Continued from (Part 1) Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. iDish For Sushi, Sashimi, BBQ Or Whatever Bukkake Jougi Is A Ruler Containing White Liquid In Which You Can Set Any Pictures (supposed, ahem, naked women) Rakuten’s Zenryaku Profile Certified By EMA KDDI Developped Cellphone Stress Tester App on K-tai Watch Docomo… Continue reading July 2010 Japan IT Links (Part 2)
KDDI To Acquire Stake In AR Start-up Tonchidot
The Nikkei, or Japan’s economic journal, reported today that Japan’s second largest telecom giant KDDI announced it would invest in Tonchidot, the Tokyo-based tech start-up who is well known for augmented-reality(AR) smartphone app Sekai Camera. Tonchidot plans to allocate new shares to KDDI to raise approximately USD530,000 in order to develop social games using Sekai… Continue reading KDDI To Acquire Stake In AR Start-up Tonchidot
NTT DoCoMo And DNP To Start E-Book Delivery Service This Fall
Japan’s biggest mobile operator NTT DoCoMo and major printing company Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) announced they would jointly start an e-book delivery service intended for feature phones, smartphones and tablet terminals this fall. The two companies will arrange the entire process of the e-book delivery service including content collecting, online book store management and overseas… Continue reading NTT DoCoMo And DNP To Start E-Book Delivery Service This Fall
Baidu’s Popular Service Tieba Comes To Baidu Japan
Baidu Tieba(“Paste Bar” in English) [Zh] is an ultra popular community service run by the world second largest search engine Baidu [Zh]. The uniqueness of Tieba is that it combined search engine and forum, by guiding search results to related discussion boards. If the searched word did not have a counterpart forum, users are suggested… Continue reading Baidu’s Popular Service Tieba Comes To Baidu Japan
UPDATE: In English: All 32 Japanese Startups On The Vote List For “WISH 2010”
UPDATE August, 30: WISH 2010 is over, Akky covered the event here, and I changed the article below accordingly. I was very impressed with WISH 2009, a startup demo event organized last year by Tokyo-based online marketing and advertising company Agile Media Network (basically Japan’s version of Federated Media); here‘s my full report over on… Continue reading UPDATE: In English: All 32 Japanese Startups On The Vote List For “WISH 2010”
China-made “Apple Peel” Turns Your iPod Touch To The iPhone
In Zhongguancun(中关村) or the technology hub of Mainland China’s capital, a plastic cover especially designed for the iPod Touch is now getting a high sensation among gadget geeks, Beijing Daily reports[C]. This cover is named “Apple Peel(苹果皮)” and can enclose a SIM card, a battery and a microphone which is not embedded with the iPod… Continue reading China-made “Apple Peel” Turns Your iPod Touch To The iPhone
English Study Comics Paid Homage To U.S. Marines
“Pixel Mari-tan” is a Japanese Manga comic for studying English slang used in U.S. Marines, which are never taught at school. (-tan is a colloquial form of -san) “The magical kingdom princess, 12-year old Marine(Mar-Lee-Nay, Japanese girl’s name) transforms to marine! She, a magical democratic princess, protects democracy and fights for freedom cause. [J]” with… Continue reading English Study Comics Paid Homage To U.S. Marines
Learn English On Twitter – At Least 5 Japanese Books For That
A Japanese blogger Bricklife pointed out that there are so many Japanese books on how to learn English by Twitter published. Twitter Eigojyutsu(English Technique) A Japanese and an English authors wrote up twitter conversations among fictional characters. The characters exist on Twitter so you may follow them and read. Trying to make English tweets The… Continue reading Learn English On Twitter – At Least 5 Japanese Books For That
SpinningWorks Introduces iPad App To Create Social Media Of E-book Readers
On Saturday, Tokyo-based tech start-up SpinningWorks introduced the alpha version of the iPad viewer app for clipping your favorite parts of e-books and sharing them with the others, which is called Qlippy. Qlippy is a combination of a website and the iPad app, and allows you to import EPUB-formatted content via iTunes and to share… Continue reading SpinningWorks Introduces iPad App To Create Social Media Of E-book Readers
Report: Rakuten To Link Japan And Taiwan Online Malls
Japan’s biggest business daily, The Nikkei, today reports that the country’s biggest e-commerce company, Rakuten, is planning to links its Japanese and Taiwanese online malls so that customers from these countries can order products from both Japan- and Taiwan-based merchants. According to the paper, the integration will take place by the end of this year.… Continue reading Report: Rakuten To Link Japan And Taiwan Online Malls