Evernote, a popular note-taking service, who has achieved a big, maybe bigger success in Japan than elsewhere, launched a new app to cover majority of Japanese cellphone users on Docomo i-mode, which is a mobile internet service subscribed by over 48 million people. “Evernote for i-mode” [J, Docomo Market] is an i-mode Appli version of… Continue reading Evernote for i-mode Released For Docomo Feature Phone
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Sassor Urgently Introduces Power-saving Support Device To Meet Consumer Needs On Time
Due to the tragedic accident of the Fukushima nuclear power plant that was caused by the massive earthquake on March 11, Eastern Japan and the Tokyo Metropolitan Area are still afraid of unpredictable and large-scale blackouts. In town, or at railway stations, we see many digital signboards that shows us a real-time statistics of power… Continue reading Sassor Urgently Introduces Power-saving Support Device To Meet Consumer Needs On Time
Japanese Girl Band AKB48 Gets Android And iPhone Applications
If you still doubt that Japan is in the middle of a smartphone revolution, here is another news item that serves as a good piece of evidence for it: Japanese pop sensation AKB48 released apps for the iPhone and Android today – in both English and Japanese (iTunes, Android market link). Fans of the country’s… Continue reading Japanese Girl Band AKB48 Gets Android And iPhone Applications
Feel-on: Twitter Comicalization Client On Web/iPhone
Feel on! is a Twitter client service by a Japanese startup L is B. This client analyze your Twitter timeline with its Social Emotion Engine(SEE), and show each tweet with emotionally matched comic character and color. Feel on! web browser version was released on today May 13th. iPhone version (English and Japanese) was released already… Continue reading Feel-on: Twitter Comicalization Client On Web/iPhone
Bukupe: Might A Book Curation Site Be Alternative To Skim-Reading?
City dwellers are busy every day. They don’t have much time for reading books. E-books make you possible to enjoy reading without stopping by at bookstores. Skim reading, speed reading, anything else? Bukupe[J], named after ‘book encyclopedia’, just unveiled a book curation service on Friday, which allows you to write abstracts for books you’ve… Continue reading Bukupe: Might A Book Curation Site Be Alternative To Skim-Reading?
Hatena Launces World Shortest 3 Letters Microblog Hatena Now
On April 1, Kyoto-based web service company Hatena released a new microblog service Hatena Now, which restrict users’ message at most 3 characters. Hatena called it “The world smallest nano blog” [J]. In 2009, we reported a nano blog chuitter.jp, which limits message by 14 letters, 1/10 of Twitter. However, Chuitter ceased after one year… Continue reading Hatena Launces World Shortest 3 Letters Microblog Hatena Now
Ready For: A New Crowd Fundraising Site For Artists Launches
Ohma Inc., a Tokyo-based tech start-up known for semantic web-based who’s-who app Spysee[J], released a Kickstarter-like crowd fundraising service called “ReadyFor?[J]” this week. The service intends to giving fundraising opportunities to amateur filmmakers, musicians and artists who would like to publish their works. If you invest in someone’s plan to develop his/her work, in return,… Continue reading Ready For: A New Crowd Fundraising Site For Artists Launches
TwitVoice Allows You To Leave Instant Voice Messages Via Twitter
Tokyo-based tech start-up Pido[J] unveiled the company’s first iPhone app today, which is called TwitVoice[J] and allows you to leave your voice messages via Twitter. It’s a free app, and you can tweet with your real voice recorded within fifteen seconds. The company expects to add some features in the future to attract the… Continue reading TwitVoice Allows You To Leave Instant Voice Messages Via Twitter
Wiki Covering 11 Countries: Digital Media Across Asia
Here is some recommended reading, probably of value for just about everybody reading Asiajin: in 2007, Students at Singapore Management University have created a wiki called “Digital Media Across Asia”, which now covers a total of eleven countries (in English), namely: Australia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Singapore South Korea Taiwan Vietnam On… Continue reading Wiki Covering 11 Countries: Digital Media Across Asia
More Anonymity! Nottotter.jp Shuffled Members’ Twitter Account, Blocked Promptly
Nottotter.jp is a new web service using Twitter account to exchange your writing rights with other Nottotter members for 5 minutes. In other words, registered user on Nottotter can tweet on some other user’s account for 5 minutes. A Hatena blogger id:hitode909 developed and released [J] this Nottotter, which means “I’ve taken it over.” in… Continue reading More Anonymity! Nottotter.jp Shuffled Members’ Twitter Account, Blocked Promptly