2009-10
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Kanojo Camera - iPhone Memorial Photo Taker With Virtual Girls
A Japanese company A2c Co, Ltd. released a new iPhone application which enables you to take pictures with 5 virtual girls. “Kanojo Camera” (“kanojo” means girlfriend). You may …
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Japan Public TV NHK Intensely Promotes Twitter
Following to Biz Stone’s first Tokyo visit for media interviews and Tweetup event, media is reporting a lot about Twitter in Japan now. Public, and the biggest TV station NHK broadcasts about …
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Japan's Biggest Social Network Mixi Buys 20% Of Foreigner-Led Social Gaming Company Pikkle
Mixi [JP], Japan’s largest social network (17.4 million members at the end of June), yesterday announced [JP, PDF] they acquired a 20% stake in Pikkle, a Tokyo-based social gaming company that …
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30min. Fundraises USD275,000 To Go Next Round
Japan’s best-known LBS (location-based service) app 30min.[J] (pronounced “san-zero minutes”) allocated new shares to Mitsui Ventures (MVC), and Mr. Yohei Nishikubo joined the …
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Amazon US Begins Same Day Delivery A Fortnight After Japan
When I reported Amazon Japan’s Same Day Delivery at the beginning of this month, I thought it would only be possible in a small dense country like Japan. I was wrong. Amazon US announced its …
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Japan-Only Twitter Mobile Page Takes Off
As implied by teaser page, Twitter Japan has launched an official Japanese cellphone site http://twtr.jp. Here is the teaser page changed to a guide page which has both cellphone site URL and QR Code. …
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Chinese Government To Shut Out Foreign Online Games
China’s national copyright administration[C] announced the government would ban the market entry of online game services which are operated by non-Chinese service providers. According to the …
