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AKB360: Experience The Town On Your Desktop Anywhere

AKB360[J], is it a new group derived from popular J-pop girl band AKB48? Consisting of so many as 360 teen girls? Not at all. That’s the name of a web-based virtual metaverse that Akihabara-based web development company DON[J] (pronounced as “De-Oh-En”) has introduced last week, and it focuses on allowing you to experience the town… Continue reading AKB360: Experience The Town On Your Desktop Anywhere

Clwit Develops Interactive Infomercial Widget That Will Never Bore E-Shoppers

Clwit[J], a Tokyo-based company developing social web services and Internet security countermeasures, announced it would start an e-commerce platform using Ustream in April. It allows you to integrate your website with Ustream and Twitter by just adding a line of iframe tag. Mr. Yasuhiro Kunimine, the representative director of Clwit says, in their beta… Continue reading Clwit Develops Interactive Infomercial Widget That Will Never Bore E-Shoppers

For Social App Development: Mixi And CyberAgent Launch Joint Venture

Japan’s social apps boom isn’t ending: Today, two of the country’s biggest web companies, namely Mixi and CyberAgent, announced they will launch a joint venture to produce social apps for mixi, Japan’s biggest social network, on February 1. CyberAgent is best known for its massive Ameba blog platform, Japan’s biggest (12.4 million registered users). The… Continue reading For Social App Development: Mixi And CyberAgent Launch Joint Venture

Japan Railway GPS Challenge Requires Users To Visit Bullet Train Stations Nationwide

Railway heavyweight JR (Japan Railway), which was the national railway until privatization in 1987, has begun a new promotion for its high-speed ‘shinkansen’ (bullet train) network using a GPS location game. All six of the JR passengers companies, spread from Hokkaido to Kyushu, are involved in “Nihon Rettou Judan, Challenge Shinkansen” [J] (Bullet Train Challenge… Continue reading Japan Railway GPS Challenge Requires Users To Visit Bullet Train Stations Nationwide

Livlis: Twitter-Based Barter Service

It’s no secret anymore that Japan loves Twitter, and as such, there’s a whole bunch of Twitter-based services coming out of Japan. One of these is a new site called Livlis, which lets users list up stuff they are willing to give away (computers, books, cell phones and other things). Other users can indicate their… Continue reading Livlis: Twitter-Based Barter Service

Listagram And Instastream – Two Instagram Mash-ups From Japan

Listagram is an unofficial Instagram related site by Kotaro Chiba, which lists up Instagram photos by specific user. Giving a single URL of the Instagram photo will show the set of photos by the user. You need to set profile if you want to be searched on it. RSS feed will be generated so you… Continue reading Listagram And Instastream – Two Instagram Mash-ups From Japan

Bijin Tenki: Girls Keep You Updated With Weather Forecast On The iPhone

Bijin Tokei, a company known for having developed a hot girl clock gadget, has recently developed the weather girl iPhone app called Bijin Tenki[J] in partnership with mobile app provider Dwango. On the app, cute girls (no idea on how many girls are involved) will keep you updated with weather forecast for the next seven… Continue reading Bijin Tenki: Girls Keep You Updated With Weather Forecast On The iPhone

Chinamode 2010: 45 Finalists Nominated For China’s Best Web Service Awards (3/3)

(Continued from the previous post.) – – – – – – – – – – Category 7: The Most Remarkable Apps From Outside China Twitter (In Chinese, “推特” Tui-te) is a social micro-blog service. Its unique and simple architecture have highly contributed to the development of social network services. Kik Messenger is an app of… Continue reading Chinamode 2010: 45 Finalists Nominated For China’s Best Web Service Awards (3/3)

Mimiuchi: The Twitter Service Helps You Confirm Mutual Love W/O Confession

A group of three guys including an ex-Yahoo Japan employee introduced Mimiuchi[J] (meaning whispering in someone’s ear), a new Twitter service that allows you to confirm mutual love with someone you are interested in only with his/her Twitter account and without confession. Of course, for making a result, both you and someone of your interest… Continue reading Mimiuchi: The Twitter Service Helps You Confirm Mutual Love W/O Confession