February? Yes. I am sorry for big delay. The earthquake made me forgot this. March version will come late, too. Continued from (Part 2). Last part of February news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Taisho, a Taiyaki (Japanese fish-shape cake) shop in… Continue reading February 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 3)
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Hatena Launces World Shortest 3 Letters Microblog Hatena Now
On April 1, Kyoto-based web service company Hatena released a new microblog service Hatena Now, which restrict users’ message at most 3 characters. Hatena called it “The world smallest nano blog” [J]. In 2009, we reported a nano blog chuitter.jp, which limits message by 14 letters, 1/10 of Twitter. However, Chuitter ceased after one year… Continue reading Hatena Launces World Shortest 3 Letters Microblog Hatena Now
Kinect Driven “Ghost in the Shell” Cyberspace
Kamakura based web/app company Kayac reproduced a cyber space in a popular anime series “Ghost in the Shell – Stand Alone Complex(S.A.C.)” at Parco Part 1 department store, Shibuya, Tokyo. By using kinect input device with big screens, visitors can experience to chase and catch out Tachikoma, an AI tank (Wikipedia) in the virtual space.… Continue reading Kinect Driven “Ghost in the Shell” Cyberspace
Weekly Comics Shonen Jump Makes One Issue Free Online By Quake
Shoeisha made a 2011’s 15th issue of Weekly Shonen Jump, the most popular Japanese manga(comic) magazine which is sold 3 million copies every week, online for free on Yahoo! Japan [J] and Nico Nico Seiga [J]. “Seiga” means static image, opposite to “douga”(movie). Nico Nico Seiga is a service to share images run by Nico… Continue reading Weekly Comics Shonen Jump Makes One Issue Free Online By Quake
2channel Founder’s 10 Million Yen Donation Rejected By Groupon Japan
Groupon Japan, local operator of successful digital coupon company Groupon, which drew cold stares by the new year’s trouble, was one of the fast web companies who started the earthquake victims saving program. Their “matching gift” donation collected 100 million yen by March 20th, and Groupon Japan added their own 100 million yen on top… Continue reading 2channel Founder’s 10 Million Yen Donation Rejected By Groupon Japan
More Anonymity! Nottotter.jp Shuffled Members’ Twitter Account, Blocked Promptly
Nottotter.jp is a new web service using Twitter account to exchange your writing rights with other Nottotter members for 5 minutes. In other words, registered user on Nottotter can tweet on some other user’s account for 5 minutes. A Hatena blogger id:hitode909 developed and released [J] this Nottotter, which means “I’ve taken it over.” in… Continue reading More Anonymity! Nottotter.jp Shuffled Members’ Twitter Account, Blocked Promptly
Cyndi Lauper To Sing For Japan Earthquake Relief Tonight Online
Cyndi Lauper, a big name American pop singer, who has been touring Japan since March 15th for concerts in Nagoya, Tokyo and Osaka, is giving suffered Japan a big online present – live concert [J]. Backed by a Japanese movie sharing service Nico Nico Douga, tonight’s her final concert in Japan will be aired from… Continue reading Cyndi Lauper To Sing For Japan Earthquake Relief Tonight Online
TEPCO Shows Electricity Demand And Usage Chart
Tokyo Electric Power Company(TEPCO), which is in charge of Fukushima nuclear crisis and Kanto/Tokyo rolling blackout, opened a new page to tell how much electricity are used hourly in total. After the scheduled power down began, there were many complains from people who got inconvenience by blackout and transportation confuse caused by blackout. It was… Continue reading TEPCO Shows Electricity Demand And Usage Chart
Placeholder Public Service Commercial Buzzed Crazy In Japan
Advertising Council Japan (AC Japan) has been mostly a sole commercial providers on Japanese commercial TV stations for a week since the East Japan Earthquake occured. As most regular companies did not want to play their commercial with fear of criticized as inconsiderate during many people are in deep grief, all commercial stations (i.e. non… Continue reading Placeholder Public Service Commercial Buzzed Crazy In Japan
Chief Cabinet Secretary Edano Becomes Fan-made Anime
Yukio Edano (Wikipedia), Japanese cabinet’s chief secretary in Kan government, who has been a spokesperson on the East Japan Earthquake/Tsunami/Nuclear Crisis, got himself a name from Japanese, especially from web users by his non-stopping work which is likened to Jack Bauer. This time, a professional Japanese anime creator Yosuke Kihara [J], known by “Conie-chan” on… Continue reading Chief Cabinet Secretary Edano Becomes Fan-made Anime