Mixi, Japan’s leading social network, already offers a decent mobile web site for smartphone users (Mixi Touch, which was launched in September). And today, the company finally announced an app for Android users (you can pretty much forget their much older iPhone app). The new app makes it possible to use Mixi’s main features, including… Continue reading Mixi Releases Android App
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Groupon Japan To Land KDDI Cellphone Official Portal
Groupon Japan, a subsidiary of the international leading flash coupon service Groupon, announced their new alliance with Japan’s No.2 cellphone carrier KDDI on 14th. According to the KDDI’s release [J], KDDI will open “au one coupon”, coupon-only portal site under its official cellphone portal site “au one”, which is available on all KDDI au feature… Continue reading Groupon Japan To Land KDDI Cellphone Official Portal
Track The International Space Station(ISS) From PC, Facebook And Smartphone
SightSpaceStation by Tokyo-based Tori Ningen [J] is a site gives you full experience and knowledge on the International Space Station(ISS) watch. The English/Japanese/Spanish-trilingual web site tells you that the earliest date and time when you will be able to watch the ISS flies over your town next time. Google Maps, Google Street View and Google… Continue reading Track The International Space Station(ISS) From PC, Facebook And Smartphone
The Bar Android Opens In Shibuya, Tokyo
Do you have Android mobile? Then let’s go to this bar! My friend’s @Kabayan opens the hangout “Bar Android” at Shibuya, Tokyo for Android users. 2F Udagawa-cho 37-14, Shibuya, Japan, 150-0042 There is a projector. And there are power supplies, so it’s not necessary for you to mind battery consumption. Gingerbread Cookie! If you can… Continue reading The Bar Android Opens In Shibuya, Tokyo
Mixi Unveils SocialPhone For Softbank’s Androids
Mixi, one of Japan’s biggest social networking services, which is the most similar with Facebook among three, announced their new smartphone application plan with the third largest cellphone carrier Softbank Mobile. The trademarked “SocialPhone” is an Android application service which utilizes phone data like phone number data with Mixi’s social graphs. The service is planned… Continue reading Mixi Unveils SocialPhone For Softbank’s Androids
Asiajin Android Reader App Debuts
Tokyo-based Android app developer ACL Inc.[J] has kindly developed the Android Reader App for us, it has been just released today on the Android Market. Following MotherApp’s iPhone Reader App which was introduced at the beginning of this year, now we have our exclusive apps for both of the two major smartphone platforms. We wish… Continue reading Asiajin Android Reader App Debuts
Gree Releases Beta Version Of iPhone Page
Gree, a Japanese social network service competing the No.1 position with Mixi and Mobage-Town around 20-million-users-line, released its iPhone site as a beta version today. Their release tells that they developed iPhone version of Gree as “the new third version”, different from both PC and mobile(Japanese feature phones) version, especially for touch panel interface. The… Continue reading Gree Releases Beta Version Of iPhone Page
CyberAgent Acquires 20% Stake In Chinese Android Development Firm mAPPn
The Japanese and Chinese web industries keep getting closer together. Yesterday Tokyo-based Internet behemoth CyberAgent (currently listed at the Tokyo Stock Exchange with a $1 billion market cap) announced it will take a 20% stake in mAPPn, an Android development firm with offices in China, Taiwan and the US (the press release in Japanese is… Continue reading CyberAgent Acquires 20% Stake In Chinese Android Development Firm mAPPn
Japan No.2 Carrier KDDI au Announces Android and Windows Phone Shipment Since This June
KDDI (cellphone network name is “au”) today announced [J] that they will sell 2 smartphones, Android and Windows Phone at earliest in June 2010. They will open their own Android Application Market besides the original Android Market. On there, application providers’ charge will be able to be included on their cellphone bills, as same as… Continue reading Japan No.2 Carrier KDDI au Announces Android and Windows Phone Shipment Since This June
January 2010 Japan-IT Links (part 2)
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 Cellphone Campaign Collaborates Hatsune Miku Chinese Guy In Saitama Arrested By Providing Proxy Servers For Chinese Gamers To Play… Continue reading January 2010 Japan-IT Links (part 2)