2012-06
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LinkedIn Chairman-Rakuten CEO Talk Livestreamed Soon
LinkedIn chairman Reid Hoffman is visiting Tokyo to promote his book “The Start-up of You” Japanese version (“Staato Appu!”). Ustream announced [J] that they are to broadcast …
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Japan's Web News Week 24
This week’s Japanese Web/IT related news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Mixi CEO Interview By Nikkei British …
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Twitter-buzzed Cat iPhone Jack Accessory Gets A Naughty Parody
Last month, we reported the useless cat accessory for iPhone being commoditized backed by Japanese Twitter users buzzing. The product seems to be at the final stage of development. …
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Otaku Social Matching Service "Otakuma" Reincarnated As "Ultema"
C. S. T. Entertainment [J] has announced that they will be closing their specialized Otaku (nerd) social matching service Otakuma [J] as of May 26th. “Otakuma” is C.S.T. Entertainment’s first shot at …
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AR App "Yosei Megane" Finally Released For Android
Yosei Megane [J] has released the AR (Augmented Reality) application Yosei Megane [J] (Elf Glasses) for Android. Download is free. “Yosei Megane” is an AR mobile viewer application that easily …
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Japan's First Social Media Focused Contest is Ready to Kick Off
The Team of the University of Tokyo Who Won the Grand Prize in MCJ 2011 You might wonder if there’s any competition about social media and apparently there’s one in Japan. After …
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Keroro And Other Characters Invade Ameba Pigg
CyberAgent [J] has opened up “Narikiri Dori” (Transformation Ave.), a new area in their virtual space Ameba Pigg, [J] where you can enjoy dressing up as popular characters from animes like Shin Seiki …
