Well, who the hell marks 100,000 favorite on Twitter anyway? Japanese! There are several reports and complaints that heavy Twitter-favorite users were suddenly unable to log in, mark favorite, tweet, etc. According to a popular and influencial Japanese web watcher @katoyuu, who also suffered this problem, listed up Japanese twitter users who had troubles referring… Continue reading You Will Be Locked Out Of Twitter When You Mark Favorite Over 100,000 Tweets
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Chinese Domain Name Authority Closes 699 Accounts In 4 Days; No More Individual Registration
On Monday, CNNIC (China Internet Network Information Center) suspended 699 .cn domain names which seemed to be inappropriately used for porn websites just in four days since they had set up a hot line to receive anonymous reports about the malicious use of domain names. And then, the authority suspended to accept new .cn domain… Continue reading Chinese Domain Name Authority Closes 699 Accounts In 4 Days; No More Individual Registration
Japanese Kaomoji Stamp
Kaoiro by Ginghami is a classic stationery stamper which does not mark year-month-date but Japanese net emoticons Kaomoji(Facial Ascii Art), matches with your “:-)”, “X-D”, “;-P”, etc. # Kaomoji is different from Emoji, every single of which is a single letter like “A” and “1” and being suggested to be included in Unicode. You may… Continue reading Japanese Kaomoji Stamp
Make Tokyo Meeting 04: Where You Can See Future, Magic And Junk In A Place
Last weekend at Ookayama Campus, Tokyo Institute of Technology, O’reilly Media‘s mechatronics magazine “Make” held the 4th meeting[J] and gave Japanese geeks the opportunities to present their gadgets to the public. Let’s have a look at some of remarkable and unique items which get us excited. Tokyo-based tech start-up (founded by graduates from the University… Continue reading Make Tokyo Meeting 04: Where You Can See Future, Magic And Junk In A Place
Cute Girl Duo Gets A Higher Attention Than What They Promote
Tokyo-based start-up company Cerevo[J] will begin accepting orders for the company’s first product Cerevo Cam next Tuesday. It’s an Internet-enabled digital camera that automatically uploads your pictures to photo sharing services such as Flickr when it’s at WiFi locations, without ejecting a memory card nor using a USB cable. Therefore, if you’d like to share… Continue reading Cute Girl Duo Gets A Higher Attention Than What They Promote
Osaka-based Consultancy Forms A Network Giving Entrepreneurs Many Cost-Savings & Various Supports
Tokyo-, Osaka- and Shanghai-based business consultancy providing support for start-up companies, Akinai Research Institute[J] just introduced a new program encouraging entrepreneurs in terms of financial, personnel and material resources in association with nine program supporting partners. Entrepreneurs joining the program can get benefits by receiving complimentary services and packages as follows. Microsoft BizSpark: offering free… Continue reading Osaka-based Consultancy Forms A Network Giving Entrepreneurs Many Cost-Savings & Various Supports
Google Books Gives Up To Cover Japanese Publication To Avoid Int’l Legal Conflicts
Google submitted a revised settlement to the NY Federal Court Friday seeking approval of an agreement that would clear the way for continuing operation of Google Books, Google’s book retrieval and online sales service. To avoid legal conflicts with publishers and authors in Japan, France and Germany, the settlement redefined the service so as to… Continue reading Google Books Gives Up To Cover Japanese Publication To Avoid Int’l Legal Conflicts
Fake Toilet Flushing Sound Keychain Meets Characters
Japanese women are known to feel ashamed even by their sound of peeing listened by other buddies. Portable noise maker Eco Hime (= ecological princess), which saves you when you are in the public bathroom accidentally does not have the built-in noise generator, are now visually improved as well with popular characters. The characters are,… Continue reading Fake Toilet Flushing Sound Keychain Meets Characters
Japanese Top Search Keywords 2009 By Yahoo! Japan
Although it is November, the season of 2009 ranking comes! Yahoo! Japan discloses their annual ranking by what keywords people searched in this year. As always, all Japanese search engines and portals will follow, but Yahoo! Japan is the No.1 search in Japan, this ranking is one of the best to describe “regular” people’s search… Continue reading Japanese Top Search Keywords 2009 By Yahoo! Japan
Japan Public TV NHK Intensely Promotes Twitter
Following to Biz Stone’s first Tokyo visit for media interviews and Tweetup event, media is reporting a lot about Twitter in Japan now. Public, and the biggest TV station NHK broadcasts about Twitters three time in two days, each of them are totally made differently. As a public TV, NHK usually does not show specific… Continue reading Japan Public TV NHK Intensely Promotes Twitter