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A New Japanese Twitter Clone Ameba-Now Front Loaded To PC Web
Cyber Agent, known by one of the most successful blog hosting Ameblo boasting thousand celebrities users, who started a new mobile microblog service Ameba Now, accelerated to launch its PC version 3 …
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Hatena Bookmark for iPhone: Simply Rotate Yours To Share Your Favorites
Kyoto-based tech start-up running Japan’s largest social bookmarking service Hatena[J] (meaning a question mark in Japanese) set up a new entrance specifically designed for the iPhone/iPod …
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CyberAgent Launches Twitter Clone Called "Ameba Now!"
Shibuya-based social media service company Cyber Agent launched a Twitter-like micro message service called “Ameba Now[J]” today. As a Japanese Internet slang, “now” is …
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NTT Docomo And DeNA To Launch Joint Mobile UGC Site
Japan’s largest cellphone carrier NTT Docomo and The 3rd biggest social network Mobage-Town’s DeNA announced a joint venture worth 1.6 billion yen (17.7 million USD), which will run an …
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Hatena Testing Reconstructed Microblog Service Haiku2
Hatena, Kyoto-based web startup known by their geek users, the most popular social bookmark service Hatena Bookmark, and recent collaboration with Nintendo DS on Ugomemo Hatena (Flipnote Hatena for …
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Japanese Government Opens Hatomimi.com For Informants
Japanese Governmental Gyosei Sasshin Kaigi(Regeneration of Administration Committee) [J] announced that they open “Hatomimi.com (or .jp)” from December 2nd for government workers, and in …
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MA5: Mashing Up A Variety Of APIs Makes A Lot Of Fun
Tokyo-based publication and human resources company Recruit held a presentation and ceremony event introducing the fifth edition’s prize winners of the Mash-up Awards[J] contest last weekend. …
