LLVM Guide For Dummies, Or Kitsune-san

Japanese software e-book publishers Tatsujin Shuppankai [J] (Master’s Publishing Association – could not find if they have an official English name) published a book about LLVM compiler, “Kitsune-san demo Wakaru LLVM”(LLVM even fox-san can understand) by Motipizza [J]. Machine translation of the book description is here, This is LLVM was born I think this document… Continue reading LLVM Guide For Dummies, Or Kitsune-san

Beautiful Girls Dance To The Music In “MOOSTA OMP”

Cybird Inc. [J] has opened “MOOSTA OMP” [J], software which features 3DCG characters who automatically dance to match up with music.  Anyone may download and try it out for free. “MOOSTA OMP” is a software program which analyzes music and automatically sets a 3D character dancing.  Simply by dragging and dropping an mp3 file upon… Continue reading Beautiful Girls Dance To The Music In “MOOSTA OMP”

Go! Go! Nippon! -My First Trip to Japan- : Anime Novel Game Style Japan Guide

Japanese bishojo-game (pornographic interactive game with Japanese anime-style girls Wikipedia) maker Overdrive released a non-adult, all English, still Japanese-anime-style game which features foreigners Japan visit experiences, titled Go! Go! Nippon! (Nippon is how Japanese calls Japan in Japanese). All texts are given both in English and Japanese, so it may be useful not only for… Continue reading Go! Go! Nippon! -My First Trip to Japan- : Anime Novel Game Style Japan Guide

Google+ iPhone App Bug (unable to write Japanese/Chinese/Korean) Fixed

The Google+ iPhone App‘s huge but only affected for some countries has been fixed after about 10 days. As we reported on September 26, Japanese (Chinese and Korean as well) Google+ user who updated the app found that they were unable to put in their native language letters. The new version 1.0.5.2346 has come on… Continue reading Google+ iPhone App Bug (unable to write Japanese/Chinese/Korean) Fixed

Iogous – A Display Ad Optimization Tool

A Tokyo-based Internet ad solution company, Fringe81 [JP], revealed their new ad optimization software called Iogous [JP]. Iogous is a specialized tool for optimizing display ad creative. Iogous enables to try numerous combinations of designs, colors, and texts with statistical method. Fringe81 says that the tool achieves few hundreds percent improvement of click-through-rate. It means… Continue reading Iogous – A Display Ad Optimization Tool

Axsh Introduces New Open Source To Build Your Own Cloud

Shinjuku-based web app developer Axsh Co.,Ltd.[J] introduced an open source software called Wakame-vdc(virtual data center) which allows you to develop a public cloud service of your own, by enhancing Wakame-fuel that has been originally developed for making it easier to configure server instances and network setting on Amazon EC2.   You may download it and use… Continue reading Axsh Introduces New Open Source To Build Your Own Cloud

KLab Releases Amazon Kindle Compatible Emulator In Open Source

Japanese mobile system/application developer KLab Inc. [J] announced that they had developed a clone of Kindle Developer’s Kit (KDK) and Kindle Emulator. The official KDK has been available for limited beta developers since February. Klab release said that they could not wait approval so that they built the emulator from Amazon’s specification documents. Currently, not… Continue reading KLab Releases Amazon Kindle Compatible Emulator In Open Source

Virtual Dating Game Love Plus Is Introduced For iPhone

Konami Digital Entertainment released virtual dating simulation game Love Plus[J] for the iPhone/iPod touch on Monday.   There is a series of  three apps corresponding to three heroines starring in the game, which are Love Plus iM (Aika Takamine), Love Plus iR (Rinko Kobayakawa) and Love Plus iN (Nene Anegasaki). Left: An composite picture demo using… Continue reading Virtual Dating Game Love Plus Is Introduced For iPhone

16 Free Apps To Depict Character’s Face On Your iPhone

Yahoo Japan released 16 free iPhone Apps simultaneously at Japanese iTunes Store. By locating each app on the screen correctly, like solving a number slider puzzle, you can depict a face of the most famous character in Japan, Doraemon. Each app icon is designed to be a part of the face of this character. Usually, iPhone… Continue reading 16 Free Apps To Depict Character’s Face On Your iPhone

New Japanese IME Has Come From The Origin Of Chinese Characters

Following Google’s Japanese IME (input method editor) newly introduced in the beginning of this month, the Japanese subsidiary of China’s largest website search portal Baidu[C] also introduced a new one for our language, which is named Baidu Type[J] (in beta). By referring to the Japanese input method which has been adopted for cellphone handsets, Baidu… Continue reading New Japanese IME Has Come From The Origin Of Chinese Characters