Brandon Hill, the CEO/founder of San Francisco-based web consultancy btrax, gave us an invitation to potential presenters and attendees at a must-join tech start-up demo event that will take place next month. As of this writing, four start-ups of Kayac, Chatwork, J-Grab, and Conyac have passed the first screening. Entries to present are acceptable until May 20.… Continue reading SF New Tech Calls For Entries To Present At Japan Night
Author: Masaru IKEDA
Fashion Recommendation Site iQon Fundraises USD1.7M From Itochu And GMO
Tokyo-based tech start-up Vasily[J], who is known for running a fashion recommendation site called iQon, has fundraised JPY140M (approx. USD1.7M) from Itochu Technology Ventures and GMO Venture Partners. iQon does not sell clothes online but recommends you a bunch of ready-to-wear collection of fashionable clothes, accessories and shoes etc. with links that take you to… Continue reading Fashion Recommendation Site iQon Fundraises USD1.7M From Itochu And GMO
Kayac Introduces FB-integrated VoIP App For The iPhone
Kanagawa-based funny app developer Kayac introduced Reengo, a VoIP app for the iPhone that allows you to place a call to your Facebook friend without dialing the number. According to TechCrunch Japan[J], the company chose Facebook from available options as an integration platform because they would like to spread the app out globally. As… Continue reading Kayac Introduces FB-integrated VoIP App For The iPhone
GMIC 2011 Beijing: Where Are Social Media Going In The World’s Largest Mobile Population?
The Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC), one of the world’s largest annual conference featuring mobile and social app trends, took place at China’s national convention center, which is located the Olympic Stadium in Beijing, Chinese capital. The two-day event celebrated its fourth edition this time, and it has been solely organized by Great Wall Club, a team of… Continue reading GMIC 2011 Beijing: Where Are Social Media Going In The World’s Largest Mobile Population?
NCC 2011 Spring: How The Net Behaves When The Earthquake Hit Japan?
Digital Garage, Japan’s Internet conglomerate known for operating price comparison portal Kakaku.com and helping Twitter’s business operation, held a semiyearly conference event last week, which is called the New Context Conference 2011 Spring, where Japanese well-known tech investor Joi Ito and the world’s Internet authorities came together, most of whom have expertise in social media,… Continue reading NCC 2011 Spring: How The Net Behaves When The Earthquake Hit Japan?
Teclosion 2011 Spring: Wondershake Wins The Grand Prix Among 15 Finalists
Design IT[J], a Tokyo-based UI-focused media consultancy also known for previously maintaining TechCrunch’s Japanese edition (its management was switched to AOL earlier this month[J]), held the first conference in Akihabara on Friday, for discussing the future of Japan tech industry and introducing great start-up stuffs. In the morning session, CEOs from Mixi, GMO Internet Group,… Continue reading Teclosion 2011 Spring: Wondershake Wins The Grand Prix Among 15 Finalists
Japanese And Korean Start-ups Hold Presentation Event In Seoul For Potential Partnerships
As noticed on this story, Japanese four tech start-ups and Korean two start-ups five Japanese tech start-ups and six Korean tech start-ups had jointly a presentation event in Seoul on Wednesday. I just wanted to join them for covering what happened onsite, however, I couldn’t make it because of my another assignment in Malaysia. … Continue reading Japanese And Korean Start-ups Hold Presentation Event In Seoul For Potential Partnerships
DigiColle 2010: Akiba’s Univ Students Present Their Research Results & Works
Digital Hollywood was founded in 1994 by Dr. Tomoyuki Sugiyama[J] who had worked as a visiting researcher at MIT Media Lab, and later then it became a university that has grown out of a vocational school. The university holds an annual conference, which is named DigiColle[J] after Digital Hollywood Collection, to show up research… Continue reading DigiColle 2010: Akiba’s Univ Students Present Their Research Results & Works
Gourmet Innovation Launches Donation Program For Serving Ramen Meals To Disaster Victims
Many years ago, I watched a TV commercial of UK automaker Rover Company, saying there would be nothing to proudly introduce in UK other than Rover and fish & chips. Similarly, average Japanese are not able to have pleasant days without curry rice nor ramen noodles. Gourmet Innovation[J], a Tokyo-based start-up operating an e-commerce site… Continue reading Gourmet Innovation Launches Donation Program For Serving Ramen Meals To Disaster Victims
Bukupe: Might A Book Curation Site Be Alternative To Skim-Reading?
City dwellers are busy every day. They don’t have much time for reading books. E-books make you possible to enjoy reading without stopping by at bookstores. Skim reading, speed reading, anything else? Bukupe[J], named after ‘book encyclopedia’, just unveiled a book curation service on Friday, which allows you to write abstracts for books you’ve… Continue reading Bukupe: Might A Book Curation Site Be Alternative To Skim-Reading?