An Engineer, who recently resigned Yahoo! Japan, the country’s most successful web company, wrote his experiences in his 4 years – as a foreigner in English. From the article by Jon Keating (@emostar ), he wrote many interesting observations which can be applied to many Japanese establishment companies. “Creating quarterly goals that must be met… Continue reading ex-Yahoo! Japan Employee Blogs About Irrational Cost Saving And Micro Management
New Book: Twitter Beginning Guide For Nuturing Mom
I gave up counting how many Twitter books are published in Japan. There seem to be reaching 500 soon on Amazon Japan [J]. As we already covered before, more than 5 books suggest to learn English by Twitter, of course there are Twitter manga-s. It looks like that if you include “Twitter” in your book… Continue reading New Book: Twitter Beginning Guide For Nuturing Mom
Cybozu Aims At Business-oriented Social Network, And Something Different From Facebook
Cybozu Inc., a Tokyo-based package vendor having developed a web-based groupware intended to Japanese SMEs for more than a decade, introduced their brand new SaaS edition of the groupware last November, which is called Cybozu Live[J]. This week, Mr. Yoshihisa Aono, the CEO of Cybozu Inc., unveiled the plan on how the service goes from… Continue reading Cybozu Aims At Business-oriented Social Network, And Something Different From Facebook
Luna Luna – Mobile Menstruation Care Site, 2.7% Of Japanese Women Pay, Now Goes U.S.
In Japan, paying for contents on cellphone web is so common. That supports unbelievable profit on social gaming networks Gree and Mobage-Town. Over 2% of population purchase weather forecast on cellphone with 105 yen or more, which I recently wrote for The Japan Times, is also a good example. There is another successful, interesting cellphone… Continue reading Luna Luna – Mobile Menstruation Care Site, 2.7% Of Japanese Women Pay, Now Goes U.S.
October 2010 Japan IT Links (Part 2)
Continued from (Part 1). Middle part of October news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Continued to (Part 3) Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Female Pro-Shogi Player Defeated By Computer First In History Japanese chess is more complex for computers as it lets players reuse captured units. A… Continue reading October 2010 Japan IT Links (Part 2)
Pop Up Camera – iPhone App Makes Your Photo Pseudo 3D
[Free download until Sunday 24th] Pop Up Camera by Kamakura-based web development company Kayac Inc. is an iPhone camera application enables you to make semi-3D effect photo. You take a photo, then touch area on the photo where you want to pop up. Then you will get animated image file. Here is a sample from… Continue reading Pop Up Camera – iPhone App Makes Your Photo Pseudo 3D
Reroom.jp – Category Photo Sharing Service For Your Interior Designs
Last month we introduced a new Japan-based bilingual web service for sharing contents of your bag InMyBag. This month we let you know the similar concept web service Reroom.jp, which lets you share the part of your private life, your room. This service does not have an English menu, but browsing should not be so… Continue reading Reroom.jp – Category Photo Sharing Service For Your Interior Designs
Yep, Sony Killed Casette Walkman, Sharp Killed PC
Whilst Apple reported to kill the CD in U.S., there are two big Japanese companies turned out to kill other legacy products. Last Cassette Walkman SankeiBiz reported [J] that Sony said on 22nd that they had finished domestic shipment of cassette tape Walkman at the end of April 2010. The last 5 models (WM-EX651, WM-GX410,… Continue reading Yep, Sony Killed Casette Walkman, Sharp Killed PC
IncubateFund To Hold A Boot Camp For Encouraging Entrepreneurs In Their 20s
IncubateFund[J], an investment team backed by DeNA and it’s known for having invested in Pokelabo and Istpika (both are social app providers), will have a two-day camp for encouraging potential entrepreneurs to develop and launch their Internet businesses. Those who want to join the camp have the following requirements: He/she was born in 1980s. He/she… Continue reading IncubateFund To Hold A Boot Camp For Encouraging Entrepreneurs In Their 20s
AR Cheburashka(Чебурашка) in Inokashira Park
Russian character “Cheburashka[J]” is very popular in Japan. A new movie[J] is shown on December 18th. Then, Augmented Reality company Tonchidot executed the collaboration campaign by using Sekaicamera. Cute! Sekaicamera users were able to see 3DCG of Cheburashka by using Sekaicamera in Inokashira-Park(Kichijoji, Tokyo). “Cheburashka lines up at Cheburashka goods tent sale” You can take very… Continue reading AR Cheburashka(Чебурашка) in Inokashira Park