Bijin Tokei, a company known for having developed a hot girl clock gadget, has recently developed the weather girl iPhone app called Bijin Tenki[J] in partnership with mobile app provider Dwango. On the app, cute girls (no idea on how many girls are involved) will keep you updated with weather forecast for the next seven… Continue reading Bijin Tenki: Girls Keep You Updated With Weather Forecast On The iPhone
Author: Masaru IKEDA
Chinamode 2010: 45 Finalists Nominated For China’s Best Web Service Awards (3/3)
(Continued from the previous post.) – – – – – – – – – – Category 7: The Most Remarkable Apps From Outside China Twitter (In Chinese, “推特” Tui-te) is a social micro-blog service. Its unique and simple architecture have highly contributed to the development of social network services. Kik Messenger is an app of… Continue reading Chinamode 2010: 45 Finalists Nominated For China’s Best Web Service Awards (3/3)
Mimiuchi: The Twitter Service Helps You Confirm Mutual Love W/O Confession
A group of three guys including an ex-Yahoo Japan employee introduced Mimiuchi[J] (meaning whispering in someone’s ear), a new Twitter service that allows you to confirm mutual love with someone you are interested in only with his/her Twitter account and without confession. Of course, for making a result, both you and someone of your interest… Continue reading Mimiuchi: The Twitter Service Helps You Confirm Mutual Love W/O Confession
Lister: Tired Of Organizing Business Cards? There’s A Way To Remove Routine
Organizing business cards is one of the common dilemmas of business persons. You can hire a third-party processor to outsource card scanning and ask them to generate a contact list for your phone. Now we have an alternative approach to remove the routine task. Social Groupware[J], a subsidiary of web community consultancy GaiaX[J], has released… Continue reading Lister: Tired Of Organizing Business Cards? There’s A Way To Remove Routine
Android Bazaar & Conference: No Doubt The Community To Heat Up In 2011
Japan Android Group[J], a Google Groups-originated tech community of Android developers and users in Japan, held their semiyearly general assembly called Android Bazaar and Conference(ABC) 2011 Winter[J] on Sunday at the University of Tokyo. Starting with a keynote speech by Dr. Fujio Maruyama(@maruyama097), the chairman of the group and visiting professor at Waseda University, a… Continue reading Android Bazaar & Conference: No Doubt The Community To Heat Up In 2011
Japan’s Kickstarter-like Online Patronage Platform Campfire To Be Launched
Japanese famous two serial entrepreneurs/web service developer unveiled they would jointly launch a U.S. Kickstarter-like online patronage platform for creators, called Campfire[J] very shortly. Unlike a social lending service nor an online donation platform, the service gives creators and artists money raising opportunities for their new projects by collecting a small sum of money online… Continue reading Japan’s Kickstarter-like Online Patronage Platform Campfire To Be Launched
Chinamode 2010: 45 Finalists Nominated For China’s Best Web Service Awards (2/3)
(Continued from the previous post.) – – – – – – – – – – Category 4: Life and Task Management Tool of the Year Vdisk.me[C] (微盘) is a Dropbox-like file synchronization and backup service provided by China’s web business tycoon Sina. It can be linked with your account of Sina’s micro-blog service, which helps… Continue reading Chinamode 2010: 45 Finalists Nominated For China’s Best Web Service Awards (2/3)
Chinamode 2010: 45 Finalists Nominated For China’s Best Web Service Awards (1/3)
Chinamode 2010[C] is a competition to choose the best web services and apps in Mainland China, which is co-organized by 25 tech blogs and 10 tech news media in the country. Its award-presenting ceremony is scheduled to be held in Beijing on the 24th of this month, where 17 experts from VC firms, tech media… Continue reading Chinamode 2010: 45 Finalists Nominated For China’s Best Web Service Awards (1/3)
Bijin Kabuka: Girls Presenting Quotes Make You Hot Even When Markets Are Cold
Bijin Tokei, which is known for having developed a hot girl clock gadget, has developed a new gadget in association with SBI Holdings, a conglomerate of online financial services. It is called Bijin Kabuka[J] and cute girls show you the realtime quotes every minute. It aims to entertain market board watchers, they say, and allows… Continue reading Bijin Kabuka: Girls Presenting Quotes Make You Hot Even When Markets Are Cold
Lion Introduces Restroom Finder For Students To Have Exams W/O Worrying About Diarrhea
In the days from January to March, it is very hard time for high school graduates and prep-school students because of taking entrance exams for universities/colleges of their choices. They are always nervous. Not a few of the students suffer from diarrhea before the exams. Poor thing. Lion Corporation, a 220 year-old sanitary and… Continue reading Lion Introduces Restroom Finder For Students To Have Exams W/O Worrying About Diarrhea