I’ve read recent article on Wired titled The 12 Cellphones That Changed Our World Forever. To be honest when I’ve checked those phones I felt this article has too narrow view of things. There are many other cellphones contributed to change the world. I picked up 5 Japanse cellphones influenced not only Japanese market but the… Continue reading The 5 Japanese Cellphones That Changed Mobile World Forever
Author: Hiroumi Mitani
Facebook Spot Information Is Jacked By A Giant Japanese Coupon Business Player
Facebook Spot Information is becoming popular in Japan after Facebook had started Check-in Coupon (Check-in Deals) in Japan. Facebook Japan Holds An New Coupon Service Launch Event In Shibuya The problem arouse when Recruit[E], Japan’s largest coupon business player, registered spot information of restaurants on behalf of restaurant owners without enough notification. Hitoshi Nakamura(twitter id:… Continue reading Facebook Spot Information Is Jacked By A Giant Japanese Coupon Business Player
Mobage Shows How Small Teams Are Making 1 Billion Yen Revenue Per Month
The largest it industry conference by invitation, Infinity Ventures Summit[J] was held at Sapporo in May 26th and 27th. Among many sessions, the most surprising topic came out from the mouth of Isao Moriyasu, the executive of DeNA who promised to be the next CEO in the end of June. DeNA has been released series of… Continue reading Mobage Shows How Small Teams Are Making 1 Billion Yen Revenue Per Month
Groupon Japan Sets A Special Offer To Raise Money For Japan Earthquake
Groupon Japan starts a special offer for collecting donations from users. If you purchase an offer costing 200 yen, Groupon Japan will donate 400 yen to the group helping the recovery for earthquake hit east coast of Japan (“Japan Red Cross is planned”, the page says). Groupon’s Call to Donate for Japan earthquake[J] More than… Continue reading Groupon Japan Sets A Special Offer To Raise Money For Japan Earthquake
Handwritten iPad: A Birthday Present From A Daughter
iPad 2 is expected to be released soon, and here is a lucky man who received brand-new iPad from his daughter. @harux tweeted that he wants an iPad. His daughter saw his tweet then made a handwritten iPad for his birthday present. He says she drew about 20 screens, and unveiled 4 of them. Handwritten iPad… Continue reading Handwritten iPad: A Birthday Present From A Daughter
Nanapi, User-Generated Lifehacks Sharing Service Raises $3.8 Millon
Nanapi [J], a web service to share hacks posted by users, had acquired 3.8 million US dollars from Globis Capital Partners in Tokyo. Nanapi is a service to share life hacks, called as life recipes in this service, posted by users. Users can post their own hacks easily via Nanapi works [J], and can earn… Continue reading Nanapi, User-Generated Lifehacks Sharing Service Raises $3.8 Millon
500,000 People Needed To Get The Deal; Pompare Is Selling A Challenging Coupon
Groupon Japan’s Rival, Ponpare[J] has started to sell a special coupon today. You can get Häagen-Dazs ice cream ticket for 2 mini cups by paying only 100 yen ( about a dollar and quarter). This means you can get 84% discounts but what makes this coupon drawing attention is the number of sign up required… Continue reading 500,000 People Needed To Get The Deal; Pompare Is Selling A Challenging Coupon
Will Google, Instead Of Apple, Buy Sony?
At the end of last month a rumors had spread that Apple would buy Sony and Sony stocks had moved up. If Apple buy Sony we might be able to see Sony Pictures’ movies on iTunes, more games on iTunes and Sony Music artists’ songs on Japanese iTunes store ( and Japanese iTunes music store… Continue reading Will Google, Instead Of Apple, Buy Sony?
What is iPad – Japanese dub in Hiroshima Dialect
Another great work on NicoNico Douga and YouTube. This is a presentation “What is iPad”. Not in English nor in typical Japanese but in Hiroshima dialect. You may not be able to find what is funny if you don’t understand Japanese but a dub made on this video is gaining lots of applause from Japanese… Continue reading What is iPad – Japanese dub in Hiroshima Dialect
16 Free Apps To Depict Character’s Face On Your iPhone
Yahoo Japan released 16 free iPhone Apps simultaneously at Japanese iTunes Store. By locating each app on the screen correctly, like solving a number slider puzzle, you can depict a face of the most famous character in Japan, Doraemon. Each app icon is designed to be a part of the face of this character. Usually, iPhone… Continue reading 16 Free Apps To Depict Character’s Face On Your iPhone