Surprise Automatic Withdrawal Angers Japanese ISP Kai’s Customers

Tokyo-based ISP and web-hosting provider, Kai Creates Inc. (its services website is called “Linkclub“), recently changed its service rates without notifying its customers. A large number of customer complaints have been reported to several consumer authorities, some sources report. Kai is famous as a time-honored Internet venture, it started business in 1990 before the dawn… Continue reading Surprise Automatic Withdrawal Angers Japanese ISP Kai’s Customers

Cyber Agent Investments Organizes Business Plan Competition

Investment arm of a Tokyo-based Internet venture Cyber Agent Group, Cyber Agent Investment LTD.[J] announced to organize a business plan competition called “START”, for the purpose of discovering innovative and potential tech start-up, in cooperation with  Cyber Agent, Mixi[J], Yahoo Japan[J], EC Navi[J], CA Mobile, netprice.com, DeNA and Microsoft Bizspark. Award winning plan may get funding… Continue reading Cyber Agent Investments Organizes Business Plan Competition

Mixi Intoduces New Features of “MyMixi of MyMixi” and “Footprint of My Own”

  Japan’s most popular SNS “Mixi” introduced new two feature deployments today, especially on so-called “footprint” feature. You may have your own site on Mixi, and Mixi’s footprint feature allows to show you on the list when and which other Mixi users have visited your site.   With today’s system renewal, new icons are prepared for “My Mixi of My Mixi” etc., that… Continue reading Mixi Intoduces New Features of “MyMixi of MyMixi” and “Footprint of My Own”

ZMP co-developed Brandnew Tune Recommendation Service

A Tokyo-based robot manufacturing venture ZMP [J] (pronounced as Zett-Em-Pee) developed a new tune recommendation service jointly with Dr. Yasufumi Takama, associate professor at Faculty of System Design, Tokyo Metropolitan University. ZMP is well-known as manufacter of “Miuro” or a small robot on two wheels that can play tunes and follow you around the house.   Refer… Continue reading ZMP co-developed Brandnew Tune Recommendation Service

Suginami Ward Proposes Removing Google Street View Images

A ward in the residential area of the Tokyo Metropolitan Special District, Suginami Ward Authority started introduce on the ward’s newsletter and the website how to request the deletion of Google Street View images to Google. Google Street View started last August here in Japan, it is convenient to find the route to the destination, but some… Continue reading Suginami Ward Proposes Removing Google Street View Images

Livedoor Starts Video Search Service

        Livedoor started a video search service[J] on its portal, in association with Tokyo-based tech-venture Accessport Inc.   Livedoor adopted Accessport’s video search engine called “Woopie“, and it allows keyword-searching of more than 300 million videos indexed from more than 300 video-sharing sites worldwide.   The service’s search results reflect new videos uploaded to these sites within as little as… Continue reading Livedoor Starts Video Search Service

Softbank Mobile to Release 1-seg TV tuner for iPhone

Softbank Mobile announced today to release 1-seg digital TV tuner device for iPhone in the middle of December.   The 80-gram device provides the feature of TV over WiFi (converting TV signal received to IP-based data for iPhone) and doubles as a battery extender.   Three hours continuous TV viewing is available.   Price is not announced so… Continue reading Softbank Mobile to Release 1-seg TV tuner for iPhone

Open Web Asia ’08 – Video Report

Open Web Asia ’08 started. I wrote here that WiFi connection worked well yesterday, yes exactly, the signal was strong enough, but I found I couldn’t get bandwidth enough to bring live pictures with Ustream, because a number of audiences using WiFi came together in a very tiny room of the hotel. Andrew Shuttleworth, an… Continue reading Open Web Asia ’08 – Video Report

Golf Digest Online Suspended Its Service due to Malicious Attacks

Golf Digest Online (GDO in short) suspended the entire service because they found malicous attacks and the website tampered.   GDO is a subsidiary of a golf magazine publisher, and one of Japan’s most popuar website selling golf goods and enabling golf course booking on-line.    It is also highly ranked as active e-commerce websites.   They found some unintentional… Continue reading Golf Digest Online Suspended Its Service due to Malicious Attacks