An Apple-fan Osakan blogger Dark Kyokucho(Chief) [J] found a good way to realize rebirth of the old beautiful clamshell macintosh iBook… iPad-and-keyboard frame. At first he discovered [J] that the iBook screen space fits iPad well. Then he managed to put Apple Keyboard. Lastly, to connect iPad and keyboard by iPad Camera Connection Kit within… Continue reading No iBookstore On iPad In Japan? We Have iBook!
9 iPhones Make Family Matrix Video In Tokyo Park
Tokyo based video bloggers gathered at Yoyogi Park, one of the largest parks in Tokyo, with their iPhone 3GS and made a family movie with bullet time effect as seen on the movie Matrix. 9 iPhone users: AqbiRec, Yoshiki Kondoh, Yukina, Jet Daisuke, Ken3tv, Hapii, Asakawazu, Shingo Soejima and Motomocomo Assistant: Koji Sasagawa, Azusa and… Continue reading 9 iPhones Make Family Matrix Video In Tokyo Park
Four Companies Encourage Developers To Monetize Apps With New In-app Purchase Platform And Investments
Tokyo-based real affiliate service provider Best Create[J], Japan’s largest telecom product distributor Hikari Tsushin, Cyber Agent Investment and SBI Investment[J] launched a new project called “Future of Apps[J]” last month, which is expected to collect new app ideas and will invest USD110,000 at the maximum in each of selected promising ones. The project will also… Continue reading Four Companies Encourage Developers To Monetize Apps With New In-app Purchase Platform And Investments
Japan’s Prime Minister Tweets His Farewell
9 hours later of his expressing intention to resign Japan’s prime minister job, the first tweeting prime minister, who boasts the most popular Japanese Twitter user, posted his first tweet today. Today, I made a statement to resign as prime minister. It is to take back clean Democratic Party of Japan to listen to the… Continue reading Japan’s Prime Minister Tweets His Farewell
May 2010 Japan IT Links (Part 1)
First half of May news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Continued to (Part 2) Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Twitter Rescued A Guy Without Paper At Akihabara Toilet covered by Japan Trend Shop [En] and Gizmodo [En] Cellphone Journalist Atsushi Ishikawa reports that NTT Docomo did not… Continue reading May 2010 Japan IT Links (Part 1)
Softbank’s Online Magazines App Viewn Gets Bumbling Start
Although Apple’s digital publishing service iBookstore on iPad has been doing well in US, like other countries it is not really ready for Japanese iPad users. It is considered to take time to realize as local publishers are more conservative to collaborate. Sotftbank’s 100% subsidiary Viewn [J], which had been introduced by CEO Masayoshi Son,… Continue reading Softbank’s Online Magazines App Viewn Gets Bumbling Start
Cnet Japan Overhauled. ex-Chief Editor Takes TechCrunch Japan’s Head
On May 31th, Cnet Japan [J], run by Asahi Interactive, a subsidiary of Asahi Shimbun [J], a Japanese online tech media licensed by US Cnet, has changed its design to an original US Cnet like black-banner from long lasted yellow based one. Also added twitter retweet assistant function. Ex-chief editor Moved to TechCrunch Japan On… Continue reading Cnet Japan Overhauled. ex-Chief Editor Takes TechCrunch Japan’s Head
Japanese Government Allows ISPs to Target Ads by Browsing History
A Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (総務省) working group recently published an opinion stating that certain network monitoring technologies (Deep Packet Inspection) can be used by Internet Service Providers to serve targeted advertising to users, but only after the user has been clearly notified of these practices. This news made the top page of Sunday’s… Continue reading Japanese Government Allows ISPs to Target Ads by Browsing History
Sony, KDDI, Asahi And Toppan To Co-launch E-Publisher In July
Sony, Toppan Printing (Japan’s 2nd largest printing company), KDDI(Japan’s 2nd largest telco) and the Asahi Shimbun (newspaper publisher) announced last Thursday that they would launch a joint venture for an e-publication distribution service. Sony has introduced an e-book reader device called “Reader” in Europe and the U.S., and the company plans to introduce it in… Continue reading Sony, KDDI, Asahi And Toppan To Co-launch E-Publisher In July
iPad Magic At Apple Store Ginza(Tokyo, Japan)
“Communication’s history and future” magic show in front of the Apple’s flagship store in Ginza. [Update 2010-06-03] changed with English subtitled version (via CnnGo) Beacon fire, letter, book, photo in history. Warp, time travel, handy x-ray, encephalograph, trial fitting, cash withdrawal maybe soon. See Also: iPhone Magic by Marco Tempest