Have you ever felt ashamed by leaning on to person sitting next to you constantly while on train falling asleep? Sure, I have. Often. LION[J], as a promotion for energy drink Gronsan[J], released mobile alarm app[J] that could keep you away from this common situation you may find on commuting trains in Japan. The app… Continue reading LION Releases Unique Alarm App Which Prevents You From Being Ashamed On Train
Month: November 2011
HONDA Releases App For Facebook “Face Game Book”
HONDA [J] has released “face game book” [J], an old school “game book” style puzzle solving game application for facebook. “face game book” [J] is a promotional game application for their new model “FREED,” and was originally developed in cooperation with the “mystery” event group “SCRAP,” who have until now been frequently making “Real Dasshutsu… Continue reading HONDA Releases App For Facebook “Face Game Book”
Ameba Pico Reaches 4 Million Users
“AmebaPico,” the overseas 2D virtual space managed by CyberAgent, has acquired 4 million users. This was brought to light from their English version Twitter account. “Ameba Pico” is this company’s overseas English version of their Japanese virtual space Ameba Pigg [J], offered as a Facebook application. Like ameba Pigg, you create your own avatar, customize… Continue reading Ameba Pico Reaches 4 Million Users
In Jakarta: First BOOST Conference To Take Place On January 17-18, 2012
Indonesia is just getting started on the Internet, but interest is rapidly growing in this massive market of 240 million people. The country is on the map especially in the tech industry in Japan and (to a lesser extent) Silicon Valley, which is why a new conference called BOOST is trying to connect these three… Continue reading In Jakarta: First BOOST Conference To Take Place On January 17-18, 2012
Two New Japanese AR Applications With Buildings In Town
AR 3kyoudai(=three brothers) is a Japanese technological unit known by its AR-related projects. Now AR 3kyoudai’s project is to replace a static ad-board on the building wall with video ad. (The regular ad on the right will be viewed as a video ad on the left when you watch via smartphone.) With smartphone and the… Continue reading Two New Japanese AR Applications With Buildings In Town
Japan’s Web News Week 46
This week’s Japanese Web/IT related news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Jean Reno Plays A Popular Kids Sci-Fi Robot Doraemon On Toyota’s “After 20 Years” Commercial Series from this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0LAhtp6E7U crazy strong yen! Middle-aged Social Hobby Network Debang.jp Opens via
Docomo Suspends New Android T-01D Sale On The Launch Day
Docomo started to sell Regza Phone T-01D [J], Fujitsu-Toshiba Android phone November 18, but in the afternoon it stopped selling and announced that the handset has malfunction [J]. Docomo had been selling 5,200 of T-01D until 17:00, and 245 of the purchasers reported issues that they could not call or access the web. via Ketai… Continue reading Docomo Suspends New Android T-01D Sale On The Launch Day
Android Apps For Starbucks-phobia To Practice How To Order Coffee
In Japan, Starbucks Coffee, Subway Sandwich and Ramen Jiro are the shops which make many first visitors feel scared by their mystic words to order. Custaba is a Japanese Android app on which you can simulate coffee ordering at Starbucks. The generated order in the screenshot above is “Tall vanilla two-percent caramel source dark Mocha… Continue reading Android Apps For Starbucks-phobia To Practice How To Order Coffee
Yahoo! Mobage Celebrates 6 Million Uses Registration
Yahoo! Mobage, a joint social game networking service for PC run by Japan’s largest web service Yahoo! Japan and mobile social game giant DeNA, starts a present campaign celebrating its 6 million users registration. If you play any games on Yahoo! Mobage first in time, and purchase anything on selected stores on Yahoo! Shopping, you… Continue reading Yahoo! Mobage Celebrates 6 Million Uses Registration
ex-Livedoor CEO Takafumi Horie To Start Mahjong Comic From Jail
Takafumi Horie, an ex-Livedoor CEO who is in Jail since June 9 this year in violation of the Securities and Exchange Law, aka Horienmon, was announced to start a new manga series on fortnightly mahjong (wikipedia) comic magazine Kindai Mahjong [J]. There are two mahjong-only comic magazines in Japan. People playing mahjong is decreasing, but… Continue reading ex-Livedoor CEO Takafumi Horie To Start Mahjong Comic From Jail