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Mixi Launches Social App Platform For Smartphone Users, Too
Mixi[J], needless to say, one of Japan’s largest social networks, had a briefing conference entitled Mixi Meetup 2010 today, announced they had launched a social app platform for their …
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Itochu Technology Ventures Invests $2 Million In Ooyala's $22 Million Series D Round
As TechCrunch reported yesterday, video publishing platform Ooyala from the US plans to bolster its activities in Asia after raising a $22 million series D round (the company is now funded with $42 …
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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 …
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Hatena's Ex-CTO Joins Gree
(Photo by Hatena PR[J]) On the last day of August, Japan’s system development guru Naoya Ito (@naoya_ito[J]) announced on his blog that he had stepped down from CTO post of Kyoto-based web …
