Japan’s largest social networking service Gree today announced [J] that their recently released iPhone version now added a “registration” feature today on September 30th. On Gree iPhone version website, which started as Beta in August, now you can become a member of Gree network. Unfortunately, it does not mean that iPhone users in other countries… Continue reading Gree Now Allows iPhone/Softbank Users To Register
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Earthquake Warning For Japanese Cellphone Works Well
In Eastern Japan, around 5 p.m. on 29th (Japan Standard Time), massive number of people in office and home got different than usual sound on their cellphones. It was one of the latest function on Japanese feature phone, Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) system. The earthquake itself, which happened in Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan, recorded 5.8-magnitude,… Continue reading Earthquake Warning For Japanese Cellphone Works Well
September 2010 Japan IT Links (Part 2)
Continued from (Part 1). Middle part of September news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Continued to (Part 3) Asiajin site update We set up Asiajin’s Digg account. Now all articles will be automatically submitted on Digg. Links Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Porn Site Name Elementary School… Continue reading September 2010 Japan IT Links (Part 2)
Yahoo! Mobage In Abeyance By User Account Trouble
Yahoo! Mobage [J], a pretty huge joint business by two giants, Japan’s largest website Yahoo! Japan and one of Japanese biggest social networking service Mobage Town by DeNA, which had launched on 21st September as a beta, was surceased because there were troubles that some users saw another users’ account when logged in. The Yahoo!… Continue reading Yahoo! Mobage In Abeyance By User Account Trouble
Part Time Jobs Site Baitoru.com Introduces Video Resume
Baitoru.com is a Japanese jobs site which is specialized for part time jobs listing. Recently they added a new feature on which job-seekers can send a video pitch to companies. You can send your self-taking job interview movie from your cellphone or PC, if the employer’s job post has any of these requests: decide hiring… Continue reading Part Time Jobs Site Baitoru.com Introduces Video Resume
Toshiba Releases New Freezer Which Name Is Vegeta
Toshiba announced that on October 16th they would sell a new series of freezer, which is named Vegeta. The Vegeta can freeze fresh vegetables as are. Usually, vegetables are not well frozen because refrigeration causes cellular destruction. This Vegeta’s enhanced precision temperature control chills vegetable with longer time. By chilling raw vegetables, you can save… Continue reading Toshiba Releases New Freezer Which Name Is Vegeta
A Japanese Implies He Began Today’s Twitter XSS Atack Storm
[Update] Title changed As TechCrunch reported, the security attack letting twitter.com login users to post any tweets has been spread within hours all over the twittersphere. Because the attack utilizes the Twitter’s cross site scripting bug and Javascript onmouseover, it was easy to force people using Twitter web clients (both PC and mobile) to re-post… Continue reading A Japanese Implies He Began Today’s Twitter XSS Atack Storm
LovePress++ Wii Board Virtual Massage
At the Tokyo Game Show “Sense Of Wonder Night” on 17th September evening, Kanagawa Institute Of Technology presented a masseur training system “LovePress++ – Ore no Yome ni Massa-gi(massaging for my true love)”. The system uses an Wii Barance Board, input device of Nintendo’s game console Wii, as a back of human body. The researcher’s… Continue reading LovePress++ Wii Board Virtual Massage
Nintendo Admits Blowing-Cartridge Is Not Only Meaningless But Harmful After A Quarter Century
Nintendo celebrates 25 years anniversary of Super Mario by TV commercial in Japan. The commercial depicts that a guy plays the first Super Mario Brothers in 1985 (see TV set and a radio-cassette recorder). It was a common scene nationwide. But on their special website [J], Nintendo put another short movie and warns users “Don’t… Continue reading Nintendo Admits Blowing-Cartridge Is Not Only Meaningless But Harmful After A Quarter Century
Twitter Explained In Two Manga Comics
Mitaka no Chushin de Nau wo Tsubuyaku Mitaka no Chushin de Nau wo Tsubuyaku(I Tweeted “Now!” at the Heart of Mitaka) The manga “Mitaka no Chushin de Nau wo Tsubuyaku” was published by Shogakukan in July 2010 drawn by comic essay cartoonist Yoko Gendai, which is likely the first Twitter manga in Japan, and so… Continue reading Twitter Explained In Two Manga Comics