A Hatena blogger id:rti7743 reported that he made his new 10.6 square meters bedroom with futuristic functions [J]. He set up the following gears; – replaced curtain with 100-inch projector screen – NEC NP-U310WJD short focus projector – 2 microphones – self-programmed voice recognition system – iRemocon, (remocon = remote controller) network-connected remote controller which… Continue reading “Let There Be Light” – Voice Controlled 114sqft Japanese Work/Bedroom
Category: Japan
Comic Market Waiting-People Time-Lapse Video
Japanese discipline was showed after the Eastern Japan Disaster 3/11 last year. And it is not only at earthquake. The video by a Nico Nico Douga user munyaka is a time-lapse animation on the third day morning of the massive self-publishers’ comic conference Comic Market 81(Comike81), December 31, 2011. http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm16589379 The video started around 00:50,… Continue reading Comic Market Waiting-People Time-Lapse Video
5 Trends In Japan’s Web And Mobile Worlds In 2011
2011 is over – reason enough to take a look at some of the key trends that shaped Japan’s web, mobile, and gaming industries last year. I could think, in no particular order, of five major developments that made a significant impact last year: March 11 Triple Disaster The triple disaster that hit Japan on… Continue reading 5 Trends In Japan’s Web And Mobile Worlds In 2011
Tabelog, Japan’s Yelp Reportedly Tainted By Undercover Positive Review Agents
A popular consumer restaurant review site Tabelog [J], who has been competing the top position of restaurant listing site against Gurunavi with user-generating-contents power, admitted on January 4 that there were reviews and ranking manipulations on Tabelog, by third party agents who sell a package like planted favorable comment posting and voting for rank-up, according… Continue reading Tabelog, Japan’s Yelp Reportedly Tainted By Undercover Positive Review Agents
CyberAgent Releases “Animal Land” For Facebook
CyberAgent [J] has released the latest addition to their PC social game enterprise, “Animal Land” for Facebook. “Animal Land” is a game where you enjoy building a town where animals live, by reclaiming land, building houses and shops, and decorating trees and vehicles. You can level up by building the town, and as well as… Continue reading CyberAgent Releases “Animal Land” For Facebook
Nico Nico Douga Hits 1.5 Million Paid Subscribers
Japanese online video sharing service Nico Nico Douga has got 1.5 million paid subscribers on January 3, 2012. Nico Nico Douga, with its unique overlay user-generated comments, is known by users’ videos, but recently it airs programs from TV and movie as well both in free and paid channels. Nico Nico Premium Membership costs 525… Continue reading Nico Nico Douga Hits 1.5 Million Paid Subscribers
Android Highschool – Personified Androids Comic
A manga (Japanese comic) series “Hana no Andoroido Gakuen”(Sweet Android High-school) is a comic depicts the battles of Android handset vendors as a school life with caricatured girls who have each vendors characteristics. “-chan” is a Japanese post-nominal title used for young, tiny or small person. “-kun” is similar but for boys, so her Apple… Continue reading Android Highschool – Personified Androids Comic
Japanese Tweets Likely Makes Another World Record On Twitter
As expected, the opening of year 2012 on Japanese Twitter was a full stream of new year’s greetings. After entering into 2012, Twitter, both site and API, went down by heavy load. According @dfnt, on unofficial Twitter traffic counting service Tweet Counter showed that the peak tweets at the midnight January 1, 2012 in Japan… Continue reading Japanese Tweets Likely Makes Another World Record On Twitter
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
Twitcmap – Twitter-based Masssive Comic Market Directory
Twitcmap [J], run by a illustration sharing community Tinami [J], is a web service to try to make a huge map of the world’s largest self-publishing comic fair “Comic Market” [J], which is held twice in a year in Tokyo, in a user-generated style with utilizing Twitter. Comic Market official says that there are over… Continue reading Twitcmap – Twitter-based Masssive Comic Market Directory