Some 2-channel(2ch.net) users noticed early morning on June 3 that an unpopular notification page on 2-channel was updated with the warning message against 5 notorious 2-channel watcher blogs. We ban the following URL from using copyrighted materials owned by 2ch, as it is detrimental that those people who damage to third parties and do not… Continue reading 2-channel Bans 5 Major Summary Sites From Reusing Its Posts
Augmented Reality Disaster Prevention App Released
CAD Center [J] has released the iOS AR (Augmented Reality) application “AR Hazard Scope Lite,” which displays disaster prevention information over the surrounding scenery for the 23 wards of Tokyo. Download is free. “AR Hazard Scope” is an application that displays disaster prevention information on screen, such as evacuation shelters and fire danger levels in… Continue reading Augmented Reality Disaster Prevention App Released
GREE Advertises At San Francisco International Airport
GREE [J] has begun corporate branding advertisement at San Francisco International Airport from this month as a measure towards global promotion. Already they have been expanding [J] airport advertising at Narita International Airport and Haneda Airport International Terminal since April, but this time they have begun global promotion in America along with their first appearance… Continue reading GREE Advertises At San Francisco International Airport
No-nonsense Mascot Character: Handy-Wiper kun
Japan is a country chock full of kawaii characters. People are not easily surprised by new weird characters but, Japanese twitter users call him as “the most practical mascot character”, Handy-Wiper kun (on your left). http://twitpic.com/9o9zjs You shove it everywhere and dump it off at the end, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCyhuXf25_4
Nagoya Soccer Team Makes A MIB Parody Poster
Professional Soccer team Nagoya Grampus, which is based in Japan’s third largest city Nagoya, is running a tie-up promotion with the American movie Men In Black 3. Buzzed on blogs and Twitter. At Nagoya-city metro station. (Photo by mapigation)
Panasonic To Sell Nanoe TV, Which Inhibits Mold And Odor
Panasonic announced that they would ship a new TV of its Viera series. This CF5, which is planned to be sold late June has a Nanoe generator, which converts water into Nanoe Ion wrapped in water molecules. Panasonic claims that the ion suppresses fungi, mites and pollen, removes odor and realizes “Uruoi Bihada Kuukan”, which… Continue reading Panasonic To Sell Nanoe TV, Which Inhibits Mold And Odor
"596523:14:07.2147483647" This is where iPhone freezes
Well, sort of. It has been a hobby for a few people at 2ch.net[J], Japan’s biggest anonymous BBS, to show off "how long they could let their iPhone stopwatch running". On May 29th 2012, this astonishing new record was introduced to the BBS, which put those enjoying this hobby in shock. The one who posted… Continue reading "596523:14:07.2147483647" This is where iPhone freezes
Let’s Make A Battleship! Phyzion Releases 3D Battlship Creation App “Battleship Craft”
Phyzios [J] has released an iOS game application “Battleship Craft,” which uses its own particular physics engine. Download is free. “Battleship Craft” is a naval battle game which fuses the fun of manufacturing with real action. Users use various weapons and block parts in the 3D space to build an original battleship and can engage… Continue reading Let’s Make A Battleship! Phyzion Releases 3D Battlship Creation App “Battleship Craft”
The World’s First Radiation Counter Cellphone Announced In Japan
Softbank announced today(May 29) that they would ship Pantone 5(107SH) the world’s first smartphone with radiation measure feature in July. By this Sharp’s made Android 4.0 smartphone, you may measure gamma rays in the 0.05μSv/h to 9.99μSv/h range just by pressing the dedicated button for long. You may let it measure periodically and plot the… Continue reading The World’s First Radiation Counter Cellphone Announced In Japan
Japan’s Web News Week 21
This week’s Japanese Web/IT related news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Naver Japan Warns LINE Users Not To Access Unauthorized Third-party User Finder Services IC Card Reader Sales Suspended By B-CAS Card Hacking via Buzzap Gree Platform Launched For 153 Countries 90’s… Continue reading Japan’s Web News Week 21