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How Facebook Crossed the Chasm in Japan and Lessons for Other Platforms
Important note: Most of these statements are qualitative in nature. For some statements there’s not enough supporting data. Please read this post with a pinch of salt. In the summer of 2004, a …
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Relaxed Tweet-Like "Say Whatever You Wanna Say" Community "Kiite Yo! Mirucho" Tops 500 Thousand Users
CyberAgent, Inc. [J] has announced that the number of users of “Kiite Yo! Mirucho” (Listen Up! Mirucho), a new sensation community service for Ameba for Smartphone [J] which connects people through …
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New Steve Jobs Biography Manga Starts
Mari Yamazaki’s new manga series, comicalization of Walter Isacson’s Steve Jobs biography “Steve Jobs”, began today on Kodansha Kiss Magazine. (Please check my Japan Times …
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Animation of Shukatsu, Japanese Job Hunt By New Graduates
Tokyo University of the Arts students released a shot animation movie depicts college students’ job hunting activities in Japan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6rb6kknj3A In Japan, most …
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Ameba Pigg Introduces Marketing Products For Drug Store Matsumoto Kiyoshi
CyberAgent, Inc. [J] has announced the sales of corporate advertisement products “Ameba Pigg Area Tie-Up with Matsumoto Kiyoshi” which promotes guidance and purchases at real shops, in cooperation …
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Mapion And TFPS Introduce NFC Technology Service Allowing Game Points To Be Used For Purchases At Real Shops
Mapion Inc. [J] and TF Payment Service [J] have developed a service that allows the use of mobile game special points at real shops. This uses NFC, and by linking the service platforms of both …
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"Web Money Store Card" Develops, Demo Machine Exhibited At NFC & Smart WORLD 2013
Web Money, Inc. [J] has begun the “Web Money Store Card” which corresponds with NFC (Near Field Communication), based on cooperation with Net Alive, Inc. [J], as well as its payment service terminal. …
