Livedoor started a video search service[J] on its portal, in association with Tokyo-based tech-venture Accessport Inc. Livedoor adopted Accessport’s video search engine called “Woopie“, and it allows keyword-searching of more than 300 million videos indexed from more than 300 video-sharing sites worldwide. The service’s search results reflect new videos uploaded to these sites within as little as… Continue reading Livedoor Starts Video Search Service
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pixiv and Square-Enix are developing 3D CGM service
Square Enix and pixiv started the participation recruitment of “Party Castle“, a community site for creators, in illustration contribution site “pixiv” on 6th November. Square Enix is a leading game company. “Final Fantasy” and “Dragon Warrior/Dragon Quest” are their popular computer role-playing game series. It is 3D community aimed at making the fantasy world by… Continue reading pixiv and Square-Enix are developing 3D CGM service
Yahoo! Japan starts LinkedIn like business SNS
Japan’s web giant Yahoo! Japan’s new challenge is a social business networking service, the name is CU. CU is a membership service based on invitation. The top page explains themselves as “CU (pronounce “see you”, no matched Japanese words so it is a neutral name for Japanese users) is a business networking service which supports… Continue reading Yahoo! Japan starts LinkedIn like business SNS
Mixi gets pre-installed on all SoftBank phones, starting with the Sharp 931SH
It seems that Japan’s biggest SNS Mixi and the country’s third largest cell phone carrier SoftBank are getting closer and closer. Following the announcement of the general partnership in the mobile web space, all SoftBank handsets sold from now on will feature a pre-installed Mixi widget. Sharp’s awesome Aquos 931SH cell phone, which features an… Continue reading Mixi gets pre-installed on all SoftBank phones, starting with the Sharp 931SH
livedoor started “Geocities 2.0”
Japanese portal site livedoor announced today that they started a new free hosting service EDGE co. Lab. Developers/entrepreneurs can get hosted servers from livedoor and run their web service without charge. The conditions are; “Powered by EDGE” must be shown somewhere on the page livedoor OpenID and (if possible) livedoor Auth API need to be… Continue reading livedoor started “Geocities 2.0”
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
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
au BOX: KDDI, Motorola and Opera intro new multimedia terminal in Japan
Yesterday KDDI, one of Japan’s many telecommunications powerhouses, held a press conference in Tokyo to present the so-called “au BOX” to the general public for the first time. “au” is KDDI’s cell phone brand and the reason why the company can call itself Japan’s second biggest cell phone carrier. Based on the Motorola VIP1830 IP,… Continue reading au BOX: KDDI, Motorola and Opera intro new multimedia terminal in Japan
Mobage Town launched World-wide English Service MobaMingle
DeNA Global, 100% subsidiary of DeNA, who runs Mobage Town, the Japan’s biggest mobile social networking site with casual games, started its global service MobaMingle . DeNA Global is located in California, USA, but the MobaMingle can be accessed from 70 countries, including UK, France, Germany on cellular phone. Access from Japan is blocked so… Continue reading Mobage Town launched World-wide English Service MobaMingle
Web-Kare – Virtual Boyfriends Social Network
LinkThink released a new social networking service “Web Kare – wonderful boys and lovely maiden story” featuring dating simulation game targetting female on 10th September, and gained over 10,000 users registered only in 5 days. On the service, you will spend a virtual school life with 4 young boys, while communicating other users. Like as… Continue reading Web-Kare – Virtual Boyfriends Social Network