Tvitter [J] is a Twitter client widget for Sony LCD Television Bravia. Some of latest versions of Bravia support AppliCast platform, on which user can program their own original widgets. Bravia user can go on her/his Bravia to this URL http://www.jp.sonystyle.com/Taiken/Appli/ , install the widget, and check the latest tweets and post to twitter on… Continue reading User-made Twitter Client On Sony TV Bravia
Mixi Top Page Showing Really Strange Ad
Japan’s largest social networking service Mixi is showing KDDI au(No. 2 cellphone carrier)’s new cellphone mail flat-rate plan commercial on its log-in page to 17 million users. Although Mixi is a membership service, as it is pre-login page, everyone can see it. KDDI au recently started its fixed rate internet mail plan “Gangan Mail”(gangan is… Continue reading Mixi Top Page Showing Really Strange Ad
Marriage Fraud Case Forces Rakuten To Push Back Service Release
Recently in Tokyo, there was a marriage fraud case that a woman is suspected of having murdered her several boyfriends. According to several news media, due to the effect of the case, Japan’s e-commerce giant Rakuten had been planning to launch an online marriage hunting site, but they were forced to push back the release… Continue reading Marriage Fraud Case Forces Rakuten To Push Back Service Release
iPhone Breast Enhancer: Better Than Plastic Surgery To Be Sexy?
Following the company’s stupid iPhone/iPod touch app serial release (like this), Kayac, a funny web app developer based in Tokyo’s suburb, just made something new to make our hard days more cheerful. Tanimania, it is a breast enhancer that enables to make the breast of you or your girlfriend much sexier than ever – but… Continue reading iPhone Breast Enhancer: Better Than Plastic Surgery To Be Sexy?
Popular Singer Kohmi Hirose Held A Twitter Live Concert
Kohmi Hirose, a Japanese pop singer/song writer, who is also known by her joining Twitter this year, made a Twitter (unofficial) song, one of 31 suggested Japanese Twitter accounts, had the first “Twitter Live Concert” in Japan. (I just do not know if there were similar concerts in other countries yet) The short concert with… Continue reading Popular Singer Kohmi Hirose Held A Twitter Live Concert
iPhone 3G Is Still As Popular As 3GS in Japan
BCN’s cellphone sales ranking, which once was used to declare iPhone triumph in Japan, showed interesting status these weeks. Last week, iPhone 3G (8G) sales was ranked at the 3rd, whilst the latest 3GS (32G) ranked at the 4th. This week 3GS (32GB) takes back the highest position among iPhones ranked by 5th. 3G (8G)… Continue reading iPhone 3G Is Still As Popular As 3GS in Japan
KDDI To Invest USD9M On Bangladeshi Largest ISP
Japan’s second largest telecom company KDDI announced yesterday that it would invest USD9M (JPY800M) on Banglaseshi largest ISP bracNet next January. The rate of the diffusion of the Internet service in the country is as low as 2% despite the country is ranked as the world’s 7th in the number of the population. With… Continue reading KDDI To Invest USD9M On Bangladeshi Largest ISP
Shueisha And MS To Start Distributing Dragon Ball For WinMo In Japan, U.S. And Europe
Microsoft Japan announced yesterday that it would launch Windows Marketplace for Mobile in Japan next month. The company already started the service in the U.S. last month. Similarly to Apple’s AppStore and Google’s Android Market, mobile software developers will have opportunities to sell their application titles to Windows Mobile(WinMo) users all around the world. As… Continue reading Shueisha And MS To Start Distributing Dragon Ball For WinMo In Japan, U.S. And Europe
Facebook To Have The First Oversea Development Base In Tokyo
Facebook, which I think I do not need any explanation what it is to English web users, announced that they would open their Japanese arm in Tokyo early in 2010, ITMedia reports [J]. The branch, which is planned to be formed with developers from US and locally hired Japanese engineers and managers, will make a… Continue reading Facebook To Have The First Oversea Development Base In Tokyo
All Nippon Airways To Start iPhone/iPod Connection Service On NRT-JFK Flights
Japan’s second largest airliner ANA (All Nippon Airways) announced they would start a new service on selected flights between NRT (Narita International, Tokyo) and JFK (John F. Kennedy International, New York) next February, which makes all passengers (including economy class seats) on the flights possible to connect their iPhone/iPod to the in-flight personal entertainment system.… Continue reading All Nippon Airways To Start iPhone/iPod Connection Service On NRT-JFK Flights