Journal Plus is a new Google+ hot topics aggregation service by User Local Inc., Tokyo-based web start-up known by their website and social media traffic analysis services. It collects public posts on Google+, calculate their popularity by how many times they are shared and how many times they got +1 pressed. Besides the global popular… Continue reading JournalPlus – Google+ Hot News Aggregator In English/Chinese/Russian/etc.
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Gree’s First And Huge Participation In Tokyo Game Show Announced
Gree, one of Japan’s big two social networking service announced [J] that they would take part in annual Tokyo Game Show 2011 held from September 15 to 18 with “the largest level” booth. On the release, Gree says that paradigm shift is happening in the game industry, which is expanding with “social” and “online” aspects… Continue reading Gree’s First And Huge Participation In Tokyo Game Show Announced
Big Trouble: Mobage Services Down For Over 9 Hours
Japan’s social gaming network giant Mobage became inaccessible around 9:20 a.m. Friday Aug 25, both on its own mobile version, iPhone version and PC version jointly run with Yahoo! Japan. In morning, DeNA’s company site was reportedly down as well. Other services by DeNA, who runs Mobage, such like mobile auction site Mobaoku were also… Continue reading Big Trouble: Mobage Services Down For Over 9 Hours
Social Game Vendor Klab Goes IPO On TSE Mothers
KLab [J], a social game vendor announced [J] that they will be listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers (Tosho Mothers) planned on September 27, 2011. The company was originally established as an research and development section of CyBird, one of the most successful mobile contents providers for i-mode, Docomo’s feature phone web portal. After leaving… Continue reading Social Game Vendor Klab Goes IPO On TSE Mothers
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 game platform, DeNA. The new company DBNA is supposed to develop social games for the global market. From the release, the… Continue reading Namco Bandai And DeNA Jointly Established Social Game Company For Global Market
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 pre-installed chant is Heart-Sutra(Hannya-Shingyo in Japanese) by a famous Jisseiin Jyonenji [J]. You may replace with your own chant in mp3 format. Letters on tablet can be modified… Continue reading USB Buddism Sutra Chanting Tablet
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 themed Family Computer age 8-bit games. Bomberman Gradius Dig Dug Load Runner Super Mario Brothers (movie) Xevious There are many more but some games are… Continue reading Japanese Makes Unofficial Famicon(NES) Google Doodles
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 beansprouts was discount 30 yen in Japan Pompare Could Not Pass Groupon Japan In July Yahoo! Loco Android Supports AR… Continue reading August 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 1)
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 Bing brand.” The program guide works with Twitter and Facebook. From program detail page, you may share your comments to Twitter and/or Facebook. Japanese TV programs data… Continue reading TeleBing – Microsoft Releases TV Guide App For iPhone/iPad
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 e-commerce site introduces one or more social media buttons. As shown on the chart, nearly 90% of who do, which is 42% of all, encourages users to… Continue reading Research: Japanese E-Commerce Sites Expects Twitter The Most For Social Media Promotion