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Kiseki – Cellularphone lifelog service starts

NTT Resonant, who is doing the portal site “goo”, released a mobile lifelog service “Kiseki” integrating GPS automatic recording and mobile/PC diary/blog in greater Tokyo area on 29th May, 2008. With supported cellularphone (FOMA 905i/904i/903i series having GPS) in Tokyo/Kanagawa/Chiba/Saitama prefectures, Docomo users can download a free i-appli (mobile application) and set it as a… Continue reading Kiseki – Cellularphone lifelog service starts

Gal-Moji: leetspeak for Japanese highschool girls

If l33t is an English phenomenon mainly among Geeks, “Gal-Moji” (“Moji” = letters) is the counterpart for Japanese cellphone users, especially teenaged girls. As with leetspeak, Gal-Moji users replace a standard Japanese character with a different but similar-looking character. This is made more chaotic, however, by the fact that the Japanese language has 3 different… Continue reading Gal-Moji: leetspeak for Japanese highschool girls

Lunarr founder invites famous US-bloggers to Japan

Toru TAKASUKA, known as a very few Japanese entrepreneur challenging in US internet market by his Lunarr (covered on TechCrunch, Mashable, and a lot more), invites popular bloggers from US for one week Tokyo and Japan web technology meetings trip. The invited bloggers are: Tom Foremski from Sillicon Valley Watcher Marshall Kirkpatrick, Read/Write Web Kristen… Continue reading Lunarr founder invites famous US-bloggers to Japan

Google Maps Japan hats off to Mixi

Mixi (on Asiajin), the biggest Social Network Site in Japan, announced that Google Maps Japan now has an specialized Mixi button for users who wants to embed Google Maps on their users diary (Mixi Nikki). “Embed this map to other service: mixi” Mixi has been having the “embed Google Maps” feature for a year which… Continue reading Google Maps Japan hats off to Mixi

NTT Docomo provides high-speed cellularphone-web at home

NTT Docomo announced that they will start a new internet connection service “Home U” in June, which enables WiFi web access from cellularphone at home. With the latest cellphone type N906iL(nicknamed: “onefone”), which has not only data access over cellphone but also WiFi access feature, user can access their favorite cellularphone websites at maximum 54Mbps… Continue reading NTT Docomo provides high-speed cellularphone-web at home

iPong on multiple iPod Touch devices

Ryo Shimizu, CEO of Ubiquitous Entertainment Inc. (also active as a blogger under the handle name “shi3z”), introduced iPong, his researcher buddy Mr. Kondo‘s toy application for the iPhone/iPod Touch. Not much by way of explanation is provided, but multiple iPod Touches seem to be connected wirelessly and serve up a virtual game of Pong.… Continue reading iPong on multiple iPod Touch devices

Karaoke country fenced out from MySpace Karaoke

Today’s launched MySpace new feature, MySpace Karaoke, seems inaccessible from Japan, as you know, the birthplace of karaoke. We apologize, but this content is not licensed in your region, and therefore, cannot be played. We are working on launching international sites soon so please be sure to check back with us. Sing your heart out!… Continue reading Karaoke country fenced out from MySpace Karaoke

twitter in Japanese is on twitter.com with ads

We found it. Anyone can switch your twitter to Japanese menu (and advertising!) from [Settings]->[Account tab]->[Language drop down]-[Japanese]. Or if your browser’s language settings precedes Japanese, you will see Japanese interface on twitter.com Here you are, At top of the sidebar, you can see an ad box, which is planned to be backported to English… Continue reading twitter in Japanese is on twitter.com with ads

twitter Japan launched … where?

Nikkei Shimbun wrote that twitter, Inc. (San Francisco, California) starts its Japanese localized version on 23rd (already today in Japan, JST = Japan Standard Time). Digital Garage has been working on this localization. Japanese tweets (messages on twitter) are gaining about 20 % of all twitter users, and its interface are expected to be translated… Continue reading twitter Japan launched … where?