Akky Akimoto
Articles by Akky Akimoto
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Google copies icon from Japanese portal goo (maybe not)
You might notice that Google changed their favicon image which you see on your browser addressbar this week. Here is NTT Resonant’s portal site “goo"’s icon, goo is one of the …
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Kiseki - Cellularphone lifelog service starts
NTT Resonant, who is doing the portal site “goo”, released a mobile lifelog service “Kiseki” integrating GPS automatic recording and mobile/PC diary/blog in greater Tokyo area …
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Gal-Moji: leetspeak for Japanese highschool girls
If l33t is an English phenomenon mainly among Geeks, “Gal-Moji” (“Moji” = letters) is the counterpart for Japanese cellphone users, especially teenaged girls. As with …
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Lunarr founder invites famous US-bloggers to Japan
Toru TAKASUKA, known as a very few Japanese entrepreneur challenging in US internet market by his Lunarr (covered on TechCrunch, Mashable, and a lot more), invites popular bloggers from US for one …
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Google Maps Japan hats off to Mixi
Mixi (on Asiajin), the biggest Social Network Site in Japan, announced that Google Maps Japan now has an specialized Mixi button for users who wants to embed Google Maps on their users diary (Mixi …
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NTT Docomo provides high-speed cellularphone-web at home
NTT Docomo announced that they will start a new internet connection service “Home U” in June, which enables WiFi web access from cellularphone at home. With the latest cellphone type …
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iPong on multiple iPod Touch devices
Ryo Shimizu, CEO of Ubiquitous Entertainment Inc. (also active as a blogger under the handle name “shi3z”), introduced iPong, his researcher buddy Mr. Kondo’s toy application for the …
