Google Maps Throws Off “Beta” In Japan On Its 5th Anniversary

Google Japan cerebrated the 5th anniversary of Google Maps with bloggers event and the special logo, which may be the first time custom logo for Google Maps. The event was held at the Roppongi Hills, to where Google Japan moved from Shibuya recently. At the event, Google Maps developers made presentations how Google Maps team… Continue reading Google Maps Throws Off “Beta” In Japan On Its 5th Anniversary

Gree Releases Beta Version Of iPhone Page

Gree, a Japanese social network service competing the No.1 position with Mixi and Mobage-Town around 20-million-users-line, released its iPhone site as a beta version today. Their release tells that they developed iPhone version of Gree as “the new third version”, different from both PC and mobile(Japanese feature phones) version, especially for touch panel interface. The… Continue reading Gree Releases Beta Version Of iPhone Page

SEO Of Love – Japanese Song and Game On SEO

“Koi no SEO”(SEO of Love) is a Japanese song by Kyoto-based SEO company Web Rider Inc.. Of course, this SEO means “Search Engine Optimization”. “Today I got my page ranked up, farewell to scroll-down”, “Now I noticed that tangled links. The important thing is to optimize our hearts.”, “Rhythm of Love is Algorithm” They also… Continue reading SEO Of Love – Japanese Song and Game On SEO

July 2010 Japan IT Links (Part 2)

Continued from (Part 1) Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. iDish For Sushi, Sashimi, BBQ Or Whatever Bukkake Jougi Is A Ruler Containing White Liquid In Which You Can Set Any Pictures (supposed, ahem, naked women) Rakuten’s Zenryaku Profile Certified By EMA KDDI Developped Cellphone Stress Tester App on K-tai Watch Docomo… Continue reading July 2010 Japan IT Links (Part 2)

Baidu’s Popular Service Tieba Comes To Baidu Japan

Baidu Tieba(“Paste Bar” in English) [Zh] is an ultra popular community service run by the world second largest search engine Baidu [Zh]. The uniqueness of Tieba is that it combined search engine and forum, by guiding search results to related discussion boards. If the searched word did not have a counterpart forum, users are suggested… Continue reading Baidu’s Popular Service Tieba Comes To Baidu Japan

English Study Comics Paid Homage To U.S. Marines

“Pixel Mari-tan” is a Japanese Manga comic for studying English slang used in U.S. Marines, which are never taught at school. (-tan is a colloquial form of -san) “The magical kingdom princess, 12-year old Marine(Mar-Lee-Nay, Japanese girl’s name) transforms to marine! She, a magical democratic princess, protects democracy and fights for freedom cause. [J]” with… Continue reading English Study Comics Paid Homage To U.S. Marines

Learn English On Twitter – At Least 5 Japanese Books For That

A Japanese blogger Bricklife pointed out that there are so many Japanese books on how to learn English by Twitter published. Twitter Eigojyutsu(English Technique) A Japanese and an English authors wrote up twitter conversations among fictional characters. The characters exist on Twitter so you may follow them and read. Trying to make English tweets The… Continue reading Learn English On Twitter – At Least 5 Japanese Books For That

Mobile Janken(Rock-Paper-Scissors) Site Charged By Illegal Gambling

According to Kyodo News, Tokyo metropolitan police department security division arrested three members of the company which ran online mobile gambling sites. It is the first time arrest ever over mobile gambling website across the nation. One of their site, Kensyou Jankenpon (“rock-paper-scissors rewards”. the site already suspended), operated by Seeds Style Co., Ltd. [J]… Continue reading Mobile Janken(Rock-Paper-Scissors) Site Charged By Illegal Gambling

It’s Official Now. Google Announces Their Search Platform Provided To Yahoo! Japan

Google Asia Pacific and Japan vice president Daniel Alegre announced [J] on official Google Japan blog that Google’s search technology is again provided to Yahoo! Japan. According to the article, Yahoo! Japan uses Google’s search engine as a backend, is able to customize frontend in any way. Google emphasizes that Yahoo! Japan has freehand on… Continue reading It’s Official Now. Google Announces Their Search Platform Provided To Yahoo! Japan