Last weekend at Ookayama Campus, Tokyo Institute of Technology, O’reilly Media‘s mechatronics magazine “Make” held the 4th meeting[J] and gave Japanese geeks the opportunities to present their gadgets to the public. Let’s have a look at some of remarkable and unique items which get us excited. Tokyo-based tech start-up (founded by graduates from the University… Continue reading Make Tokyo Meeting 04: Where You Can See Future, Magic And Junk In A Place
Author: Masaru IKEDA
Cute Girl Duo Gets A Higher Attention Than What They Promote
Tokyo-based start-up company Cerevo[J] will begin accepting orders for the company’s first product Cerevo Cam next Tuesday. It’s an Internet-enabled digital camera that automatically uploads your pictures to photo sharing services such as Flickr when it’s at WiFi locations, without ejecting a memory card nor using a USB cable. Therefore, if you’d like to share… Continue reading Cute Girl Duo Gets A Higher Attention Than What They Promote
iPhone Now Turns To Be Good Tool For Playing On Green
Tokyo-based system integrator developing LBS (location-based service) and GIS (geographic information system) applications Wave On[J] just introduced a convenient iPhone/iPod touch app for golf lovers. This is called Question Yards[E/J] and allows you to measure the approximate distance to the pin on a green that marks the hole by taking a picture having the pin… Continue reading iPhone Now Turns To Be Good Tool For Playing On Green
Osaka-based Consultancy Forms A Network Giving Entrepreneurs Many Cost-Savings & Various Supports
Tokyo-, Osaka- and Shanghai-based business consultancy providing support for start-up companies, Akinai Research Institute[J] just introduced a new program encouraging entrepreneurs in terms of financial, personnel and material resources in association with nine program supporting partners. Entrepreneurs joining the program can get benefits by receiving complimentary services and packages as follows. Microsoft BizSpark: offering free… Continue reading Osaka-based Consultancy Forms A Network Giving Entrepreneurs Many Cost-Savings & Various Supports
Google Books Gives Up To Cover Japanese Publication To Avoid Int’l Legal Conflicts
Google submitted a revised settlement to the NY Federal Court Friday seeking approval of an agreement that would clear the way for continuing operation of Google Books, Google’s book retrieval and online sales service. To avoid legal conflicts with publishers and authors in Japan, France and Germany, the settlement redefined the service so as to… Continue reading Google Books Gives Up To Cover Japanese Publication To Avoid Int’l Legal Conflicts
Mobile Factory Takes Over Photo Recognition Mobile App From J-Magic
Tokyo-based mobile tech start-up developing photo recognition apps, J-Magic[J] is now said to shut down its business and office very shortly, some sources say. The company was founded four years ago by Mr. Takuya Miyata[J] (@takmiyata[J]), the former CEO of Santa Monica-based biometrics and photo recognition tech venture Neven Vision (acquired by Google in 2006,… Continue reading Mobile Factory Takes Over Photo Recognition Mobile App From J-Magic
Marriage Fraud Case Forces Rakuten To Push Back Service Release
Recently in Tokyo, there was a marriage fraud case that a woman is suspected of having murdered her several boyfriends. According to several news media, due to the effect of the case, Japan’s e-commerce giant Rakuten had been planning to launch an online marriage hunting site, but they were forced to push back the release… Continue reading Marriage Fraud Case Forces Rakuten To Push Back Service Release
iPhone Breast Enhancer: Better Than Plastic Surgery To Be Sexy?
Following the company’s stupid iPhone/iPod touch app serial release (like this), Kayac, a funny web app developer based in Tokyo’s suburb, just made something new to make our hard days more cheerful. Tanimania, it is a breast enhancer that enables to make the breast of you or your girlfriend much sexier than ever – but… Continue reading iPhone Breast Enhancer: Better Than Plastic Surgery To Be Sexy?
KDDI To Invest USD9M On Bangladeshi Largest ISP
Japan’s second largest telecom company KDDI announced yesterday that it would invest USD9M (JPY800M) on Banglaseshi largest ISP bracNet next January. The rate of the diffusion of the Internet service in the country is as low as 2% despite the country is ranked as the world’s 7th in the number of the population. With… Continue reading KDDI To Invest USD9M On Bangladeshi Largest ISP
Shueisha And MS To Start Distributing Dragon Ball For WinMo In Japan, U.S. And Europe
Microsoft Japan announced yesterday that it would launch Windows Marketplace for Mobile in Japan next month. The company already started the service in the U.S. last month. Similarly to Apple’s AppStore and Google’s Android Market, mobile software developers will have opportunities to sell their application titles to Windows Mobile(WinMo) users all around the world. As… Continue reading Shueisha And MS To Start Distributing Dragon Ball For WinMo In Japan, U.S. And Europe