2011-04
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Facebook Japan Paused Growth By Earthquake, But Gains Back From... China?
At the beginning of April, I was almost writing up an article about how the Eastern Japan earthquake affected social media battle. Since the end of 2010, Japanese traditional media had been in great …
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Rakuten Releases Android App
Rakuten, huge Japanese online shopping mall company, launched a free Android App following to an iPhone app in February. The Android app has a barcode reader function, with which customers can scan …
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Teclosion 2011 Spring: Wondershake Wins The Grand Prix Among 15 Finalists
Design IT[J], a Tokyo-based UI-focused media consultancy also known for previously maintaining TechCrunch’s Japanese edition (its management was switched to AOL earlier this month[J]), held the …
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Androidoll - Android Apps Review Site For Girls
It was 2 months ago that I introduced a new segmented Android Apps review site for Otaku - Moedroid. Now, rapid-spreading Android phones in Japan has brought us another interesting review site, for …
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Wipe Glove: Running With iPhone
Wipe Glove [J] by Podo is a jogging glove with water absorbing material, by which you may dry your face, neck, etc. during jogging. “The Smart Series” of it also has a big pocket to hold …
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Project: Holding Hands - Popular Characters Cheering Survived Kids
Teotsunago (=we shall hold hands) is a new project which many creators gathered their popular characters, to encourage people who suffered the East Japan Big Earthquake. The big list includes some …
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Twitter Finally Adds Japanese Trending Topics
Twitter has just announced on its Japanese official blog that their trending topics is now featuring Japanese language trends. You may choose “Japan” or “Tokyo” from worldwide …
