Japan
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New Digital Telopper Realizes Social TV Commenting
Nico Nico Douga is a popular video sharing service in Japan. Their traffic is second to YouTube, boasts over 18 million registered users, and known by its flowing comments over the movie. Nico Nico …
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Which Twitter Clients Is Japan Using? Here Are The Top 20.
Twitter is Japan country. Just take these stats: it’s estimated that currently around 10 million Japanese are registered and that 16.3% of all web users in this country tweet (considerably more …
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Japan Internet Tech Entrepreneur Event In San Francisco
A first of its kind event is being held in San Francisco featuring Japanese Entrepreneurs on October 13, 2010. This event named SFNewTech Japan Night is the vision of Brandon K. Hill, President/CEO …
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Mochi Media "Scores" Hit Virtual World Ameba Pico From Japan's CyberAgent
Virtual world Ameba Pico (Ameba Pigu in Japan) is a success story. The service was launched by Tokyo-based web powerhouse CyberAgent in February 2009 and went on attracting four million members [PDF] …
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Mixi Goes Facebook (II): "Mixi Check In" Is "Facebook Places"
With “Check”, Mixi copied Facebook’s “Like” function today, and while they were at it, Japan’s biggest social network copied Facebook’s location-based …
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Mixi Goes Facebook (I): "Mixi Check" Is Facebook's "Like"
Facebook announced (and rolled it out) earlier this year, and now Japan’s biggest social network, Mixi, announced it, too: A function to share what you “like” on external sites with …
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Tokyo's Social App Provider Pokelabo Fundraises USD12M From DCM And Mobage-Town
On Wednesday, Tokyo-based social app provider Pokelabo[J] announced that they had fundraised USD12M from Silicon Valley-headquartered VC firm DCM and IncubateFund[J], an investment fund by DeNA …
