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Softbank Mobile To Start Giving Away Femtocell Equipments In May

Japan’s third-ranked mobile carrier Softbank Mobile, also known as the exclusive carrier for iPhone in Japan, will start user application for the complimentary distribution program of femtocell base stations for individual customers and small-sized stores next month. The company is considered as being relatively poorer than the other carriers in terms of the quality of… Continue reading Softbank Mobile To Start Giving Away Femtocell Equipments In May

Gundam Cafe To Be Opened In Akihabara

Japanese character merchandising company Bandai announced it would open Gundam Cafe[J] in Akihabara next weekend, in commemoration with the animation series’ 30th anniversary. The cafe is located just a minute away from JR Akihabara station and under elevated railroads. The cafe serves Jaburo Coffee which is connected to a story of the series about a… Continue reading Gundam Cafe To Be Opened In Akihabara

Pankaku Increases Capital By Allocating New Shares To Cyber Agent

Pankaku[J], a tech start-up whose iPhone game app LightBike has recorded the 1st rank in the number of paid app downloading at the U.S. AppStore, announced it had increased capital by approx. USD536,000 through the allocation of new shares to a third party accepted by Cyber Agent last month, which means Cyber Agent has taken… Continue reading Pankaku Increases Capital By Allocating New Shares To Cyber Agent

CyberAgent Investment Takes 3% Stake In Vietnam’s Top Mobile Content Provider

Shibuya-based CyberAgent Investment acquired 3% of share capital in Vietnam’s largest mobile content service provider VMG Media on Tuesday. In Vietnam, the under 30 generation shares almost a half of the country’s whole population (85mil.), which is expected to consume a high volume of mobile content. Currently the country’s mobile content market volume is worth… Continue reading CyberAgent Investment Takes 3% Stake In Vietnam’s Top Mobile Content Provider

Livedoor To Be Acquired By Korea’s Largest Search Portal Site

Several news sources report, LDH[J] (Livedoor Holdings, ex-Livedoor) is now in the final phase to be acquired by NHN, South Korea’s largest provider in the Internet portal service. The sales value of LDH’s capitalization is considered between USD75M and 85M, which will be fixed mid-April. NHN shares 60% of user access to all search portal… Continue reading Livedoor To Be Acquired By Korea’s Largest Search Portal Site

GMO Co-Launches New Project To Incubate Social App Providers

GMO Internet, Japan’s leading provider in ISP, web server hosting, domain registration etc., kicked off a new project in order to boost potential developers to create new social apps last weekend. GMO Venture Partners (GMO-VP)[J], a GMO’s arm in their investment and incubation business, set up a project called “Apuri Yarouze!” (Let’s create social apps!)[J]… Continue reading GMO Co-Launches New Project To Incubate Social App Providers

Giving Characters To Camera Fits Anime Fans’ Taste?

Cerevo[J], the Akihabara-based tech start-up and manufacturer of the Internet-enabled home appliances, started the sales of the spin-off version of the company’s hot-selling camera CEREVO CAM yesterday. The version is called Cerevot, and it has an embedded speech synthesizer that can make it speak something when you release the shutter or turn the flash on. … Continue reading Giving Characters To Camera Fits Anime Fans’ Taste?

Japanese Community Radio Services Can Be Tuned In Around The Globe With iPhone

On Wednesday, Tokyo-based tech start-up, Flight System Consulting[J] released the iPhone/iPod touch app that allows you to listen to Japanese community FM radio services over the Internet, in association with CSRA[J] or Community Simul Radio Alliance. The app costs 350 yen. At the time of the app’s release, nine stations participating in the alliance can… Continue reading Japanese Community Radio Services Can Be Tuned In Around The Globe With iPhone

Social illustration network Pixiv now has 1.5 million members, racks up 1 billion PVs monthly

Japanese “social illustration site” Pixiv continues to amaze. The site, which lets users present self-made drawings to other users and offers a number of basic social networking functionalities, now counts a whopping 1.5 million members [JP]. Not bad for a completely domestic site that’s only available in Japanese (although some foreigners exhibit their works on… Continue reading Social illustration network Pixiv now has 1.5 million members, racks up 1 billion PVs monthly