Android
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Japanese Girl Band AKB48 Gets Android And iPhone Applications
If you still doubt that Japan is in the middle of a smartphone revolution, here is another news item that serves as a good piece of evidence for it: Japanese pop sensation AKB48 released apps for the …
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Gree acquires OpenFeint for $104 million as part of global expansion
Gree, Japan’s social gaming giant, announced today that it has acquired social platform OpenFeint for $104 million USD. OpenFeint ’s social platform for iPhone and Android allows …
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Rakuten Releases Android App
Rakuten, huge Japanese online shopping mall company, launched a free Android App following to an iPhone app in February. The Android app has a barcode reader function, with which customers can scan …
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Androidoll - Android Apps Review Site For Girls
It was 2 months ago that I introduced a new segmented Android Apps review site for Otaku - Moedroid. Now, rapid-spreading Android phones in Japan has brought us another interesting review site, for …
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Using Your Smartphone Camera To Count Calories
We’ve come across a service by NTT Communications tentatively called “Health Enhancement Assist Service” [J], which unlike its name, is an incredibly interesting little innovation …
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Mezamashi Kanojo - iPhone/Android Morning Alarm Motivates You By Girls Photo
Mezamashi Kanojo [J] (Morning Alarm Clock Girlfriend) by Biglobe is a smartphone(iPhone/iPad/Android) alarm clock application featuring Japanese girls. The app has a simple alarm clock functionality. …
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Mixi Real Check-in - World First NFC Tag Location Based Service
On February 9th, Mixi enhanced their Mixi Check (service like Facebook Like) and Mixi Check-in (like Foursquare) to NFC(Near Field Communication) compliant. The word “Real” is attached to …
