Taglet [J] is a new Android app/service utilizing the latest Android 2.3(Gingerbread)’s new feature – NFC. With the app, you may register any other NFC devices with the service. You may add information like URL, short message, phone number, e-mail address, etc. on each NFC. Then, when you hold your Android over the device, Taglet… Continue reading Taglet – Contactless Information Sharing App On Android2.3 NFC
January 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 1)
Early part of January news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Continued to (Part 2) The year 2011 began with Groupon osechi trouble in Japanese web. New year holidays is the period when there are least news in Japan, and it helped that osechi story lasted for a whole week. There are… Continue reading January 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 1)
GREE Opens Subsidiary In The US
GREE CEO Yoshikazu Tanaka announced it in June last year, and now the Japanese mobile social gaming giant did make the second step on the road to internationalization (following the mig33 investment in Singapore): it just announced the establishment of GREE International, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary in California. The office will be led by… Continue reading GREE Opens Subsidiary In The US
Facebook Featured On TV Tokyo World Business Satellite
[Update] The video (12:20 min) is available on TV Tokyo website now (maybe for about a week). Last night, Facebook was taken up on the World Business Satellite, a financial/business news on TV Tokyo. The World Business Satellite [J] (WBS) is one of the most influential business-related TV programs on TV Tokyo, a Tokyo key… Continue reading Facebook Featured On TV Tokyo World Business Satellite
Chinamode 2010: 45 Finalists Nominated For China’s Best Web Service Awards (2/3)
(Continued from the previous post.) – – – – – – – – – – Category 4: Life and Task Management Tool of the Year Vdisk.me[C] (微盘) is a Dropbox-like file synchronization and backup service provided by China’s web business tycoon Sina. It can be linked with your account of Sina’s micro-blog service, which helps… Continue reading Chinamode 2010: 45 Finalists Nominated For China’s Best Web Service Awards (2/3)
December 2010 Japan IT Links (Part 3)
The Asiajin’s December 2010 was a great month. We had 56 articles in one month, which was the record. Continued from (Part 2). Last part of December news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Digital Garage Assists HootSuite To Sell Paid Plan In… Continue reading December 2010 Japan IT Links (Part 3)
Chinamode 2010: 45 Finalists Nominated For China’s Best Web Service Awards (1/3)
Chinamode 2010[C] is a competition to choose the best web services and apps in Mainland China, which is co-organized by 25 tech blogs and 10 tech news media in the country. Its award-presenting ceremony is scheduled to be held in Beijing on the 24th of this month, where 17 experts from VC firms, tech media… Continue reading Chinamode 2010: 45 Finalists Nominated For China’s Best Web Service Awards (1/3)
Copyright Mark May Mean “Miss” For Japanese Teens
You know what copyright mark © means, don’t you? It should be common for all cultures that young generation try to differentiate themselves by changing their languages from adult. In this case with Japanese teenager girls, they have been using © for totally different purpose since mid 1990’s. Here is an image from monthly teens’… Continue reading Copyright Mark May Mean “Miss” For Japanese Teens
Bijin Kabuka: Girls Presenting Quotes Make You Hot Even When Markets Are Cold
Bijin Tokei, which is known for having developed a hot girl clock gadget, has developed a new gadget in association with SBI Holdings, a conglomerate of online financial services. It is called Bijin Kabuka[J] and cute girls show you the realtime quotes every minute. It aims to entertain market board watchers, they say, and allows… Continue reading Bijin Kabuka: Girls Presenting Quotes Make You Hot Even When Markets Are Cold
Lion Introduces Restroom Finder For Students To Have Exams W/O Worrying About Diarrhea
In the days from January to March, it is very hard time for high school graduates and prep-school students because of taking entrance exams for universities/colleges of their choices. They are always nervous. Not a few of the students suffer from diarrhea before the exams. Poor thing. Lion Corporation, a 220 year-old sanitary and… Continue reading Lion Introduces Restroom Finder For Students To Have Exams W/O Worrying About Diarrhea