2009-05
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National Anthem of Japan is Short Enough for Domain Name
The world shortest national anthem lyrics, which became an official national song 10 years ago and still provoking public controversy, seems to be taken as a Germany domain (.de) by someone with using …
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Behind the scene of YouTrivia(Kentei Gocco), new style of Web Ads using trivia from Manabing
YouTrivia (in Japanese, Kentei Gocco) is new style of advertisement to reach customers using trivia style questions to certain topics. The company named “Manabing” which means “on …
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Softbank Mobile Gives Away iPhone 3G To Univ. Students
Softbank Mobile, Japan’s only cellphone operator dealing with iPhone 3G, and Aoyama Gakuin University announced on Friday that they would distribute the handset to all students studying at the …
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Video Rental Store Chain To Be Lead Shareholder Of Kakaku.com
A Shibuya-based Internet conglomerate Digital Garage (DG) announced on Thursday that it would sell a half of all the shares of Kakaku.com[J], a B2C price comparison site and a subsidiary of DG, to …
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Does Marriage-Hunting SNS Treat Men As Women's Livestock?
On Wednesday, A Shibuya-based dot-com venture CyberAgent launched a free mobile SNS, named “Otokonoko Bokujo (a.k.a. Otoboku)” meaning boys pasture, targeting marriage-hunting females. …
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Google StreetView Considers Local Charcteristics And Deploys New Measures
For refraining from shooting objects put inside private premises over the walls located along public roads, Google Japan announced on Wednesday it would deploy new measures not as to violate …
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White Elephant From The Internet Bubble? Seven-yo Avatar SNS Is Shut Down
A Tokyo-based conglomerate of PC manufacturing and e-commerce retailing, MCJ(Mouse Computer Japan) announced it would shut down the company’s avatar SNS service Cafesta[J] at the end of this …
