“Kakuchoushi Pantsu”(file extension underwear) with “zip”, “exe”, “php” and “log” underwear for men from Okinawan company Monolith Store [J]. 1575 yen(US$21). Women’s underpants are said to be coming soon as well. via Slashdot Japan [J]
Month: August 2011
What If Your Girlfriend Were a Foreigner? CyberAgent’s English-Study App
CyberAgent, [J] which manages “Ameba,” has begun to offer the second installation of their English conversation study application series for iPhone, “Moshi Kareshi Ga Gaikokujin Dattara Eikaiwa” (If Your Boyfriend was a Foreigner English Conversation), “Moshi Kanojo Ga Gaikokujin Dattara Eikaiwa” [J] (If your girlfriend was a foreigner English Conversation). Although the price is set… Continue reading What If Your Girlfriend Were a Foreigner? CyberAgent’s English-Study App
Nailap – Nail Art Photo Sharing Service For iPhone
Saitama-based company Pocara [J] released a new iPhone social camera application “Nailapp”, dedicated for nail decoration lovers. We covered some geeky nail-arts by Japanese girls before. As well as other countries, there are not so many ladies in industry so having those techy nail art may show how popular nailing in Japan. Must-have feature for… Continue reading Nailap – Nail Art Photo Sharing Service For iPhone
The Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Archive on Google Earth “Hiroshima Archive”
August 6 was a day when the atomic bomb was dropped to Hiroshima by the U.S. Army. Hidenori Watanave Laboratory at Tokyo Metropolitan University launched pluralistic digital archive “The Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Archive”. http://hiroshima.mapping.jp/ (English and Japanese) “The Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Archive” is a pluralistic digital archive using Google Earth to display on it the… Continue reading The Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Archive on Google Earth “Hiroshima Archive”
Social Platform GREE Expands To 130 Million Users
GREE [J] has announced that their mobile device social platform in August has exceeded 130 million users worldwide, achieving 107 million users outside of Japan. The number of GREE’s users is a total of the Japanese “GREE,” combined with the social game platform primarily developed for America, Europe, and China, “OpenFeint,” whose user number has… Continue reading Social Platform GREE Expands To 130 Million Users
Allez Cuisine! “Iron Chef For GREE New Challengers” – Kitchen Stadium Goes Social
Fuji Television with GREE [J] and Synphonie have announced that they will offer the GREE feature phone version of the popular TV show “Ryouri no Tetsujin (Iron Chef)” as a social game, “Iron Chef for GREE New Challengers.” [J] Fuji Television with GREE and Synphonie are jointly planning the design for “Iron Chef for GREE… Continue reading Allez Cuisine! “Iron Chef For GREE New Challengers” – Kitchen Stadium Goes Social
Japanese Location-Based Service Colopl Sells Special Card With Pro-Baseball Ticket
Colopl [J] is planning to implement the sports game watching “Pro Baseball! Colopl Series” [J] to link with their cell phone geo-location game “Koroni-na Seikatsu” (Colony Life). This will be their first attempt to collaborate with professional sports. The “Pro Baseball! Colopl Series” is for sales of special Colopl Card linked game tickets for 16… Continue reading Japanese Location-Based Service Colopl Sells Special Card With Pro-Baseball Ticket
Yumemi To Develop American Location Game “MyTown” For Japan
Yumemi has announced that they are joining forces with Booyah, maker of the American location information social game “MyTown” which has over 4 million users. From now on, “MyTown” will be developed in Japan. “MyTown” is a Check-in type of location based service with strong game components. It is tied to such corporations as Disney,… Continue reading Yumemi To Develop American Location Game “MyTown” For Japan
Cityville Launches in Japan as Facebook Continues Steady Growth
The world’s biggest social game Cityville just launched in Japanese, available exclusively to the Facebook platform. This is the first time a localized version of a US Zynga game has been launched in Japan since their entry into the Japanese market. Zynga is currently rolling out their biggest IP around the world, with their recent… Continue reading Cityville Launches in Japan as Facebook Continues Steady Growth
Gakufu Camera: Camera Over Music Score Plays Sound
Gakufu Camera [J] (gakufu = music score) is an iPhone app released by music instrument vendor Kawai. The camera application lets you scan music score by camera, recognize musical notes in real-time, play the recognized notes. (“the world’s first real-time music score recognition”, as they claim. probably on smartphone I guess.) The app can recognize… Continue reading Gakufu Camera: Camera Over Music Score Plays Sound