Social Gift Service “mixi Birthday” Delivers Half A Million Virtual Cakes In First Week

Frenxxo, Inc. [J] has announced that the total number of greetings sent by the social gift service “mixi Birthday” [J] within one week of its release has exceeded half a million. “mixi Birthday” is a service which allows you to present mixi friends with digital birthday cakes and decoration items (free / for a fee)… Continue reading Social Gift Service “mixi Birthday” Delivers Half A Million Virtual Cakes In First Week

Mixi And DeNA Launches Social Commerce Platform Mixi Mall

Mixi and DeNA announced today that they launch a new social commerce service Mixi Mall As you might know, the two of Japan’s top three social networking services, Mixi and Mobage are run by these two companies. Mixi is the counterpart of Facebook in Japan, Mobage is like Zynga having its own social networking. Whilst… Continue reading Mixi And DeNA Launches Social Commerce Platform Mixi Mall

Instagram Supports Japanese Social Networks Mixi

iPhone social camera app Instagram announced on its official Twitter account that it now supports Mixi, Japan’s largest real-side(as opposed to game-centric Gree/Mobage) social networking service. Hey Japan & Mixi users! We've added support in v2.2. Download the update to start sharing to your Mixi account now: http://t.co/FexfAJnU — Instagram (@instagram) March 1, 2012 Blog… Continue reading Instagram Supports Japanese Social Networks Mixi

Mixi And DeNA Allies In Social Commerce

January 25, two of Japan’s largest social networking service companies, DeNA(who runs Mobage) and Mixi announced their new alliance on social commerce. On the release, it is said that “Mixi, who holds networks of close friends” and “DeNA, who has plenty of knowledge on e-commerce and has been running Bidders (mobile shopping service)” are going… Continue reading Mixi And DeNA Allies In Social Commerce

5 Trends In Japan’s Web And Mobile Worlds In 2011

2011 is over – reason enough to take a look at some of the key trends that shaped Japan’s web, mobile, and gaming industries last year. I could think, in no particular order, of five major developments that made a significant impact last year: March 11 Triple Disaster The triple disaster that hit Japan on… Continue reading 5 Trends In Japan’s Web And Mobile Worlds In 2011

Twitter Japan Announces Alliance With Mixi

As we reported on 25th, Twitter Japan and Mixi had a press conference today at 14:00 November 30. The two of Japan’s top social networking services are jointly to develop new services, as well as advertising products. Mixi’s current services will have Twitter-support, too. One example already started is seen on Mixi Xmas, a Mixi… Continue reading Twitter Japan Announces Alliance With Mixi

Twitter Japan And Mixi To Announce Something On 30th

ITMedia reported [J] today that Twitter Japan and Mixi, Japan’s largest social networking service as a Facebook-kind-of, will held a joint press conference next Wednesday, November 30 with Twitter Japan Country Manager James Masaakira Kondo (@jameskondo) and Mixi CEO Kenji Kasahara (Mixi profile [J]). It is not disclosed what will be announced there. Mixi is… Continue reading Twitter Japan And Mixi To Announce Something On 30th

Mixi Releases iPad App And Windows Phone Versions

Japanese (orthodox) large social network Mixi is trying to expand their apps experience on more devices. On September 21, Mixi released [J] an Windows Phone app. (Windows Phone 7.0 or above. 7.5 recommended) image: Mixi Voice short messages on Windows Phone’s Panorama user interface image: your friend’s posts page The app can be downloaded on… Continue reading Mixi Releases iPad App And Windows Phone Versions

Grenge Releases Communication App “Group Talk” For Mixi and Android

Grenge [J] has released the communication application “Group Talk” for mixi and Android.  Download is free. “Group Talk” is a group chat application which allows you to choose your close friends from “My miku” (friends on mixi) and have a chat just with them.  You can enjoy communication secretly with friends across three different platforms:… Continue reading Grenge Releases Communication App “Group Talk” For Mixi and Android

Mixi Launches Mixi Page

On August 31, Mixi announced its new feature, Mixi Page [J]. It is a feature to enable Mixi users to create semi-public web pages under Mixi’s domain. The pages have built-in communication system and social-media button Mixi Iine(=Like) is integrated. If you are familiar with Facebook Page, it is the Mixi’s version of it. Companies,… Continue reading Mixi Launches Mixi Page