Japan’s web giant Yahoo! Japan’s new challenge is a social business networking service, the name is CU. CU is a membership service based on invitation. The top page explains themselves as “CU (pronounce “see you”, no matched Japanese words so it is a neutral name for Japanese users) is a business networking service which supports… Continue reading Yahoo! Japan starts LinkedIn like business SNS
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Mobage Town launched World-wide English Service MobaMingle
DeNA Global, 100% subsidiary of DeNA, who runs Mobage Town, the Japan’s biggest mobile social networking site with casual games, started its global service MobaMingle . DeNA Global is located in California, USA, but the MobaMingle can be accessed from 70 countries, including UK, France, Germany on cellular phone. Access from Japan is blocked so… Continue reading Mobage Town launched World-wide English Service MobaMingle
Web-Kare – Virtual Boyfriends Social Network
LinkThink released a new social networking service “Web Kare – wonderful boys and lovely maiden story” featuring dating simulation game targetting female on 10th September, and gained over 10,000 users registered only in 5 days. On the service, you will spend a virtual school life with 4 young boys, while communicating other users. Like as… Continue reading Web-Kare – Virtual Boyfriends Social Network
Japanese SNS/virtual world/game platform “meromero park” goes Taiwan
MicroAd, a subsidiary of online advertising giant CyberAgent ($880 million market cap) yesterday announced they released a localized version of meromero park for the Taiwanese market. meromero park is an ultra-cute mix between a social network, a virtual world and a pet-rearing game. Although the service was only available in Japanese until yesterday, 20% of… Continue reading Japanese SNS/virtual world/game platform “meromero park” goes Taiwan
Google Maps Japan hats off to Mixi
Mixi (on Asiajin), the biggest Social Network Site in Japan, announced that Google Maps Japan now has an specialized Mixi button for users who wants to embed Google Maps on their users diary (Mixi Nikki). “Embed this map to other service: mixi” Mixi has been having the “embed Google Maps” feature for a year which… Continue reading Google Maps Japan hats off to Mixi
Mixi will set up China subsidiary
Japanese Social Network Giant, Mixi Inc. announced that they will establish a 100% subsidiary in Shanghai, China, to enter the Chinese market this April or May 2008. Most of Mixi’s revenues now come from its social network service for the PC and cellular phones. Mixi says they think China is promising because of the increase… Continue reading Mixi will set up China subsidiary
Mixi: Japan’s social network
[Update 2011-03-08] Mixi was passed by Gree in 2010, and likely to be passed by Mobage Town, too. See this. Mixi is the biggest social network service in Japan.(was the biggest until summer 2010). It has 11 million users so far. It’s a phenomenon. Before Mixi, the Web was not attractive enough for non-techie people.… Continue reading Mixi: Japan’s social network
Mixi’s CTO to step down
Mixi, No.1 Social Networking Service in Japan, today announced that Batara ETO will leave his CTO job at the end of December, 2007. Eto, who is originally born in Indonesia recently naturalized (his former name was Batara Kesuma), is well know as a person to suggested Social Network Service in E-Mercury, the former name of… Continue reading Mixi’s CTO to step down