Continued from (Part 1). Middle part of September news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Continued to (Part 3)
Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated.
- Japnaese Facebook Pointed Out Full Of Fake Girls’ Account – a blog listed many fake accounts and guys who have those girls on their friends list. There is a group to hunt them down and find whose photo (usually Asian model/actress) those fake accounts are using.
- iOS5 Beta7 Blocks Docomo SIM Even For Sim-unlocked iPhone – some say Apple/Softbank are trying anti-Docomo block, others say just a software bug in beta
- Some Games Shut Down On PC Version Of Mixi – PC-side Mixi is less popular than feature phone version, but not a good news for their public image
- Searchina’s Reporting YouTube Blocks Korea By Manipulating K-Pop Popularity Turned Out To Be Make-Up. The Searchina replaced the post with idol news with the same URL, Yahoo! Japan removed its re-distributed news
- Real “Like” button on wall poster at Yurakucho Marion. via ITMedia blog
- Internal Affairs Minister Expresses Need For Research On Karelog Case
- Apple Japan, Inc. Dissolved And Merged Into Apple Japan, LLC – Mac Otakara’s first report seems removed. The original official gazette was expired. Apple Japan Merged To Apple Japan Explained by Tetsuya Isozaki
- Facebook Japan Announces Japanese Active Users Passed 5 Million
- Shibukasa – Free Umbrella Sharing Service In Shibuya. It has an Android App. via LifeHacker.jp
- Ameba Mobile’s Game “My Host-chan” To Be Dramatized On TV
- Pixiv’s URL Shortening Service p.tl Blocked On Twitter. p.tl accept any URL than Pixiv pages and there are lots of abused cases.
- Taito Announces IdolMaster-like Talent Produce Social Game On Gree
- New service from SixApart
- Research: Japanese Using Facebook The Most, More Than Mixi And Twitter By MMD Labo. by MMD Labo.
- Gree Aoyagi To Be OpenFeint New CEO, Founder Leaves [En]. OpenFeint’s release [En]
- Facebook Quiz Game Promotion For Citibank Japan
- Softbank Invests Singapore InMobi Pte 100 Million Dollars. VentureBeat covered it [En]
- Zynga localizes Words with Friends in Japanese
- Google Shopping Japanese Now Reflects Existing Stock From Major Retail Shops
- All Nippon Airways’ All 6,000 Flight Attendants To Have iPad – first airline giving iPad to all crew
- Marketing Competition Japan – Univ. Students To Show English Marketing Skill
- Hand-powered Printing Machine Printogokko To End Its 34 Years History. over 10 million units sold, but PC printer has replaced its demand
- Google Japan Offering Mirror Page Of Nagoya City Official – Million People Recommended Evacuation By Typhoon Hard Rain
- Ameba Pigg Brothels Reported By Undercover 2-channelers
- Official Seven-Eleven Colored Gundam On Sale Sep 23
- Gree’s Virtual Girlfriend Tickling Game For iPhone
- World’s First Radio Controlled Wheeled Platform
- Research: Japanese Who Are Reluctant To Use Real Name On Social Media Drops Down From 89% To 62% In One Year
- Macromill released their second round of smartphone research
- Docomo Allies With Vodafone, Takes Over Softbank’s Multinational Enterprise Clients
- Google Chrome: Lady Gaga Japanese version. original [En]
- Wilcom’s New Frisk-size Cellphone – World Smallest & Lightest as the one having 10 digit-keys
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