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Mobage Town forays into PC web from mobile
Mobage Town, the Japan’s largest mobile social networking service(SNS) launched their “PC version” website on July 24th 2008. Mobage Town has made a totally new field …
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Japanese SNS/virtual world/game platform "meromero park" goes Taiwan
MicroAd, a subsidiary of online advertising giant CyberAgent ($880 million market cap) yesterday announced they released a localized version of meromero park for the Taiwanese market. meromero park …
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Glam Media enters Japan's online ad market
First News Corp., now Glam Media. The world’s largest female-oriented online advertising company will enter the Japanese web market as early as this month. The Japanese subsidiary will be …
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Digital Garage gives 30% of Technorati Japan to Technorati US
Technorati Japan, established by Digital Garage(DG) in January 2005, is now shared with Technorati, Inc.. DG announced that they sold issued new shares which becomes 30% of the Technorati Japan …
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Mixi starts "Celebrity Account"
Japan’s largest social network Mixi started a specialized user accounts limited for TV-talents/musicians on July 28th 2008. Mixi has a system limitation on your number of friends “Mai …
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News Corp. wakes up, finally enters Japan's online ad market
U.S. media power house News Corp. finally decided to enter the Japanese online advertising market (the world’s second biggest) in September. The Nikkei says they are already on the prowl for …
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Waseda University opens campus in Second Life
On Tuesday, one of Japan’s most renowned universities, Waseda Daigaku, opened a virtual campus in Second Life. Waseda aims at making it easier for their students to cooperate with those from …
