Japan
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Oshaberi TV: Like Nico Nico Douga (almost) for digital TV programs
After 2 years of development, a new communication service called Oshaberi TV went into Public Beta this month (Oshaberi means talkative in Japanese). Oshaberi TV is not a TV station or program but a …
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Source Next takes USB Memory Software Package from CD-ROM
Packaged Software supplier Source Next will start selling their “USB Memory package” application from September 5th, 2008. Under the “U memo series” brand, they will sell …
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Twitter-like Mixi Echo keeps going
Despite of Twitter’s founder Evan Williams’ unplesant, Mixi’s microblogging feature “Mixi Echo” one month trial is announced to be extended for “uncertain …
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Evan Williams meets Japanese Twitter Users in Tokyo
Twitter Founder Evan Williams is visiting Tokyo. During his summer vacation a party was held among Japanese twitter fans and developers named “Eban Uiriamusu shi wo Kakomu Kai(A meeting to …
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Samurai Weapon - Blog Destroyer Widget
[NB: Sound is on by default] Samurai Weapon is a bilingual(Japanese/English) blog widget provided by a big Japanese game vendor Koei, as a promotion of their new Nintendo DS game “Kunitori Zunou …
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Web2.0 is dead in Japan
It sounds like a joke, but the Japanese company “Web2.0, Inc.” turns out to be in deadpool in coming September 2008. Web2.0 Inc. was established by Digital Garage, the nation leading …
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In Japan, Yahoo! does "Google Knol"
In English Web, No.1 Google tries to erode Wikipedia’s territory by Knol. In Japan, interestingly, the champion portal Yahoo! Japan starts wiki based annotation service “Editable Related …
