2011-08
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Namco Bandai And DeNA Jointly Established Social Game Company For Global Market
Namco Bandai, who was a merged company of video game company Namco and toy company Bandai in 2005, announced a new step on social game development with one of the world’s most successful social …
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KDDI au Lets Subscribers Find Facebook Friends Through Cell Phone Mail History
Back in May, Japan’s second largest mobile carrier KDDI au struck a deal with Facebook under which the social network would be featured prominently on future smartphones, for example in the …
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USB Buddism Sutra Chanting Tablet
Okyo (“Buddhist sutra” in Japanese) is a new gadget for Japanese Buddhists. Ihai (Spiritual Tablet)-shaped this portable USB gadget will chant sutra everywhere without calling monks. The …
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Japanese Makes Unofficial Famicon(NES) Google Doodles
Twitter for Japanese is becoming a new 2-channel, where people are often challenged to be what funny things they could write/express. @miki800 called for an unofficial Google Doodle logo contest …
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August 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 1)
Early part of August news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Continued to (Part 2) Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Cat Donuts This is the deflation. 29 yen …
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TeleBing - Microsoft Releases TV Guide App For iPhone/iPad
TeleBing, named after television and Bing, Microsoft’s search engine, is an iOS application for Japanese TV watchers to show TV program schedules. Microsoft Japan released it “to promote …
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Research: Japanese E-Commerce Sites Expects Twitter The Most For Social Media Promotion
Shibuya-based Mobile web oriented HR agency Sapotant issued a research [J] on what social media buttons Japanese e-commerce websites are displaying to their customers (n=100). 48% of Japanese …
