Popular English DJ Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim appeared on a special program on Nico Nico Namahousou(Nico Nico Live) [J], user generated videocast service on June 2 to promote Big Beach Festival’11 Chiba, which was also aired on Nico Nico Namahousou. Nico Nico News reported [J] how he enjoyed real time communication with his Japanese… Continue reading Fatboy Slim Experiences How Nico Nico Douga Overlay Comment Works
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“Robot Zone” Signboard In Tsukuba, Japan
Tsukuba Academic New Town, 60km North East of Tokyo, is known by universities and enterprise research centres. There, prototype robots are walking around,
Another Pure CSS (=No JavaScript) Action Games
Inspired by a pure CSS action game, a new CSS only whack-a-mole game CSS Panic was released by GeckoTang on the online Japanese HTML5 coding community, Jsdo.it. You may play it here if using a modern browser. CSS PANIC – jsdo.it – share JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS GeckoTang also made a shooting police (not police… Continue reading Another Pure CSS (=No JavaScript) Action Games
USB Power Generating Pan
Japanese company TES NewEnergy announced to sell a cooking pan which utilizing disposed heat into power, which can charge cellphone or other devices via USB socket from June 13th. They say that heat of bonfire could be over 900 degrees Fahrenheit, but energy over 212 Fahrenheit are not used for boiling water and wasted. This… Continue reading USB Power Generating Pan
Yahoo! Japan To End Social Network Yahoo! Days
Yahoo! Japan announced [J] that they would cease a social networking service Yahoo! Days on October 3, 2011. On July 6, most of activities around messages, photos and community will be disabled. My page above showed me no recent diaries and messages of friends… Yahoo! Days, which started in February 2006 as Yahoo! 360°, the… Continue reading Yahoo! Japan To End Social Network Yahoo! Days
Japanese Answer To Wii U Controller
On the very same date (June 7) after Nintendo announced Wii U at E3, new controller seemed to inspire potential Japanese buyers. Click to see the original (NSFW) by @nemuke. Another one.
Ultra High-speed Japanese Typing On iPhone
It is known that Japanese high school girls type Japanese so fast on feature phone 10 digits key, but this person on iPhone could be faster than they. On Japanese flick input training app, he writes up 45 letters/5 phrases in 6.99 seconds, which is 386 letters per minute. [Update] Another high-speed iPhone Japanese type… Continue reading Ultra High-speed Japanese Typing On iPhone
Evernote for i-mode Released For Docomo Feature Phone
Evernote, a popular note-taking service, who has achieved a big, maybe bigger success in Japan than elsewhere, launched a new app to cover majority of Japanese cellphone users on Docomo i-mode, which is a mobile internet service subscribed by over 48 million people. “Evernote for i-mode” [J, Docomo Market] is an i-mode Appli version of… Continue reading Evernote for i-mode Released For Docomo Feature Phone
Facebook Japan Holds An New Coupon Service Launch Event In Shibuya
Facebook Japan is running somethinga launch event of its new coupon service now 3 p.m. on 7th in Shibuya, in front of young people’s landmark Shibuya 109 apparel mall. rehearsal, This morning, Nikkei reported [J] that Facebook is going to begin local coupon service in Japan. Nikkei was correct. The new service is “Facebook Check-in… Continue reading Facebook Japan Holds An New Coupon Service Launch Event In Shibuya
Mixi To Turn Off Its Unique Footprint Function
Mixi, Japan’s largest Facebook-type social network service, today announced that they would change their ashiato(footprint) service from June 13th. Mixi’s footprint is a feature to show you which your network friend browsed your page (profile, diary, photo, etc.) at how many seconds/minutes ago. By this, Mixi in early days acquired users stickiness, by making polite… Continue reading Mixi To Turn Off Its Unique Footprint Function