[Free download until Sunday 24th] Pop Up Camera by Kamakura-based web development company Kayac Inc. is an iPhone camera application enables you to make semi-3D effect photo. You take a photo, then touch area on the photo where you want to pop up. Then you will get animated image file. Here is a sample from… Continue reading Pop Up Camera – iPhone App Makes Your Photo Pseudo 3D
Month: October 2010
Reroom.jp – Category Photo Sharing Service For Your Interior Designs
Last month we introduced a new Japan-based bilingual web service for sharing contents of your bag InMyBag. This month we let you know the similar concept web service Reroom.jp, which lets you share the part of your private life, your room. This service does not have an English menu, but browsing should not be so… Continue reading Reroom.jp – Category Photo Sharing Service For Your Interior Designs
Yep, Sony Killed Casette Walkman, Sharp Killed PC
Whilst Apple reported to kill the CD in U.S., there are two big Japanese companies turned out to kill other legacy products. Last Cassette Walkman SankeiBiz reported [J] that Sony said on 22nd that they had finished domestic shipment of cassette tape Walkman at the end of April 2010. The last 5 models (WM-EX651, WM-GX410,… Continue reading Yep, Sony Killed Casette Walkman, Sharp Killed PC
IncubateFund To Hold A Boot Camp For Encouraging Entrepreneurs In Their 20s
IncubateFund[J], an investment team backed by DeNA and it’s known for having invested in Pokelabo and Istpika (both are social app providers), will have a two-day camp for encouraging potential entrepreneurs to develop and launch their Internet businesses. Those who want to join the camp have the following requirements: He/she was born in 1980s. He/she… Continue reading IncubateFund To Hold A Boot Camp For Encouraging Entrepreneurs In Their 20s
AR Cheburashka(Чебурашка) in Inokashira Park
Russian character “Cheburashka[J]” is very popular in Japan. A new movie[J] is shown on December 18th. Then, Augmented Reality company Tonchidot executed the collaboration campaign by using Sekaicamera. Cute! Sekaicamera users were able to see 3DCG of Cheburashka by using Sekaicamera in Inokashira-Park(Kichijoji, Tokyo). “Cheburashka lines up at Cheburashka goods tent sale” You can take very… Continue reading AR Cheburashka(Чебурашка) in Inokashira Park
Rakuten Opposes Yahoo Japan-Google Tie-up
As we reported here, Yahoo! Japan is transitioning its search engine platform from what they’ve originally developed to Google’s technology. In opposition to that move, some news sources reported Japan’s largest e-commerce giant Rakuten had requested Japan’s fair trade commission to investigate a possible violation of the antitrust act over the Yahoo! Japan – Google… Continue reading Rakuten Opposes Yahoo Japan-Google Tie-up
SeatNext – Create Meetup Record With Twitter Icons
SeatNext is a Japanese web service for people who attended a gathering to make a seating chart with Twitter icons, developed by a Niigata-based programmer civic [J](@civic). You may add a Twitter icon one by one, or as a space-separated-list. Then you layout icons as the attendees seated. You can also add text labels for… Continue reading SeatNext – Create Meetup Record With Twitter Icons
October 2010 Japan IT Links (Part 1)
Early part of October news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Continued to (Part 2) Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. ANA Hotel Promotion Flash Makes Your Dream From Your Tweets Kaupon Gets 200 Million Yen Invest From Globis Capital Partners KDDI au’s New Android IS03 Features Lots Of… Continue reading October 2010 Japan IT Links (Part 1)
Cerevo’s New Encoder Box No Longer Requires PC For Ustream Livecasting
Tokyo-based Internet-enabled consumer electronics developer Cerevo[J] introduced an encoder box for livecasting on Ustream, and it was started on sale last weekend. The first lot will be shipped in early November. The new encoder box is named Cerevo Livebox and can be purchased on their website[J] for 50,000 yen each. (It equals to approx. USD610… Continue reading Cerevo’s New Encoder Box No Longer Requires PC For Ustream Livecasting
QR Code Blog – Written Only In QR Code
QR Code seems getting popularity in West because of smartphone. There are a lot of interesting ad campaigns utilizing QR Code recently in English. There was also a news that Google’s URL shortening service goo.gl supported QR code generation, then Bit.ly followed the trend this week. Some of you might know that QR Code marketing… Continue reading QR Code Blog – Written Only In QR Code