Official Google Blog (Japanese) announced [J] that their gmail on PC now became capable to send Emoji, emoticon-like letters supported by Japanese cellphones. (receiving emoji-mail from cellphone has been supported already.) Even in English mode of gmail, your “Rich formatting” mode has a new set of emoji selector. I sent a mail with emoji-s from… Continue reading GMail supports Emoji for Japanese Cellphone
Category: Japan
Sun and Recruit’s Mashup Awards 4
On Sunday, 19th October, Mashup Awards 4 , Sun Microsystems Japan and Recruit‘s [Recruit on Asiajin] web-service mashup development contest award ceremony was held at Recruit headoffice, next to the Tokyo station. The contest, 4th this time, gathered 44 companies’ web service API from many of Japanese web companies such like Yahoo Japan, Google Japan,… Continue reading Sun and Recruit’s Mashup Awards 4
Register for the New Context Conference 2008 in Tokyo (November 5-6) [UPDATE]
Canceling this year’s Web 2.0 Expo in Tokyo was considered a mild disappointment in the Japanese web world. But now it seems Digital Garage‘s New Context Conference 2008 [J], a 2-day event full of high-profile speakers from the Japanese and international Internet industry, can more than make up for it. The event is being organized… Continue reading Register for the New Context Conference 2008 in Tokyo (November 5-6) [UPDATE]
Asiajin news updates
There are some updates on the topics Asiajin reported recently. Let me write them shortly. Cyber-Maid becomes purchasable next week Cyber-Maid Augmented Reality was one of the most read article in July, which is about a girl on your PC display virtually tangible. Dennoh Figure ARis“(Cyber Figure Alice) sale will start on 19th October as… Continue reading Asiajin news updates
Tokyo2point0 Event: Press Army and social learning site iKnow!
This month’s Tokyo2point0 event (our reports on former events) took place on Monday again at the Super Deluxe in Roppongi. These two presentations were delivered. UltraSuperNew’s Press Army UltraSuperNew‘s director Michael Sheetal delivered a presentation on “Press Army”, a bilingual web service, which is geared mainly towards companies. Press Army enables users to automatically monitor,… Continue reading Tokyo2point0 Event: Press Army and social learning site iKnow!
Oishiku Henkan (yummy converter) makes your food image yummier
Oishiku Henkan (lit. Yummy Converter) is a web service which adjust automatically a color balance of an uploaded JPEG image of food to make the food image look yummier. It’s a very simple service, but the result is quite impressive. I tried with a picture of my own, and it has improved very much. Note:… Continue reading Oishiku Henkan (yummy converter) makes your food image yummier
Tomorrow’s Rainbow: 86-year old Japanese nun writes cell phone novel
Novels and poetry written, bought and read on cell phones are nothing unusual in mobile phone-crazy Japan. Now it came to light that Jakucho Setouchi, a 86-year old Buddhist nun has written a long-running cell phone novel series (keitai shousetsu in Japanese) without disclosing her real name for several months. Setouchi is an accomplished writer… Continue reading Tomorrow’s Rainbow: 86-year old Japanese nun writes cell phone novel
Daily Portal Z: Social learning platform iKnow! cooperates with nifty
Tokyo-based social learning platform iKnow! and Japanese telecommunications and web powerhouse nifty (most famous in the web space for its portal of the same name) are cooperating. The companies have set up the “Owarai eigo dojo” (Funny English Training Hall), giving Japanese iKnow users the possibility to translate funny stories from nifty’s mega popular “Daily… Continue reading Daily Portal Z: Social learning platform iKnow! cooperates with nifty
Dwango releases 61 minute-ringtone, wants to be listed in the Guiness book of records
Dwango, the Tokyo-based company behind Japan’s uber video portal Nico Nico Douga and the ringtone for dogs, has officially filed an application to get listed in the Guiness Book of Records. Why? The company has developed what they think is the world’s longest ringtone at 61 minutes and 40 seconds. Say what you want, but… Continue reading Dwango releases 61 minute-ringtone, wants to be listed in the Guiness book of records
CiFTR – a work shift management software
CiFTR (JP) (pronounced as shifter) is a software to manage a complicated work shift of part time employees. In Japanese restaurant industry, most waiting staffs are part-time workers with a complicated work shift. So, work shift management could be a real headache for managers. CiFTR enables part-time workers to request their desired work shift by… Continue reading CiFTR – a work shift management software