Serkan Toto
Articles by Serkan Toto
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Photozou: Zynga Japan Sells Photo Sharing Site To Digital Garage
Back in 2010, when Zynga acquired Tokyo-based Unoh (and turned the company into its Japan HQ), the main targets of the Americans were game-related assets and the team. But Zynga also acquired a …
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Presentation: DeNA And GREE – A Perspective On Japanese Social Games Going Global
We have covered the Japanese social game industry to some extent on Asiajin over the last years, and I myself do so in more detail on my personal site. In recent months, the two biggest companies in …
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NHN Japan's LINE App Hits 20 Million Users - After Just 8 Months
20 million - that’s the amazing number of users that LINE, a communication app made by NHN Japan, just hit. The free voice call/messenger app for iOS and Android just took eight months to reach …
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GREE Shares Down 6.15%, After Users Discover Glitch In Their Top Social Game
Shares in Japan’s top social gaming company GREE (current market cap: US$6.5 billion) dipped 6.15% today, following reports of users exploiting a glitch in the platform’s top social game. …
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Yahoo Hoshou: Yahoo Japan Starts "Safety" Service For Online Shoppers
Yahoo Japan, the country’s biggest website, is a major force in the domestic e-commerce sector. The transaction value for their auction service “Yahoo Auction” (by far the biggest …
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NOTTV: Japan Gets Smartphone-Only TV Channel (Video)
NOTTV - that’s the name of a new mobile TV channel that could one day replace 1Seg, the current TV and broadcasting standard for Japanese cell phones. Japan’s biggest mobile carrier NTT …
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Report: Amazon To Bring Kindle To Japan In April
Business daily The Nikkei says it learned that Amazon Japan, the country’s second-biggest e-commerce company, is planning to finally offer its e-book reader Kindle to Japanese customers. …
