On August 7, at Cyberport in Hong Kong, there was a one-day conference giving Hong Kong and Asian entrepreneurs the opportunities to present their services and discussing the future of tech start-up communities in the region. There are two hubs for incubating tech start-ups in Hong Kong. One is Cyberport, which is located on the… Continue reading Startup Saturday 2010: Asian Start-up Entrepreneurs Meet Together In HK (1/2)
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Report Of Asiajin Shanghai Meetup
This is a report of Asiajin Shanghai Meetup which was held on July 24th. The meetup was held at Sunstyle showroom in Shanghai Sculpture Space. Thank you so much to Gang Lu and George Godula for securing a venue. More than 20 people have gathered to the event on this very hot day in Shanghai. Five… Continue reading Report Of Asiajin Shanghai Meetup
Asiajin Shanghai Meetup Held On 24th
We will hold the first meetup in Shanghai this weekend. On July 24th (Saturday), Asiajin Shanghai meetup will be hosted to bridge startup communities of China and Japan. Two industry experts from Japan will talk about the Japanese startup industry and his own startup experience. We also plan to have a time to discuss and… Continue reading Asiajin Shanghai Meetup Held On 24th
Jsdo.it – Shared HTML5/JavaScript Playground For Geeks
Jsdo.it is a new web developers’ community on which HTML5/JavaScript/CSS programmers can play, share and collaborate with others. On the site, user can edit HTML/JavaScript/CSS on the left pane, and run them on the right pane. Your code are publicized with your designating license, and others can “fork” it and make his/her branched version. Popular… Continue reading Jsdo.it – Shared HTML5/JavaScript Playground For Geeks
Japan Sec Dealers’ Assc Postpones Banning Individual Investments On Pre-IPO Start-ups
Japan Security Dealers Association proposed banning IPO of companies who have been fundraised by individual investors except the companies’ employees and founder’s family, and that news caused a sensation in this country’s tech start-up community. The association aimed at preventing fraud over unlisted shares, but the banning would make start-ups harder to go IPO if… Continue reading Japan Sec Dealers’ Assc Postpones Banning Individual Investments On Pre-IPO Start-ups
Japan’s First Banana Vending Machine Debuts In Shibuya
The Japanese local subsidiary of international leading banana distributor Dole put the country’s first banana vending machine at an underground shopping mall in Shibuya last week, which draws people’s attention. The vending machine has a fridge and maintains stored bananas at 13 degrees Celsius (=55.4 degrees Fahrenheit) which is the best temperature to keep them… Continue reading Japan’s First Banana Vending Machine Debuts In Shibuya
Meet-up Call: Startup Dating Preliminary Edition To Be Held Next Tuesday
Usually Asiajin covers what people are doing and have achieved in Japanese and Asian tech communities, but today I’m writing something about what I and my friends will do for accelerating the communities here in Tokyo. Takeshi Hirano[J] from TechCrunch Japan[J], Hiro Maeda from NetPrice.com and I will jointly organize a networking event titled “Startup… Continue reading Meet-up Call: Startup Dating Preliminary Edition To Be Held Next Tuesday
Spacecraft Carrying Asteroid Sample Returns; Landing Process To Be Ustreamed From Australian Desert
Hayabusa (peregrine falcon in Japanese) is an unmanned space mission to return a sample of material from the asteroid Itokawa. The spacecraft launched from Japan seven years ago, and succeeded to land on the asteroid. It is now returning to the earth and will be landing in Woomera Prohibited Area, Australia today. The final landing… Continue reading Spacecraft Carrying Asteroid Sample Returns; Landing Process To Be Ustreamed From Australian Desert
RubyConf China 2010 To Be Held In Shanghai On June 26
RubyConf China 2010 will be held on June 26th at Shanghai Television University (228 Guoshun Road, cross Yangpu Road) (上海电视大学，国顺路288号). Last year RubyConf China was held very successfully with 450 attendees. Ruby’s father Matz was treated like a superstar with lots of autograph and photograph requests. This year, some of the talks will be done… Continue reading RubyConf China 2010 To Be Held In Shanghai On June 26
How Do The Venusians See The Earth’s Cyberculture?
JAXA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will launch the venus climate orbiter named “Akatsuki” meaning dawn in Japanese this morning. It will be launched at 6:58:22 a.m. on Friday in J.S.T. or 21:58:22 p.m. on Thursday in U.T.C. The scene of the orbiter’s launch will be streamcast live on several major video networks. Video source: ANN… Continue reading How Do The Venusians See The Earth’s Cyberculture?