The 78th Comiket(Comic Market), the world’s largest self-published comic book fair, was held again this summer in Tokyo bay side. This summer, there were 35,000 groups had booths and 560,000 people visited the fair for 3 days. As such many people gather in a huge but single conference hall, logistics are always problem. Convenience stores… Continue reading Softbank Sends 6 Walking WiFi Ninja To Comiket To Cover Up Cellphone Demand
Month: August 2010
Smartphone Ad-optimizer Nobot Partners With Singapore-based Network BuzzCity
Nobot, a Tokyo-based tech start-up who has introduced a smartphone ad-optimization SDK called AdMaker that enables to display the best set from multiple ad networks for the iPhone/Android users, partnered with Singapore-headquartered smartphone ad network BuzzCity last Thursday. App developers using Nobot’s SDK will be allowed to distribute BuzzCity’s ads without language barriers and currency… Continue reading Smartphone Ad-optimizer Nobot Partners With Singapore-based Network BuzzCity
Kabuki Web – English Website For Foreign Kabuki Fan
Kabuki is a Japanese traditional form of theater performed by all male cast, starting Edo feudal period. (Wikipedia) Shochiku, a Japanese company for movie and kabuki, opens their kabuki website in English. Official Kabuki Website with information on upcoming plays and ticket booking in English. It includes introductory notes for Kabuki beginners on such topics… Continue reading Kabuki Web – English Website For Foreign Kabuki Fan
Dwango Enters Engineer Hiring Race With OSS Community Grant
Following to the 20 million users social gaming networks Gree and DeNA’s hiring competition with over $20,000 rewards for engineers beginning 4 days ago, Dwango [J] (Asiajin), who has much longer history on Japanese cellphone game, also known by their Japanese YouTube counter movie community Nico Nico Douga [J] (Asiajin), announced their new rewards plan… Continue reading Dwango Enters Engineer Hiring Race With OSS Community Grant
Augmented Reality App Sekai Camera Now Available On The Web
Japan’s Augmented Reality poster company Tonchidot has brought its hit app Sekai Camera to the web. It’s now the fourth platform the app is available on, following versions for the iPhone, Android, and the iPad. Dubbed Sekai Camera Web, the online version is pretty simplistic (which is not too surprising for an alpha version). It… Continue reading Augmented Reality App Sekai Camera Now Available On The Web
College Girl Manga Blog On Server Management
Koakuma Joshidaisei no Server Engineer Diary(Little-devil Server Engineer College Girl) is a Japanese blog by a female college student Aico who works as a part-time on server management at Tokyo-based Directorz Inc [J]. SMTP Auth story What is the “Root Servers”? The blog was picked up by GoTheDistance blog and got good buzz on Japanese… Continue reading College Girl Manga Blog On Server Management
Web-based Translation Start-up myGengo Fundraises USD585,000 From Ten Angel Investors
myGengo, a web-based multilingual human translation service start-up in Japan, announced convertible note fundraising of approximately 50 million yen from ten angel investors including: Felix Miller, Last.fm co-founder Brian Nelson, Japan’s affiliate provider Value Commerce CEO Dave McClure, 500 Startups Christoph Janz, Deal Pilot and Page Flakes founder Benjamin Joffe, Plus 8 Star founder Joshua… Continue reading Web-based Translation Start-up myGengo Fundraises USD585,000 From Ten Angel Investors
Groupon To Buy Majority Stake In Japanese Clone Qpod
Everyone in Japan’s startup scene has been guessing which of the about 20 local clones Chicago-based Groupon would buy for about 3 months now. And today it came to light that the Americans have chosen to go for Qpod, which offered its first daily deal on May 28. And they are not losing time with… Continue reading Groupon To Buy Majority Stake In Japanese Clone Qpod
Startup Saturday 2010: Asian Start-up Entrepreneurs Meet Together In HK (2/2)
Continued from Startup Saturday 2010: Asian Start-up Entrepreneurs Meet Together In HK (1/2) Startup Showcase Round 2: Nanbeijie.com Nanbeijie (南北街) is an entertainment focused social shopping company that transforms online shopping into a social gaming experience. Utilising social gaming, virtual currencies and merging it with entertaining shopping games to create a new experience in the… Continue reading Startup Saturday 2010: Asian Start-up Entrepreneurs Meet Together In HK (2/2)
Gree And DeNA Competition Heats Up: Both Announce Cash Rewards To New Employees
DeNA, who runs Mobage Town, one of Japan’s most successful social networks, sparked a hiring war yesterday to post their new incentive reward [J]. On the announcement, DeNA tells they will pay extra 2 million yen($23,400) besides annual salary to newly hired engineers who directly applied via their website and is approved between August 15th… Continue reading Gree And DeNA Competition Heats Up: Both Announce Cash Rewards To New Employees