iPhone social camera app Instagram announced on its official Twitter account that it now supports Mixi, Japan’s largest real-side(as opposed to game-centric Gree/Mobage) social networking service. Hey Japan & Mixi users! We've added support in v2.2. Download the update to start sharing to your Mixi account now: http://t.co/FexfAJnU — Instagram (@instagram) March 1, 2012 Blog… Continue reading Instagram Supports Japanese Social Networks Mixi
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Mixi And DeNA Allies In Social Commerce
January 25, two of Japan’s largest social networking service companies, DeNA(who runs Mobage) and Mixi announced their new alliance on social commerce. On the release, it is said that “Mixi, who holds networks of close friends” and “DeNA, who has plenty of knowledge on e-commerce and has been running Bidders (mobile shopping service)” are going… Continue reading Mixi And DeNA Allies In Social Commerce
Twitter Japan Announces Alliance With Mixi
As we reported on 25th, Twitter Japan and Mixi had a press conference today at 14:00 November 30. The two of Japan’s top social networking services are jointly to develop new services, as well as advertising products. Mixi’s current services will have Twitter-support, too. One example already started is seen on Mixi Xmas, a Mixi… Continue reading Twitter Japan Announces Alliance With Mixi
Twitter Japan And Mixi To Announce Something On 30th
ITMedia reported [J] today that Twitter Japan and Mixi, Japan’s largest social networking service as a Facebook-kind-of, will held a joint press conference next Wednesday, November 30 with Twitter Japan Country Manager James Masaakira Kondo (@jameskondo) and Mixi CEO Kenji Kasahara (Mixi profile [J]). It is not disclosed what will be announced there. Mixi is… Continue reading Twitter Japan And Mixi To Announce Something On 30th
Mixi Releases iPad App And Windows Phone Versions
Japanese (orthodox) large social network Mixi is trying to expand their apps experience on more devices. On September 21, Mixi released [J] an Windows Phone app. (Windows Phone 7.0 or above. 7.5 recommended) image: Mixi Voice short messages on Windows Phone’s Panorama user interface image: your friend’s posts page The app can be downloaded on… Continue reading Mixi Releases iPad App And Windows Phone Versions
Grenge Releases Communication App “Group Talk” For Mixi and Android
Grenge [J] has released the communication application “Group Talk” for mixi and Android. Download is free. “Group Talk” is a group chat application which allows you to choose your close friends from “My miku” (friends on mixi) and have a chat just with them. You can enjoy communication secretly with friends across three different platforms:… Continue reading Grenge Releases Communication App “Group Talk” For Mixi and Android
Mixi Launches Mixi Page
On August 31, Mixi announced its new feature, Mixi Page [J]. It is a feature to enable Mixi users to create semi-public web pages under Mixi’s domain. The pages have built-in communication system and social-media button Mixi Iine(=Like) is integrated. If you are familiar with Facebook Page, it is the Mixi’s version of it. Companies,… Continue reading Mixi Launches Mixi Page
Mixi Changes Friends-List To Display Your Friends’ Full-Names
On June 29, one of Japan’s largest social network service Mixi introduced a change on a view of your My Mixi(also called Maimiku, = friends on Mixi). My Mixi list page [J, login required] now shows you your friends’ full names in parenthesis under their nick names. Number of their friends were displayed in the… Continue reading Mixi Changes Friends-List To Display Your Friends’ Full-Names
Attempted Rapist Arrested By Browsing His Mixi Profile On The Victim’s Cellphone
Sankei reports [J] that Kanagawa prefectural police arrested a 19 yo university student in Yokohama on June 16 for attempted rape. The boy raided a flat of 20 years old victim, an university student, through an non-locked front door around 21:30. Just before waking her up to threat, he used the victim’s cellphone, logged-on Mixi… Continue reading Attempted Rapist Arrested By Browsing His Mixi Profile On The Victim’s Cellphone
Mixi To Turn Off Its Unique Footprint Function
Mixi, Japan’s largest Facebook-type social network service, today announced that they would change their ashiato(footprint) service from June 13th. Mixi’s footprint is a feature to show you which your network friend browsed your page (profile, diary, photo, etc.) at how many seconds/minutes ago. By this, Mixi in early days acquired users stickiness, by making polite… Continue reading Mixi To Turn Off Its Unique Footprint Function