Kentucky Fried Chicken [J] has begun a limited term campaign for the Japanese version of “My Town,” a smartphone location information game. In this campaign, when you “check in” using My Town at an actual KFC store, depending on the number of times, you can receive a “next generation shop” stationed at the same shop… Continue reading KFC Begins Campaign For Location App “My Town”
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Social SDK “Pankia” Tops 10 Million Users
Pankaku [J], who have developed the smartphone social SDK “Pankia,” has announced that their number of users has topped 10 million. This means that they have reached 10 million users in the 18 months since the service began. “Pankia” is a social SDK (software development kit) developed by Pankaku. It supports iOS and Android, and… Continue reading Social SDK “Pankia” Tops 10 Million Users
HONDA Releases App For Facebook “Face Game Book”
HONDA [J] has released “face game book” [J], an old school “game book” style puzzle solving game application for facebook. “face game book” [J] is a promotional game application for their new model “FREED,” and was originally developed in cooperation with the “mystery” event group “SCRAP,” who have until now been frequently making “Real Dasshutsu… Continue reading HONDA Releases App For Facebook “Face Game Book”
Ameba Pico Reaches 4 Million Users
“AmebaPico,” the overseas 2D virtual space managed by CyberAgent, has acquired 4 million users. This was brought to light from their English version Twitter account. “Ameba Pico” is this company’s overseas English version of their Japanese virtual space Ameba Pigg [J], offered as a Facebook application. Like ameba Pigg, you create your own avatar, customize… Continue reading Ameba Pico Reaches 4 Million Users
Namco Bandai To Release Mobage Social Game “Kamen Rider Legend”
NAMCO BANDAI Games, Inc. [J] has announced that they will release “Kamen Rider Legend” (Masked Rider Legend), a social game for Mobage [J], from the end of November. “Kamen Rider Legend” is a social game where users collect “Brave Jewels” containing the power of successive generations of masked riders and mysterious people, while gaining strength… Continue reading Namco Bandai To Release Mobage Social Game “Kamen Rider Legend”
Level 5 Releases Social Game For Mobage “Professor Layton Royale”
Level 5 [J] has released the feature phone social game “Professor Layton Royale” [J] for Mobage. They are also planning to soon release a smartphone version. “Professor Layton Royal”(Layton Kyojyu Royal) is a social mystery role-playing-game based on Level 5’s popular title “Professor Layton Series.” In the game there are three structured roles: “detective,” “citizen,”… Continue reading Level 5 Releases Social Game For Mobage “Professor Layton Royale”
GuruNavi Compromises With Users’ Review, In Competition Against Tabelog
Asahi reported that the popular online restaurant site Gurunabi (Japanre abbrev. of “Groumet Navigator”) opened a new page showing the ranking of restaurants by score of users’ review. Gurunabi is an information site where restaurants pay for their shops listed, and the site had been the champion of restaurant guide sites for years until its… Continue reading GuruNavi Compromises With Users’ Review, In Competition Against Tabelog
News Around Mobage Getting Bay-Stars Baseball Team
[Update 2011-10-28] Nippon Professional Baseball organization is reported [J] to unapprove the service name “Mobage” for the team name. Most other teams have company names in Japan, and DeNA was rumored to curve out its Mobage business to this rule. We have been reporting (1),(2) that DeNA, Japan’s large social game networking Mobage owner, is… Continue reading News Around Mobage Getting Bay-Stars Baseball Team
LinkedIn Japanese Localization Finally Done
LinkedIn has released Japanese language support as its 10th language on October 18, 2011. Here is the top page for visitors when you set Japanese as your prior language. LinkedIn Japanese localization plan was announced in September 2007 at first by its local partner Digital Garage. In this May, Digital Garage announced again the Japanese… Continue reading LinkedIn Japanese Localization Finally Done
Twitter Launches Promoted Items In Japanese
Twitter Japan began the promoted items on Twitter with Japanese language setting from October 3, 2011 following to US and UK. Digital Garage’s Japan original banner ad will stay as well, then Japan has again the most ads-decorated Twitter environment.