Early part of October news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Continued to (Part 2) Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. J-Payment’s Social Media Stealth Marketing Using Yahoo Chiebukuro(Yahoo! Answers counterpart in Japan) Pitch Found And Bashed Windows Flying File Reproduced In Real Toto Toilet Bike Neo Project. A… Continue reading October 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 1)
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Leg Hair Font
Tama Art University 20 yo female student Mayuko made this great alphabet font by human leg hair. The font used on an ad-board in real[Update] the ad board is a “sample” by Mayuko. via ITMedia [J]
What’s So Exciting? Amazon’s Seattle Delivery-To-Locker Experiment At Convenience Store
Geekwire has been reporting (1, 2) US Amazon’s locker experiment in Seven-Eleven in Seattle, USA. With the locker, US Amazon customers will be able to receive their items not at home but at store. I noticed that this news may be big as many other popular English blogs referred it. For me it is interesting… Continue reading What’s So Exciting? Amazon’s Seattle Delivery-To-Locker Experiment At Convenience Store
Mixi Releases iPad App And Windows Phone Versions
Japanese (orthodox) large social network Mixi is trying to expand their apps experience on more devices. On September 21, Mixi released [J] an Windows Phone app. (Windows Phone 7.0 or above. 7.5 recommended) image: Mixi Voice short messages on Windows Phone’s Panorama user interface image: your friend’s posts page The app can be downloaded on… Continue reading Mixi Releases iPad App And Windows Phone Versions
September 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 3)
Continued from (Part 2). Last part of September news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Mixi bought Naked Technology Wilcom’s New Frisk-size Cellphone. Their claiming “world smallest” seems the smallest among cellphone having 10-digit buttons. TechCrunch covered it [En] Naver Japan’s Mobile Messenger… Continue reading September 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 3)
Google+ iPhone App Bug (unable to write Japanese/Chinese/Korean) Fixed
The Google+ iPhone App‘s huge but only affected for some countries has been fixed after about 10 days. As we reported on September 26, Japanese (Chinese and Korean as well) Google+ user who updated the app found that they were unable to put in their native language letters. The new version 1.0.5.2346 has come on… Continue reading Google+ iPhone App Bug (unable to write Japanese/Chinese/Korean) Fixed
Oita Airport Baggage Conveyor Belt Is A Big Sushi Shop
Oita Airport is a local airport in Oita prefecture, Kyushu island, Japan. When you arrive at the airport, you will see a big sushi dish on the conveyor, (photo by @yuwt) You can also watch how it is on a movie by cdefinverter, A local incorporated association Tourism Oita runs this to promote their variety… Continue reading Oita Airport Baggage Conveyor Belt Is A Big Sushi Shop
iPhone 4S To Be Sold From 8 a.m. October 14, Apple Japanese Site Says
About an hour prior to Apple’s “Let’s Talk iPhone” event, Apple Store Ginza (Tokyo, Japan) page [J] is showing that the new iPhone 4S will be on sale from 8 a.m. October 14. The text is here with my translation, iPhone 4S、登場。 10月14日、午前8時より、Apple Storeで発売。あなたにぴったりの通信事業者と料金プランを選ぶお手伝いをします。iPhoneの設定もスタッフが行うので、ストアを出る前から使い始める準備が完了します。さらに詳しく iPhone 4S has come. It’s on sale from 8 a.m. October… Continue reading iPhone 4S To Be Sold From 8 a.m. October 14, Apple Japanese Site Says
DeNA To Purchase Atakama Labs, Stretches Its Hands To South America
DeNA, a company running a social game networking Mobage in Japan and now oversea, announced that the acquisition of Chilean game development company Atakama Labs S.A. DeNA has been adding social game development companies into its group from USA, Netherlands, Sweden, Vietnam. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DeNA to Acquire First Latin American Subsidiary, Atakama Labs Chile-based… Continue reading DeNA To Purchase Atakama Labs, Stretches Its Hands To South America
Gree Games With Users Who Trying To Leave Away
On a CGM Curation site Naver Matome, there is a funny list [J] how people are complaining how Gree, one of Japan’s largest social game networking service, makes its member withdrawal process difficult. Here is the resigning form page which I could find from their help. (on smartphone version. their main feature phone site and… Continue reading Gree Games With Users Who Trying To Leave Away