Mobage Company DeNA Rumored To Buy A Pro Baseball Team, PR Denied

According to Sankei Sports [J], DeNA, known by running a big social gaming network Mobage, is one the list of companies who are talking with TBS, a Japanese TV network company who owns Yokohama Bay Stars [J] of Nippon Professional Baseball(Puro Yakyu) [J] Se-League, to purchase the team. TBS Holdings tried to sell the Bay… Continue reading Mobage Company DeNA Rumored To Buy A Pro Baseball Team, PR Denied

Tonchidot’s Face Recognition App “Smile Fever” Supported In English And Korean

Tonchidot has released the iPhone application “Smile Fever” v1.0.2 which now supports the English and Korean languages. “Smile Fever” is their first free iPhone application.  Thanks to facial recognition technology, it judges and ranks everyone’s charming “Smile Face” and gets the party going. By using iPhone4’s front camera function it judges your smile and converts… Continue reading Tonchidot’s Face Recognition App “Smile Fever” Supported In English And Korean

Hulu Japan Starts – First International Extension

Hulu established its Tokyo subsidiary on August 10. On the announcement, the service launch in Japan was told “later this year”, but it seems they are speeding up. It took only 3 weeks for Japanese version launch. Hulu’s English official blog tells the launch both in English and Japanese today, August 31st in US time,… Continue reading Hulu Japan Starts – First International Extension

Mixi Launches Mixi Page

On August 31, Mixi announced its new feature, Mixi Page [J]. It is a feature to enable Mixi users to create semi-public web pages under Mixi’s domain. The pages have built-in communication system and social-media button Mixi Iine(=Like) is integrated. If you are familiar with Facebook Page, it is the Mixi’s version of it. Companies,… Continue reading Mixi Launches Mixi Page