If people writes novel (ketai shosetsu) and graduation thesis (*1) on cell phone, some people must be really patient with small display and small keypad. This is another new service which was not supposed to do on cell phone, editing movie. Softbank Creative, DeNA and Ubiquitous Entertainment launched a new service on DeNA’s huge cellular… Continue reading Video Authoring on cell phone launched
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Actions against Japanese Internet censorship
The Japanese government is planning to legislate regulations of “harmful” Internet content. Now, Liberal Democratic Party‘s Sanae Takaichi is preparing to pass an Internet censorship law. Now several groups are acting against the legislation. Microsoft, Yahoo, Rakuten, DeNA, and NetStar made an official statement against the legislation. One of the leaders of this action is… Continue reading Actions against Japanese Internet censorship
Mobage goes to the US
January 18th, Tokyo – DeNA, a company which runs Mobage town, will establish a subsidiary in the states. “DeNA Global,Inc.” will be located in California, supposedly San Francisco Bayarea. They will launch a US version of their very profitable mobile business there. Also they revised upward their net profit forecast from 4.5 billion to 6.3… Continue reading Mobage goes to the US
Mobile phone companies to filter web content for minors
Mobage town, a social network and gaming site for mobile phones, is now in deep crisis. From December 10th, the Japanese government has requested mobiles phone companies to filter web content for minors. The filtering policy is very strict. It prohibits minors from accessing web sites in ‘communication’ criterion. ‘communication’ means all web sites with… Continue reading Mobile phone companies to filter web content for minors
Mobage town – a mobile social network for teens
Mobage town has been started in 2006 by Tomoko Namba, a Mckinsey alumna. “Mobage town” is short for “mobile game town”. So, Mobage provides numerous small games and a social network service for mobile phone users. Essentially users are using Mobage as a social network service. The service has 7.4 million registered users and 13… Continue reading Mobage town – a mobile social network for teens