Shares in Japan’s top social gaming company GREE (current market cap: US$6.5 billion) dipped 6.15% today, following reports of users exploiting a glitch in the platform’s top social game. The title in question is “Tanken doliland”, a social card battle game mixed with RPG elements. As we reported yesterday, a bug in the game makes… Continue reading GREE Shares Down 6.15%, After Users Discover Glitch In Their Top Social Game
Category: Cellular Phone
NOTTV: Japan Gets Smartphone-Only TV Channel (Video)
NOTTV – that’s the name of a new mobile TV channel that could one day replace 1Seg, the current TV and broadcasting standard for Japanese cell phones. Japan’s biggest mobile carrier NTT Docomo, the country’s biggest ad agency Dentsu, and a handful of private-sector broadcasters are planning to launch NOTTV on April 1 this year.… Continue reading NOTTV: Japan Gets Smartphone-Only TV Channel (Video)
D2 Communications Acquires 0.9% Stake In Tokyo-Based Ubiqituous Entertainment
Japan’s largest mobile marketing and advertising firm, D2 Communications (D2C), has acquired a 0.9% stake in Tokyo-based Ubiqituous Entertainment (UEI). D2C acquired a total of 400 UEI shares – other financial details of the deal, which was officially announced [JP] today, weren’t disclosed. In April last year, the two companies started a program called 9leap… Continue reading D2 Communications Acquires 0.9% Stake In Tokyo-Based Ubiqituous Entertainment
Himasere: Geeky Home Screen Replacement App For Android
If you’re an Android user, consider yourself a geek, understand Japanese, and need an appropriate home replacement screen on your handset, consider downloading Himasere. The app was released on the Android Market earlier this week by Tokyo-based tech company Ubiquitous Entertainment. The idea here is to make it as easy as possible to access technology-related… Continue reading Himasere: Geeky Home Screen Replacement App For Android
Japanese Carriers Begs Not To Use Cellphone For 2 Hours Around New Year’s Eve Midnight
Telecommunications Carriers Association with all 5 Japanese cellphone carriers NTT Docomo, KDDI au, Softbank Mobile, Wilcom and e-Access(who runs e-Mobile) issued release on December 21 [J], ask their users not to call or e-mail around and after the midnight of 2012’s new year’s eve. “Rabbit’s last, and dragon’s first request” line is from Chinese Zodiac,… Continue reading Japanese Carriers Begs Not To Use Cellphone For 2 Hours Around New Year’s Eve Midnight
Presentation: DeNA, Mobage, GREE – Demystifying Japan’s Social Gaming Market
A few weeks ago, I gave a presentation on Japan’s social gaming sector, in which I am analyzing some key areas and companies (especially DeNA and GREE) of this rapidly growing industry. In particular, the presentation is focused on the local social gaming market, the differences to markets in the US and elsewhere, and future… Continue reading Presentation: DeNA, Mobage, GREE – Demystifying Japan’s Social Gaming Market
Smartphone Popularity Makes Hinge Vendor Delisted
photo © 2006 Jyri Engestrom | more info (via: Wylio) Strawberry Corporation, a Tokyo-based Japanese hardware maker announced [J, pdf] on October 27 that the company was delisted from Osaka Security Exchange JASDAQ market, as it was helped and subsidized by Advanex. Their anchor product is micro-sized hinges used for clam-shell type cellphone and laptop… Continue reading Smartphone Popularity Makes Hinge Vendor Delisted
Girl’s Kaomoji Jiten 5000 – Free Massive Japanese Emoticon Dictionary For Android/iOS
Girl’s Kaomoji Jiten 5000 (Facial-expression Words Dictionary 5000) by Pedigree(Android)/ADandD(iOS) is a free smartphone application from which you can copy over 5,000 Japanese-style text drawings Kaomoji to decorate your message. Those 5,000 facial expressions are categorized into 10; Greetings Happiness Sadness Action Talk Anger/Argument Love/Friendship Life Special occasion/Weather Animals/Characters Each category has many sub-categories. Here… Continue reading Girl’s Kaomoji Jiten 5000 – Free Massive Japanese Emoticon Dictionary For Android/iOS
Decopic: Kawaii Photo Sharing App Gets 500,000 Users In 2 Weeks
Decopic, a “kawaii” photo editing and sharing app Tokyo-based startup Community Factory developed for iOS and Android, has hit the 500,000 user milestone – in just 2 weeks. According to the company, the app was released on October 19 and reached that user base on November 2. Community Factory says they followed a multi-platform, multi-language… Continue reading Decopic: Kawaii Photo Sharing App Gets 500,000 Users In 2 Weeks
Video: Mobile Train Information Service “Yamanote Train Net”
Mitsubishi Electric has developed a prototype app for iPhone and Android phones that could make life for the millions of commuters living in Tokyo a bit easier. The so-called “Yamanote Train Net” [JP] app is currently being tested in one train on the famous Yamanote line that circles the center of Tokyo. Users can expect… Continue reading Video: Mobile Train Information Service “Yamanote Train Net”