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• Ning-like "My Own Social Network" Service So-net SNS Gives Up Their Business

  

  2010-02-14 · By Akky Akimoto FC2 FC2 SNS Nanoty Ning OpenPNE People SNS So-net So-net SNS Social Park

  So-net SNS, one of the largest free hosting of user generated social networking services in Japan, announced [J] their termination of service in June. # SNS stands for “Social Networking …

• Japan's 13 Major Radio Station To Start Simulcast On The Web

  

  2010-02-12 · By Akky Akimoto internet radio radio simulcast

  Nikkei Business online reported [J] that major radio stations in greater Tokyo and Osaka area gathered to open a new website which offers the same programs as their broadcasting. They are 6 from …

• January 2010 Japan-IT Links (part 2)

  2010-02-10 · By Akky Akimoto Android augumented reality Cyber Agent Daily Sports Dentsu Digital Garage Docomo Facebook font Google Google Japan Gree Haiti Hakuhodo Harlequin Novels Hatsune Miku Innovation Interactive iPad iPod Japan Kakaku.com KDDI Mekiki METI MIAC Mixi Mobage Town News Nifty Nintendo DS proxy Sekai Camera shinkansen Softbank Sony Thanko Tonchi Dot Transcosmos Twitter University of Tokyo Walkman Yoshikazu Tanaka

  News on the latter half of January 2010 which we did not write as a dedicated article. Part 1 is here. Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. METI Lottery In Exchange For Used …

• Social Application Forum: Made-in-Japan apps for the world

  

  2010-02-10 · By Serkan Toto adways Investment ngi saf Social Application Forum social apps

  The recession, almost no IPOs, structural shortcomings, not enough hot startups to invest in: The Japanese venture capital industry is in a critical situation. The current state of affairs forces …

• Ig-Nobel-Prized Dog Translator BowLingual Finally Hits iPhone In Summer

  

  2010-02-09 · By Akky Akimoto BowLingual dog Ig Nobel Prize Index Corporation iPhone Twitter

  Real time speech translation is the hot topic in last few days because of Google’s speech-to-speech translation development news and our reported Japanese government experiment. However, …

• [UPDATE] NHK World TV iPhone app: English TV programs on Japan in your pocket

  

  2010-02-09 · By Serkan Toto app iPhone iPod Touch NHK nhk world

  UPDATE: Over 3G, make sure to wait 30-60 seconds for the stream data to get cached. After that, you’ll notice a significant jump in picture and audio quality. Japan has a plethora of TV …

• First Arrest by Perfect Dark, the Latest P2P Client

  

  2010-02-08 · By Akky Akimoto arrest copyright law P2P Perfect Dark Share Winny

  Different language, different application. That is not an exclusive phenomenon for web services like Facebook against Japanese big 3. The most popular P2P file sharing software on Japanese web is not …