July 2011 – Asiajin

Mig33 Launches Developer Program, Many Asian Gaming Apps To Come Out In Japan

As we reported here on Asiajin, Japan’s largest mobile gaming company Gree[J] partnered with mig33, a Singapore-born and currently US-based social network which has become the most popular in South East Asia. Mig33 recently launched a developer program, which allows mobile game developers to make revenue by developing games on a platform which is compatible… Continue reading Mig33 Launches Developer Program, Many Asian Gaming Apps To Come Out In Japan

July 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 2)

Continued from (Part 1). Middle part of July news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Continued to (Part 3) Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Asahi Shimbun’s continuing special coverage on the diasaster relief and recovery. CyberAgent Launches Ameba Studio – 9000 Celebs Livestream via Cnet Japan The iPhone… Continue reading July 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 2)

Will You Use Color Emoji Folders And Files On Mac OS X Lion?

[Update 2011-08-01] Some emoji-s may cause troubles by bugs. NAOI reported [J] folder with emoji-s categorized in specific section could disappear. Japanese blogger NAOI pointed out how Lion, the new version of Mac OS X, added more support of color emoji on its system level. Gmail has been known its emoji support, but that support… Continue reading Will You Use Color Emoji Folders And Files On Mac OS X Lion?

Nyotaigoyomi: Page-a-day Calendar Girls App

Nyotai-Goyomi (=girl’s body calendar. The word nyotai is the same one in notorious nyotai mori) is a set of girls’ photos who has date drawn somewhere on her skin. The date drawn on girls seem to be in various formats including Japanese digits. If you don’t understand Japanese date notations, these apps may be not… Continue reading Nyotaigoyomi: Page-a-day Calendar Girls App

Opt Offers Social Recommendation Application Market “myappee” Also In Coordination With T-points

Opt has begun to implement the social recommendation application market “myappee,” which knows which Android apps are popular based on “Like this” and user tweets. New applications are also open for registration [J]. Myappee is a service which introduces popular applications for Android. It combines “ranking.” “recommended,” and “points” to introduce the truly most popular… Continue reading Opt Offers Social Recommendation Application Market “myappee” Also In Coordination With T-points

Blackboard Wars

Japanese high school students made stop-motion animations with blackboard, chalks and all school things for school festival. The first one uses over 2,500 photos, the second one over 3,000. According to the poster’s comment, free tools like PictBear [J] and NicoVisualEffects [J] are used. via @ryohgo_narita

[Live] 4chan’s moot Talk With 2-channel Founder Hiroyuki

On Nico Nico Live tonight, 20:00 July 27 (Japan Standard Time), Christopher Poole aka moot and Hiroyuki Nishimura’s talk session is being broadcast now. (if you prefer Japanese page, here is Nico Nico Live Japanese version) Moot x Hiroyuki Social Media Talk Session Join in on the entertaining talk show featuring 4 chan founder Moot… Continue reading [Live] 4chan’s moot Talk With 2-channel Founder Hiroyuki

Microsoft Dives Into Japan’s Booming Smartphone Market With World’s First Mango Smartphone And Other Key Partnerships

In a joint press conference held this morning, Microsoft, Fujitsu-Toshiba and KDDI unveiled [J] the Fujitsu-Toshiba IS12T smartphone, the world’s very first Windows Phone Mango handset hitting Japan this September only on the KDDI AU mobile network. The phone features a 3.7″ LED display, 1 Ghz Qualcomm MSM8655 CPU, 32GB internal memory, 13.2 Megapixel Camera and is both… Continue reading Microsoft Dives Into Japan’s Booming Smartphone Market With World’s First Mango Smartphone And Other Key Partnerships