not… Continue reading May 2010 Japan IT Links (Part 1)
Softbank’s Online Magazines App Viewn Gets Bumbling Start
Although Apple’s digital publishing service iBookstore on iPad has been doing well in US, like other countries it is not really ready for Japanese iPad users. It is considered to take time to realize as local publishers are more conservative to collaborate. Sotftbank’s 100% subsidiary Viewn [J], which had been introduced by CEO Masayoshi Son,… Continue reading Softbank’s Online Magazines App Viewn Gets Bumbling Start
Cnet Japan Overhauled. ex-Chief Editor Takes TechCrunch Japan’s Head
On May 31th, Cnet Japan [J], run by Asahi Interactive, a subsidiary of Asahi Shimbun [J], a Japanese online tech media licensed by US Cnet, has changed its design to an original US Cnet like black-banner from long lasted yellow based one. Also added twitter retweet assistant function. Ex-chief editor Moved to TechCrunch Japan On… Continue reading Cnet Japan Overhauled. ex-Chief Editor Takes TechCrunch Japan’s Head