Hulu established its Tokyo subsidiary on August 10. On the announcement, the service launch in Japan was told “later this year”, but it seems they are speeding up. It took only 3 weeks for Japanese version launch. Hulu’s English official blog tells the launch both in English and Japanese today, August 31st in US time,… Continue reading Hulu Japan Starts – First International Extension
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
Android App Karelog Lets You Spy On Your Boyfriend Remotely [Update: Pulled]
Are you a woman? Are you easily getting jealous? Does your boyfriend own an Android cell phone? If you answered all of these questions with “yes”, then a new Android app called “Karelog” [JP] (Boyfriend Log) might be the right thing for you. In a nutshell, it’s a piece of “spyware” that you secretly install… Continue reading Android App Karelog Lets You Spy On Your Boyfriend Remotely [Update: Pulled]
JournalPlus – Google+ Hot News Aggregator In English/Chinese/Russian/etc.
Journal Plus is a new Google+ hot topics aggregation service by User Local Inc., Tokyo-based web start-up known by their website and social media traffic analysis services. It collects public posts on Google+, calculate their popularity by how many times they are shared and how many times they got +1 pressed. Besides the global popular… Continue reading JournalPlus – Google+ Hot News Aggregator In English/Chinese/Russian/etc.
Gree’s First And Huge Participation In Tokyo Game Show Announced
Gree, one of Japan’s big two social networking service announced [J] that they would take part in annual Tokyo Game Show 2011 held from September 15 to 18 with “the largest level” booth. On the release, Gree says that paradigm shift is happening in the game industry, which is expanding with “social” and “online” aspects… Continue reading Gree’s First And Huge Participation In Tokyo Game Show Announced
Ameba Pigg Localizes “Kids Country” To China On Kaixin001
Cyber Agent [J] has announced that they will offer “Kids Country” (Shaorengo)” [C] a localized Chinese version of their 2D virtual space “Ameba Pigg” for China’s biggest social networking service, “Kaixin001”. [C] “Kaixin001” is a popular local Chinese social networks which boasts over 100 million users. “Kids Country,” based on Ameba… Continue reading Ameba Pigg Localizes “Kids Country” To China On Kaixin001
Ameba Pigg In Collaboration With GUCCI! Official Goods Sold
Cyber Agent’s [J] 2D virtual space “Ameba Pigg” has begun a collaboration with fashion brand GUCCI. Presently within Ameba Pigg’s “Ginza Main Street Area,” GUCCI has opened a virtual shop. This collaboration’s planned period is limited until GUCCI’s 90th anniversary commemoration on October 17th. During this period, actual GUCCI items that have been sold until… Continue reading Ameba Pigg In Collaboration With GUCCI! Official Goods Sold
Big Trouble: Mobage Services Down For Over 9 Hours
Japan’s social gaming network giant Mobage became inaccessible around 9:20 a.m. Friday Aug 25, both on its own mobile version, iPhone version and PC version jointly run with Yahoo! Japan. In morning, DeNA’s company site was reportedly down as well. Other services by DeNA, who runs Mobage, such like mobile auction site Mobaoku were also… Continue reading Big Trouble: Mobage Services Down For Over 9 Hours
Social Game Vendor Klab Goes IPO On TSE Mothers
KLab [J], a social game vendor announced [J] that they will be listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers (Tosho Mothers) planned on September 27, 2011. The company was originally established as an research and development section of CyBird, one of the most successful mobile contents providers for i-mode, Docomo’s feature phone web portal. After leaving… Continue reading Social Game Vendor Klab Goes IPO On TSE Mothers
Namco Bandai And DeNA Jointly Established Social Game Company For Global Market
Namco Bandai, who was a merged company of video game company Namco and toy company Bandai in 2005, announced a new step on social game development with one of the world’s most successful social game platform, DeNA. The new company DBNA is supposed to develop social games for the global market. From the release, the… Continue reading Namco Bandai And DeNA Jointly Established Social Game Company For Global Market