April 2012 – Page 3

Location Game Shirotsuku Ties It Up With Job Offer Site

Cave Inc. [J] has announced the commencement of “Predict Job Luck With Lucky Prospects 47 Fortune,” [J] a tie-up campaign with “47Kyujin.com (47 prefectures job offer site)” [J] managed by F47Kyujin Site Joint Committee, [J] via “Shirotsuku,” [J] Cave’s location based game for GREE and Mobage. The term period will be until April 26th. In… Continue reading Location Game Shirotsuku Ties It Up With Job Offer Site

Twitter Japan Starts Brand Page With Docomo, Lawson and Warner

Twitter Japan official blog announced [J] that the brand page for promotion launched in Japanese Twitter. The new advertising program on Japan’s (probably) most popular social networking service is introduced 4 month after its US launch. The first three companies use the brand page are the largest telco NTT Docomo, convenience chain store Lawson and… Continue reading Twitter Japan Starts Brand Page With Docomo, Lawson and Warner

Japan’s Web News Week 14

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. Last Day Of Docomo 2G Cellphone Used 16 Years Cookpad Appoints ex-Kakaku.com Head As A New President. Current president Akimitsu Sano to concentrate on globalization and R&D Face Romanizer App By… Continue reading Japan’s Web News Week 14

NHK Starts News Program Interacts With Twitter Messages By Watchers

In Japan, April is the start of school year, and many TV programs also begin this season. Japan’s public broadcasting network NHK began weekday midnight news program News Web 24 [J] works with the popular Internet service, Twitter. # The 24 in “News Web 24” means 24 o’clock, means 00:00, which is often used in… Continue reading NHK Starts News Program Interacts With Twitter Messages By Watchers

Photozou: Zynga Japan Sells Photo Sharing Site To Digital Garage

Back in 2010, when Zynga acquired Tokyo-based Unoh (and turned the company into its Japan HQ), the main targets of the Americans were game-related assets and the team. But Zynga also acquired a pretty successful photo sharing service that was developed by Unoh: Photozou,which went live in 2005 and can probably be best described as… Continue reading Photozou: Zynga Japan Sells Photo Sharing Site To Digital Garage

Rental Shop TSUTAYA Gets Into Smartphone Games With TSUTAYA.com kiwi

TSUTAYA.com [J] has formed a business partnership with Internet Revolution [J] and opened the smartphone SNS game site “TSUTAYA.com kiwi.” [J] With “TSUTAYA.com kiwi” you can enjoy 14 game titles such as “Pro Baseball Dream Nine,” “Everyone’s Pet Shop,” “Othello,” “Solitaire,” “Multi-Millionaire,” and this is the first time for a SNS game site to be… Continue reading Rental Shop TSUTAYA Gets Into Smartphone Games With TSUTAYA.com kiwi

Japanese Government Reassures Free WiFi Providers Not Tap Users Messages

Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications(MIC) on April 4 issued two administrative directions around the constitutionally guaranteed secrecy of communication (=Tsuushin no Himitsu, in Japanese) against Connect Free and NTT Broadband Platform. Both companies tried to offer free WiFi services at shops last December but got in troubles by suspicious behaviors when users connect… Continue reading Japanese Government Reassures Free WiFi Providers Not Tap Users Messages

[Video] Magical Dice Always Gives 6

Showed on Nico Nico Douga http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm17428052 via Internet Watch