Japan
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The 7th and Final Bonen Kaigi
Daiya Hashimoto and 100shiki’s Gen Taguchi’s annual year end event Bounen Kaigi (Year-forgetting party+meeting) was held at Yahoo! Japan’s headoffice, Roppongi Midtown, Tokyo. This …
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Taxi-pooling Service Meets The Best Known LBS iPhone App And Map Portal
Probably it’s common in any city around the world that not more female geeks are appeared than males at tech industry scenes. Except some activities that encourage more females to join this …
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Japan's CyberAgent Sets Up $22.7 Million Fund For Startups In East Asia
The more you talk with Japanese VCs and entrepreneurs these days, the more you hear “China” as the next target for investing money or establishing a subsidiary. Now Japanese web behemoth …
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A New Japanese Twitter Clone Ameba-Now Front Loaded To PC Web
Cyber Agent, known by one of the most successful blog hosting Ameblo boasting thousand celebrities users, who started a new mobile microblog service Ameba Now, accelerated to launch its PC version 3 …
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Hatena Bookmark for iPhone: Simply Rotate Yours To Share Your Favorites
Kyoto-based tech start-up running Japan’s largest social bookmarking service Hatena[J] (meaning a question mark in Japanese) set up a new entrance specifically designed for the iPhone/iPod …
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CyberAgent Launches Twitter Clone Called "Ameba Now!"
Shibuya-based social media service company Cyber Agent launched a Twitter-like micro message service called “Ameba Now[J]” today. As a Japanese Internet slang, “now” is …
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NTT Docomo And DeNA To Launch Joint Mobile UGC Site
Japan’s largest cellphone carrier NTT Docomo and The 3rd biggest social network Mobage-Town’s DeNA announced a joint venture worth 1.6 billion yen (17.7 million USD), which will run an …
