Hong Kong-, Tokyo-, Silicon Valley- and London-based tech start-up MotherApp has kindly developed the iPhone/iPod Touch app which allows Asiajin readers to get the latest news more easily on their palms. The company specializes in developing apps for multiple mobile platforms only by simple and single development process, and won the first prize of the… Continue reading Asiajin iPhone/iPod Touch Reader App Debuts
Author: Masaru IKEDA
450 Celebrities & Entertainers Have Blog Passwords Stolen From Ameba
Ameba Blog[J] a.k.a. Ameblo, which is well-known for marking the highest number of serving celebrities’ blogs among Japanese blog platforms, announced that some 450 passwords that allow participating celebrities to update their blogs have been stolen and leaked out. No suspect has been confirmed so far. On January 1st, an image of a Japanese-style envelope… Continue reading 450 Celebrities & Entertainers Have Blog Passwords Stolen From Ameba
Kayac Introduces New Service To Decorate Your Twitter Icon With Sushi
On the first day of this new year, Kanagawa-headquartered funny web app developer Kayac launched a new service which allows you to decorate your Twitter icon with sushi items. The service, which is named Twitter Sushi, works in conjunction with Twitter, you are allowed to choose a sushi from varieties such as a chunky omelet… Continue reading Kayac Introduces New Service To Decorate Your Twitter Icon With Sushi
Real PM Hatoyama Finally Speaks On Twitter
Following the confusion that his spoofing account has caused, the real prime minister Hatoyama finally appeared on Twitter[J] on the New Year’s Day of 2010. He posted a message as follows: A happy new year to all citizens. I hope you keep in touch with us this year as well. Today I just started Twitter… Continue reading Real PM Hatoyama Finally Speaks On Twitter
Experience New Year’s First Pilgrimage On The Net
Why don’t you experience some part of the Japanese traditions as we do from the New Year’s Eve to the New Year’s Day? Most of Japanese people, excluding those who do not like to go out home in such a cold day, will usually go to a shrine and a temple nearby for praying for… Continue reading Experience New Year’s First Pilgrimage On The Net
Spoofing PM Tweets Cause Confusion, The Cabinet Office To Move Up The Day Of Real Account Launch
A cabinet advisor unveiled recently that Japanese prime minister Yukio Hatoyama would start using Twitter in the beginning of next year to let the people know how the government is working on political issues. On the Christmas day in prior to his first “REAL” tweet, someone (an ex-theater writer a.k.a. a blogosphere fussbudget) has pretended… Continue reading Spoofing PM Tweets Cause Confusion, The Cabinet Office To Move Up The Day Of Real Account Launch
Japanese Red Cross Promotes Blood Donation By Augmented Reality
Digital Signage Consortium[J] has set up digital signage devices at Akihabara station and on the streets around there, and is helping Japanese Red Cross to campaign blood donation by using the augmented reality technology. The device enables face recognition, and it can count how many people have seen the screen. When you stop by in… Continue reading Japanese Red Cross Promotes Blood Donation By Augmented Reality
China’s Best-known Mobile Portal Founder Launches New Search Start-up
Beijing-based serial entrepreneur Nick Yang (杨宁, see this ChineseSavvy.com article for more about him) got his third start-up Wukong Search (唔箜搜索) [C, mobile] go live in Mainland China. In prior to the third start-up, he founded the popular web portal ChinaRen[C] for the younger generation in China, and succeeded to sell it to one of… Continue reading China’s Best-known Mobile Portal Founder Launches New Search Start-up
J-Magic CEO Now Joins Mixi
Today, J-Magic[J] CEO Takuya Miyata[J] (@takmiyata[J]) unveiled that he had joined Japan’s largest social network service company Mixi[J] as an employee working with the Mixi business department. As reported here on Asiajin, J-Magic handed over their breed-winning business of the face recognition mobile app to Mobile Factory last month, and they have been said to… Continue reading J-Magic CEO Now Joins Mixi
New Japanese IME Has Come From The Origin Of Chinese Characters
Following Google’s Japanese IME (input method editor) newly introduced in the beginning of this month, the Japanese subsidiary of China’s largest website search portal Baidu[C] also introduced a new one for our language, which is named Baidu Type[J] (in beta). By referring to the Japanese input method which has been adopted for cellphone handsets, Baidu… Continue reading New Japanese IME Has Come From The Origin Of Chinese Characters