Several news sources report, LDH[J] (Livedoor Holdings, ex-Livedoor) is now in the final phase to be acquired by NHN, South Korea’s largest provider in the Internet portal service. The sales value of LDH’s capitalization is considered between USD75M and 85M, which will be fixed mid-April. NHN shares 60% of user access to all search portal… Continue reading Livedoor To Be Acquired By Korea’s Largest Search Portal Site
Author: Masaru IKEDA
Japan e-Business Assc. Blames Court For Rejecting Online Drag Sales
Online drag retailers Kenko.com in Tokyo and Wellnet[J] in Yokohama have sued Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare for seeking to lift the ban on online drag sales, and Tokyo District Court[J] dismissed the suit on Tuesday. Japan e-Business Association[J], consisting of e-commerce giants such as Rakuten and Yahoo Japan, announced a comment blaming… Continue reading Japan e-Business Assc. Blames Court For Rejecting Online Drag Sales
GMO Co-Launches New Project To Incubate Social App Providers
GMO Internet, Japan’s leading provider in ISP, web server hosting, domain registration etc., kicked off a new project in order to boost potential developers to create new social apps last weekend. GMO Venture Partners (GMO-VP)[J], a GMO’s arm in their investment and incubation business, set up a project called “Apuri Yarouze!” (Let’s create social apps!)[J]… Continue reading GMO Co-Launches New Project To Incubate Social App Providers
Giving Characters To Camera Fits Anime Fans’ Taste?
Cerevo[J], the Akihabara-based tech start-up and manufacturer of the Internet-enabled home appliances, started the sales of the spin-off version of the company’s hot-selling camera CEREVO CAM yesterday. The version is called Cerevot, and it has an embedded speech synthesizer that can make it speak something when you release the shutter or turn the flash on. … Continue reading Giving Characters To Camera Fits Anime Fans’ Taste?
Japanese Community Radio Services Can Be Tuned In Around The Globe With iPhone
On Wednesday, Tokyo-based tech start-up, Flight System Consulting[J] released the iPhone/iPod touch app that allows you to listen to Japanese community FM radio services over the Internet, in association with CSRA[J] or Community Simul Radio Alliance. The app costs 350 yen. At the time of the app’s release, nine stations participating in the alliance can… Continue reading Japanese Community Radio Services Can Be Tuned In Around The Globe With iPhone
User-generated Web Apps Are Being Born Around IP Simulcast Radio Service
As Akky reported here on Asiajin, the Association of IP Simulcast Radio launched Radiko.jp[J] on Monday, almost a week has been passed. It has been attracting potential radio lovers using desktop or laptop on a daily basis, which caused network heavy load against the service on the day of the service launch. Furthermore, some of… Continue reading User-generated Web Apps Are Being Born Around IP Simulcast Radio Service
Event Wrap-up: Asiajin Readers Meet-up In Taipei
Asiajin held a readers meet-up event in Taipei on Sunday. Several Taiwanese geeks reading our blog came together for networking, and exchanged their perspective on the tech scenes of Taiwan and Japan with Asiajin contributors Akky, Shunichi and Masaru. Here’s a summary of what we were talking about and what we’ve learned. Micro-blog services such… Continue reading Event Wrap-up: Asiajin Readers Meet-up In Taipei
Asiajin Meets Chili: Akky Presents Japanese Tech Scene At Taipei’s Tech Community
Nii-hao, Taiwan! Asiajin co-founder Akky Akimoto is now in Taiwan. On Saturday, he was invited to have a presentation on Japanese social media and tech scenes at Chili Ideas Party, a serial meet-up organized by Taipei-based Chili Consulting[C] who has been serving Taiwan’s tech community. Asiajin co-founder Shunichi Arai and author Masaru IKEDA also visited… Continue reading Asiajin Meets Chili: Akky Presents Japanese Tech Scene At Taipei’s Tech Community
Update: Asiajin To Host Readers Meet-up in Taipei This Weekend
Asiajin co-founder Akky Akimoto(@akky), Shunichi Arai(@araipiyo) and author Masaru Ikeda(@masaruikeda) are now staying in Taipei and will have a readers meet-up event on Sunday. If you’re interested in attending it, please subscribe to this Plancast link to keep you update with the latest information. (We’ll keep this blog post update as well.) 大きな地図で見る Venue: Mr.… Continue reading Update: Asiajin To Host Readers Meet-up in Taipei This Weekend
Hakuhodo And Koozyt Introduce iPhone App Adding Video Extension To Paper Ads
Japan’s second largest ad agency Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Sony CSL‘s spin-out specializing in developing location detection technology with WiFi signals Koozyt and the country’s second-ranked newspaper in its circulation the Asahi Shimbun jointly started a new ad service using the iPhone today. The new service is named A-Clip, by installing the iPhone app and… Continue reading Hakuhodo And Koozyt Introduce iPhone App Adding Video Extension To Paper Ads