Following my previous story on the grassroots movements, here are some of another developments. Car Activities in Tohoku on Google Map: Google, Honda and Pioneer visualize car activities in Tohoku by using gathered data from communication-enabled car navigation systems. Blue lines stand for routes on which one or more motor vehicles have run on the… Continue reading After The Quake: A Variety Of Web Mashups Collecting Wisdom Of Crowds
Month: March 2011
Who’s Free And Tonchidot To Hold Fundraising Party At SXSW To Help Relief Efforts
A cross-post to Asiajin and Startup Dating. SXSW is currently taking place in Austin, Texas. Asiajin contributors Serkan Toto and Paul Papadimitriou are there for moderating panels on Japanese web services and social media. A team of the moderators, the presenters and the panels are now joining forces to help the disaster relief efforts… Continue reading Who’s Free And Tonchidot To Hold Fundraising Party At SXSW To Help Relief Efforts
Greater Tokyo Planned Blackout Time Checker By Zipcode
Tokyo Electric Power Co said on Sunday that it would conduct its first-ever rolling blackout from Monday to help prevent an unexpected large-scale power outage after a powerful earthquake shut two nuclear plants indefinitely on Friday. (Reuter) The outage schedule for today was announced last night by Tokyo Electric Power Co(TEPCO) here in pdf [J].… Continue reading Greater Tokyo Planned Blackout Time Checker By Zipcode
After The Quake: Grassroots Movements In The Japanese Internet Community
A massive earthquake attacked the north-eastern part of Japan on Friday afternoon. Many JSDF troops, fire fighters and foreign rescue workers have been deployed in devastated areas, their physical rescue operations are underway. Internet users across the country are thinking about what to do to help disaster victims and survive this difficult time.… Continue reading After The Quake: Grassroots Movements In The Japanese Internet Community
Foreigners Guide For Earthquake Offered In Over 28 Languages
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies students began a new web translation site, a basic guide of what you should and should not do if you see another afterquakes for non-Japanese people in (at this point) 28 languages. Home 日本語(Japanese) Japanese(easy ver.) English Deutsch Français Nederlands Español Italiano Português Türkçe Русский اللغة العربية Polski Slovenčina Dansk Latviešu Svenska… Continue reading Foreigners Guide For Earthquake Offered In Over 28 Languages
Livedoor, Softbank, Fon to Offer Free Wi-Fi after the Quake
On March 12th, some Wi-Fi providers in Japan started offering free connection after the devastating earthquake that hit northeast Japan on Friday afternoon. Sofbank Mobile Sofbank Mobile announced that they are completely opening up their public wireless LAN service “Softbank Wi-Fi Spot” for free. The connection is available for anyone who is in the service… Continue reading Livedoor, Softbank, Fon to Offer Free Wi-Fi after the Quake
Groupon Japan Sets A Special Offer To Raise Money For Japan Earthquake
Groupon Japan starts a special offer for collecting donations from users. If you purchase an offer costing 200 yen, Groupon Japan will donate 400 yen to the group helping the recovery for earthquake hit east coast of Japan (“Japan Red Cross is planned”, the page says). Groupon’s Call to Donate for Japan earthquake[J] More than… Continue reading Groupon Japan Sets A Special Offer To Raise Money For Japan Earthquake
Japan Earthquake On The Web
[Update] Asiajin authors in Tokyo are okay. Our main writer Serkan Toto was at New Tokyo International Airport. People evacuated outside. Serkan had to stay at Narita and seeking flight for SXSW. Another author Dominic Ken Gallello shot when the earthquake broke out at his office in Tokyo. Magnitude 8.4 earthquake hit Miyagi and east… Continue reading Japan Earthquake On The Web
Bijostagram – Shows Only Beautiful Girls From Instagram
Bijostagram (bijo = beautiful lady in Japanese) is a new Instagram mashup from Japan to pick up only photos with beautiful girls. You open the page, then it refreshes periodically. The site was backed by a algorithm to detect beautiful girls photo only, developed by the creator hirotmb, and the frontend Javascript is supported by… Continue reading Bijostagram – Shows Only Beautiful Girls From Instagram
Hello Kitty Twitter App For iOS
It’s official. Bandai Namco has just released Hello Kitty themed Twitter client under the license of Sanrio. With basic Twitter client functionality, you may select two themes, “Kitty White” and “Kity and Love Teddy”. The app also has puzzle game It is available on iTunes app store with $2.99. English, French and Japanese menus are… Continue reading Hello Kitty Twitter App For iOS