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• Virtual Singer Application Vocaloid Played Her First "Live" for 25,000 Fans

  2009-08-25 · By Akky Akimoto anime Concert Hatsune Miku live Miku Hatsune Nico Nico Douga Perfume Saitama virtual character vocaloid

  One of Japan’s most popular video sharing Nico Nico Douga’s driving force in its early stage, Miku Hatsune, a virtual girl character attached to a PC application Vocaloid performed her …

• Event Wrap-up: 400+ Geeks Applaud Web Innovators At WISH2009

  

  2009-08-22 · By Masaru IKEDA 100shiki.com 30 min. ActionPad Agile Media Network Akky AKIMOTO Carwings Cerevo Conit Dressphile Gen Taguchi Hiroshi Nishi Joker Racer Kentaro Hashimoto Kokuban.in lang-8 Masao Ito Motoaki Tanigo Motohiko Tokuriki Nissan San San Sony Bank Takuma Iwasa User Local WISH2009 xtel Yonda4 Yondayo Yoshinori Munehara Yoski Akamatsu Youyou Ki Yuichiro Katsumoto

  More than 400 Internet users joined the event on Friday evening in Tokyo. Tokyo-based blog marketing agency Agile Media Network (AMN)[J] held Japan’s first conference having a number of tech …

• Live Event: WISH2009 Is Just Ahead

  

  2009-08-21 · By Masaru IKEDA Agile Media Network Motohiko Tokuriki WISH2009

  As we reported here on Asiajin last week, Japan’s web industry’s showcase event in mid-summer, WISH2009 will be held in Tokyo today. Live streamcast starts at 7pm J.S.T. or 10am U.T.C. …

• IVP Fund Invests In China's Largest Mobile SNS

  

  2009-08-20 · By Masaru IKEDA DeNA Infinity Venture Partners Infinity Ventures tx.com.cn WAPTX

  Infinity Ventures LLP[J], a Tokyo-based independent venture capital unit investing in tech start-up companies, announced today it had invested approximately USD2.1M (JPY200M) in WAPTX (registered in …

• Unidentified "Floating" Objects Are Introduced In Osaka This Summer

  

  2009-08-20 · By Masaru IKEDA NTT Facilities Osaka

  In commemorating the series of water-oriented events which are now underway in Osaka, NTT Facilities, a property management company of NTT Group, developed two solar-powered and UFO-shaped water …

• Mixi ex-CTO Helps Singaporean Mobile Startup Xsago

  

  2009-08-20 · By Akky Akimoto Android Batara Eto Indonesia iPhone Mixi Mobile Singapore

  Batara Eto, who suggested to make a Japanese social network to his boss in late 2003 and programmed Japan’s biggest social network Mixi, let the company (E-mercury) to change their primary …

• Herbivorous-type Boys Scouter: What Animal Are You?

  

  2009-08-17 · By Masaru IKEDA Gigno System Japan Motion Portrait Vegan-type Boys Scouter

  Motion Portrait, a Tokyo-based tech start-up and expert in image processing, and Gigno System Japan, a mobile app developer and a subsidiary of Tokyo FM Broadcasting[J], jointly introduced a new …