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Robot For Smartphone Coin Pusher Games

A Twitter user @suzuki_jidouka (Suzuki is a Japanese surname, jidouka means automation) showed that he had created a robot for his little sister who wants to earn more coins on coin pusher game on smartphone. 妹から『コイン落としのゲームで効率的に稼ぎたいからスマホ画面を1秒間に2回くらい一晩中タップし続ける機械が作れないか』と，かなりヨコシマな打診あり。仕方ないので作成。子供がいるので安全性の配慮となるべくシンプルな作りに気をつけたつもり pic.twitter.com/BF1eDusFOK — 鈴木自動化 (@suzuki_jidouka) June 2, 2013 The sister asked him if she would earn points effectively by tapping… Continue reading Robot For Smartphone Coin Pusher Games

Yahoo! Japan Hacked Accounts: 1.5 Million Users Might Be More Unsecure

Today, Yahoo! Japan official blog published the follow-up announcement [J] of the possible 22 million account name leaks on 17th. According to it, further investigation reached the conclusion that more data beyond account name could be brought out for 1.486 million accounts. The data are non-decrypt-able password (password hash, I guess) and information used when… Continue reading Yahoo! Japan Hacked Accounts: 1.5 Million Users Might Be More Unsecure

Asahi Reports Mixi To Begin Free Call Service, Mixi Denies

Asahi Digital published an interview of new Mixi president Yusuke Asakura [J], titled “Mixi expand to free call app business beyond social network” today. Mixi quickly released a short release that it is not a fact [J].

22 Million Yahoo! Japan ID Could Be Leaked

Yahoo! Japan announced on May 17th night [J] that they found that their account management server got raided, a file having 22 million of their user account names left on the server. The announcement said that they can not deny the possibility of the file transferred to outside of the company’s network. However, as the… Continue reading 22 Million Yahoo! Japan ID Could Be Leaked

Facebook Japan Replaces Its Head Following To Mixi

3 days ago we reported that Mixi is to have a young new president. Now Facebook Japan announced that a new president, according to Markezine [J]. Same as Mixi, this is the first time of presidency change. Atsuhi Iwashita, who is going to take the president seat on May 20, have served as CEO for… Continue reading Facebook Japan Replaces Its Head Following To Mixi

Japan’s Most Annoying Website To Be Shut Down Soon

ITMedia reports that the notorious website of Aiseikai Hospital is planned to be closed within 2 months, a son of the hospital head revealed on his Twitter account @miya_blu_swing. The tweet [J] has been retweeted more than 2,000 times. The screenshot above can not show you the vividness of the site. You should check it… Continue reading Japan’s Most Annoying Website To Be Shut Down Soon

Mixi Appoints A New President. CEO Kasahara To Be A Chairman

Mixi, a Japanese local social networking service competing against Facebook, announced today [J] that the founder, president and the largest stockholder Kenji Kasahara is to hand over the presidency to Yusuke Asakura. Asakura, born in 1982, 30 years old, who joined Mixi in October 2011 when Mixi purchased his founding company Naked Technology. According to… Continue reading Mixi Appoints A New President. CEO Kasahara To Be A Chairman

The 5 Japanese Cellphones That Changed Mobile World Forever

I’ve read recent article on Wired titled The 12 Cellphones That Changed Our World Forever. To be honest when I’ve checked those phones I felt this article has too narrow view of things. There are many other cellphones contributed to change the world. I picked up 5 Japanse cellphones influenced not only Japanese market but the… Continue reading The 5 Japanese Cellphones That Changed Mobile World Forever