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Indonesia: Exploring Potentials Of Mobile & Tech In The 2nd Largest FB Population
Editor's note: This is a guest post penned by Ryo Umezawa, Director of J-Seed Ventures, one of tech-oriented venture incubators in Tokyo. He visited Indonesia to attend Jakarta Ventures Night …
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Prime Minister’s Office of Japan Launches Facebook Page
The Prime Minister’s Office of Japan has announced the launch of an official Facebook page today. The first update reads: This is the official Facebook page of Prime Minister’s office of Japan. …
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After The Quake: Social Apps And Web Trends To Help Disaster Relief Efforts
Here’s a follow-up to my previous posts covering the grassroots movements to relieve the devastated areas. GPS-Enabled Map of Scheduled Blackouts: A team of web app developers Boss Yooann, …
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Acima Provides Hotline Over IM For Non-Japanese Disaster Victims
Japan based international-business consulting company Acima is offering emergency hotline over Skype and MSN Messenger for 24 hours in 15 languages, by using its own resource and forming volunteers …
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Roppongi Hills To Offer In-House Generating Electricity To Suffering Tokyo
Mori Buildings announced [J] that Roppongi Hills, office/shopping-mall/residents complex, one of the center of Tokyo and Japan’s web industry, where currently Google Japan and Gree reside, once …
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After The Quake: A Variety Of Web Mashups Collecting Wisdom Of Crowds
Following my previous story on the grassroots movements, here are some of another developments. Car Activities in Tohoku on Google Map: Google, Honda and Pioneer visualize car activities in Tohoku by …
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Who's Free And Tonchidot To Hold Fundraising Party At SXSW To Help Relief Efforts
A cross-post to Asiajin and Startup Dating. SXSW is currently taking place in Austin, Texas. Asiajin contributors Serkan Toto and Paul Papadimitriou are there for moderating panels on Japanese web …
