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IPO Consulting Firm Launches Trilingual Database Of Japanese Tech Start-ups
On Thursday, Tokyo-based consulting firm for tech start-up ventures, Project Ocean LLP[J] launched a trilingual database of Japanese tech start-up companies, which is called Startups Japan. Project …
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YAPC::Asia 2009 A Massive Perl Community Event
Following to the LLTV(annual Lightweight Language Conference in Tokyo) and PHP Conference Japan 2009 (Asiajin’s cover), another sub-1000 attendees class web developer conference YAPC::Asia 2009 …
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Mixi Introduces Two Tiers Friends System
Japan’s biggest social network service Mixi added a new feature around its Mai-Miku(comes from “My Mixi”) friend system, adding “good friend”. In addition to the …
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Live Event: PHP Conference 2009 Is Now Underway In Tokyo
We have a bunch of tech conferences and events in Tokyo from the end of last month to the middle of this month. It is very hard to cover all in a limited time. Japan PHP User Group[J] is now holding …
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Narita Express: In-train WiFi Service To Start In Competition With Other Transit Operators
As a countermeasure against other transit operators which have been providing in-cabin WiFi service for their passengers, JR East, a railway company operating a rapid express service from/to Narita …
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Microsoft Innovation Award 2009: Five Tech Start-ups Nominated As Finalists
Microsoft announced the finalists of Microsoft Innovation Award 2009 last week, and there were a judging committee for the award at the company’s annual conference for system engineers in …
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CJIC2009: Internet-Enabled Home Appliances Come Together To Foresee Our Future
Today at Roppongi Hills, a skyscraper located in the heart of Tokyo, CNET Japan[J] held an annual tech conference called CJIC 2009 (CNET Japan Innovation Conference) where two tech-startups, …
