Twiman by Fumufumu Soft is a twitter decoration service which makes Japanese Manga style cartoon with tweets from yours, your timeline and your lists. You need to log in the service by giving permission by Twitter, then the tweets on your timeline embedded into random manga pictures. It seems to generate picture with all tweets… Continue reading Twiman: Twitter Timeline In Manga-Comic Style
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Foodlog, Rapeko, EatNow: 3 Japanese food picture posting services
One major difference between Japanese bloggers and those elsewhere is that not too few Japanese writers seem to be obsessed with food, filling their blogs with pictures of their dinner, lunch boxes, favorite snacks etc. shot from all angles. Here‘s a Japanese blog that even solely focuses on lunch boxes (and this is just one… Continue reading Foodlog, Rapeko, EatNow: 3 Japanese food picture posting services
Tokyo Giants & Hanshin Tigers, Both To Introduce Specially Designed Handsets For Better Fan Engagement
The Yomiuri Giants[J], a professional baseball team based in Tokyo, announced it would introduce a new cellphone handset especially designed for their fans in late June in association with Japan’s second largest mobile operator KDDI and MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) Inphonix[J]. The team’s logo is printed on the handset, and player’s portraits and the… Continue reading Tokyo Giants & Hanshin Tigers, Both To Introduce Specially Designed Handsets For Better Fan Engagement
Tokyo-Bay Fishermen Start Seafood E-Commerce; Line-ups Are Updated From Boats Every Morning
A fishermen’s cooperative[J] in Yokosuka, a Tokyo suburb known for having a U.S. fleet activities, launched a fish and seafood e-commerce site that sells what have been caught in Tokyo Bay in the morning of the day. Fishermen on boats take pictures of their fishing results and put them on the website with retail prices… Continue reading Tokyo-Bay Fishermen Start Seafood E-Commerce; Line-ups Are Updated From Boats Every Morning
Gourmet Navigator Plans 1-Seg TV Service For Mobile On Tokyo Subways
NKB[J], the transit ad agency running well-known restaurant guide Gourmet Navigator(Gournavi) on the web, is now discussing in-subway 1-seg TV service (refer to these stories about 1-seg) with Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications for obtaining a TV station license. The company expects the service will be provided in subway trains running, at subway… Continue reading Gourmet Navigator Plans 1-Seg TV Service For Mobile On Tokyo Subways
Cyber Agent America Launches Facebook App Of Metaverse
On Tuesday, Tokyo-based Cyber Agent‘s subsidiary in Silicon Valley, Cyber Agent America launched a metaverse called Comic World as a Facebook app basically targeting international users. In the app, you can dress up your own avatar with clothing you’ve purchased with a virtual money called ComicCash. The user account for Comic World is compatible with… Continue reading Cyber Agent America Launches Facebook App Of Metaverse
AppTraq – A New Free Facebook App (And Others) Analytic Service
Tokyo-based UserLocal Inc., which is known by its free and paid tools for website traffic analysis both for PC and mobile access in Japan, launched a new analytic tool for free specialized for social networking application (Facebook and major three Japanese social networking services – Mixi, Gree and Mobage-Town) platforms both in English and Japanese.… Continue reading AppTraq – A New Free Facebook App (And Others) Analytic Service
Fuji TV Starts Twitter Clone Imatsubu (= tweetin’ now)
Japan’s major television broadcasting network Fuji TV, who has just generated a topic of conversation [J] among Japanese twitter users with the first Twitter featured TV drama, also launched their own microblogging service Imatsubu [J]. Ima means “now” and Tsubu is abbreviation of Tubuyaku, “to tweet”. As always as a new microblog imitator, Imatsubu provides… Continue reading Fuji TV Starts Twitter Clone Imatsubu (= tweetin’ now)
Two Twitter-related Services Introduced Last Week
User Local[J], a tech start-up who is well-known for having developed a web-based access statistics tool using heat map visualization, released “Machi-Tsui[J]” (Machi stands for a city or a town. Tsui is a Japanese abbreviation for Twitter) on Friday, which allows you to find which part of Japan or which part of a prefecture your… Continue reading Two Twitter-related Services Introduced Last Week
Utweet Makes Stylish Movie With Your Tweets
A Japan based apparel chain store Uniqlo opened a new Flash site which let you create a Flash movie featuring your tweets and Twitter icons. You can set your Twitter account name or any keyword. When running with a Twitter ID, you will also get the red and white modified icon. Uniqlo is known by… Continue reading Utweet Makes Stylish Movie With Your Tweets