Nico Nico Jikkyo (Jikkyo originally means “live state” in Japanese, but in this case, abbreviated form of Jikkyo-Chukei, “play-by-play broadcasting”) is a newly introduced service by Dwango, who runs Japan’s most popular online video service Nico Nico Douga. Nico Nico Jikkyo introduced a client application for Windows, which shows the similar layout with Nico Nico… Continue reading Nico Nico Jikkyo, Long Awaited Chat Over TV Programme
Foot Controlled Feed-Reading By Beatmania Controller
Photo by Hampus Andersson There are some “Foot Mouse” products for people suffering from tendonitis or multitasking workers who are serious on his/her work efficiency, but the needs are not so high and eventually those products are rather more expensive than regular mice. tyoro [J] from Kyoto sparked the idea to reuse the broadly available… Continue reading Foot Controlled Feed-Reading By Beatmania Controller
Japanese-made “Extra” Film Gets High Popularity In S. Korea
A certain type of brand new film product, which can change a camera built in your cellphone to infrared fluoroscope, is on sale at the e-commerce site of an Akihabara-based detective tool shop, and now it gets an explosive popularity among Korean Internet users. The e-commerce site has an evidence picture that allows you to… Continue reading Japanese-made “Extra” Film Gets High Popularity In S. Korea
NicoNico Douga-like Twitter Widget NiTwPress
NiTwPress, NicoNico Douga flavoured Twitter client widget for WordPress, is made and released by (self-claimed) 17 years old girl sakuratan (Sakura Yamamoto) [J]. Different from twitter’s official blog widget, this widget display your tweets in flowing overlay texts, like Japanese favourite online video site NicoNico Douga. There are many mashup services/tools which take this style… Continue reading NicoNico Douga-like Twitter Widget NiTwPress
Japanese Blog Queen Migrates Again, This Time CyberAgent
Shoko Nakagawa, aka Shokotan, announced [J] her blog moving to Ameblo [J], CyberAgent blog hosting who boasts over 1,400 celebrity bloggers. Shokotan’s blog originally began in 2003 at Yaplog, a free blog hosting service popular to girls by cute design selections, when she was just one of them. After getting popularity by her aggressive frequent… Continue reading Japanese Blog Queen Migrates Again, This Time CyberAgent
Two Parties Start Cyber Negative Campaigning For Upcoming Election
On Tuesday, Japanese prime minister Taro Aso[J] dissolved the lower house of parliament for the upcoming general election which is set for August 30th. Representative candidates are forced to fight against their competitors and to appeal their policies to potential voters under the shining summer sun. All political parties are now more aggressive than ever… Continue reading Two Parties Start Cyber Negative Campaigning For Upcoming Election
Live Event: This Century’s Most Powerful Eclipse Starts In A Couple Of Hours
NHK ‘s video shooting the eclipse in Iwojima, a rural island located 1,200km (750 miles) off Japan’s main islands. NHK’s video shooting the eclipse from a ferry cruising the Pacific Ocean. These two videos were carried live by NHK, JAXA, NICT and NAOJ via high-speed data communication satellite “KIZUNA (WINDS)“. * * * We reported… Continue reading Live Event: This Century’s Most Powerful Eclipse Starts In A Couple Of Hours
Next-Generation Web Technologies And New Marketing Solutions Meet
On Thursday and Friday at a venue near Tokyo Station[J], IT news publisher and event organizer IDG Japan and Cymen, a Tokyo-based venture in search engine optimization(SEO) and web marketing for enterprise business, jointly held a conference combining three events on Internet cutting-edge technologies and its enabling web marketing solutions. Next Ad & Marketing 2009… Continue reading Next-Generation Web Technologies And New Marketing Solutions Meet
Google Joins Forces With Japanese Astro Labs To Create Virtual Moon
In commemorating the 40th anniversary of the first human landing to the moon, on Tuesday, Google introduced a 3D map showing you the entire surface of the moon, named “Moon in Google Earth”, which is available on version 5.0 or later of Google Earth. Besides moon surface photos supplied by NASA, Japanese astronomical laboratories such… Continue reading Google Joins Forces With Japanese Astro Labs To Create Virtual Moon
Tata DoCoMo To Start News Ticker Service On Cellphone Stand-by Screen In India, Which Is Very Common In Japan
Tata DoCoMo, which is a joint venture of a Tokyo-based giant mobile operator and the telecom arm of an Indian conglomerate group and started cellphone service in southern part of India last June, announced it would start i-Channel which helps subscribers to get latest news updates on cellphone stand-by screen. When you find an interesting… Continue reading Tata DoCoMo To Start News Ticker Service On Cellphone Stand-by Screen In India, Which Is Very Common In Japan