Month: October 2012

Naver Line Is Down

Naver LINE is down after the midnight, October 31st. The official’s Twitter account says, 【障害報告】現在、LINEのアプリ・PC版等全デバイスにおいて全機能が利用できない不具合が発生しております。復旧にむけて原因調査対応中です。ご不便をおかけし申し訳ありません。復旧次第、ご報告致します。 #LINE — LINE (@LINEjp_official) October 30, 2012 “All functions of both Apps and PC versions LINE are not working now. We are investigating now and will let you know as soon as we recover.” at 01:17 a.m. Twitter’s top trends… Continue reading Naver Line Is Down

A-Team Releases Visual Novel “Murder Room”

A-Team, Inc. [J] has released “Ryouki Dasshutsu Game Murder Room” [J] (seeking the bizarre escape game murder room).  Both the iOS and Android versions are free for download. “Ryouki Dasshutsu Game Murder Room” is a horror visual novel made by the team that develops the “Dasshutsu Shoujo Lie Series” (escape young lady Lie series).  The… Continue reading A-Team Releases Visual Novel “Murder Room”

Over 3 Million Users Now Registered On Colopl

Colopl Inc. [J] has announced that the number of users of their location based game “Colopl” has reached 3 million.  This is the number of already withdrawn users subtracted from the number of registered users. “Colopl” was opened for service in November of 2010 as the world’s first location game specialized platform.  Currently they are… Continue reading Over 3 Million Users Now Registered On Colopl

Tsukuri.com Released – Make Your Own Visual Novel

Kuusoukagaku Inc. [J] (Fantasy Science Inc.) has released Tsukuri.com [J] (Make.com), an Android application that lets you make your own visual novel. “Tsukuri.com” is an application where you can make an original visual novel which runs on Android, setting items, characters, and scenery with pictures taken on your smartphone.  The app itself is free, and… Continue reading Tsukuri.com Released – Make Your Own Visual Novel

Human Form Input Device “QUMARION” Selected For “Innovative Technologies”

Celsys Inc. [J] has announced that “QUMARION,” a human form input device developed cooperatively by Vivian Inc. and Soft Ether Inc., [J] has been selected for “Innovative Technologies” hosted by the Japanese ministry of finance. “QUMARION” is a human form input device developed for operating 3D characters.  It allows one to capture the figure’s pose… Continue reading Human Form Input Device “QUMARION” Selected For “Innovative Technologies”

North American Avatar Online Community TinierMe Links Up With Historical Manga Hetalia

G-Crest Inc. [J] is doing a tie-up with the nation anthropomorphication comic and anime Hetalia [J] through TinierMe [J], an avatar online community being developed for overseas centered on North America. “Hetalia” is a historical comedy work which personifies nations, posted on Himaruya Hidekazu’s own website.  AT first it was posted as a web comic,… Continue reading North American Avatar Online Community TinierMe Links Up With Historical Manga Hetalia

Japanese TV Viewership Measurer Video Research To Cooperate With Twitter Japan

Video Research, a company providing Japanese television audience rating, also belongs to the nation’s largest ad agency Dentsu group, announced that it is planning to offer a new television viewer rating based on number of tweets [J]. Twitter Japan will assist it by providing hashtag search streaming API. As a first attempt, Video Research is… Continue reading Japanese TV Viewership Measurer Video Research To Cooperate With Twitter Japan

Comm – DeNA Enters Smartphone Call/Message Battlefield

DeNA, a Japanese web company runs a huge social gaming platform Mobage and mobile auction service Bidders, announced today that they had released a new messaging app/platform Comm. It is a free call app by which you may call from/to 204 countries. The app also supports messaging with “stamps” and photo-sharing. Different from Mobage, Comm… Continue reading Comm – DeNA Enters Smartphone Call/Message Battlefield