Mobile
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Mobile Subscribers In Japan: The Latest Numbers
The Telecommunications Carriers Association (TCA) of Japan has released a set of statistics on Japan’s mobile market today, showing that the country had 122.44 million cell phone subscribers …
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KDDI au Lets Subscribers Find Facebook Friends Through Cell Phone Mail History
Back in May, Japan’s second largest mobile carrier KDDI au struck a deal with Facebook under which the social network would be featured prominently on future smartphones, for example in the …
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Microsoft Dives Into Japan's Booming Smartphone Market With World's First Mango Smartphone And Other Key Partnerships
In a joint press conference held this morning, Microsoft, Fujitsu-Toshiba and KDDI unveiled [J] the Fujitsu-Toshiba IS12T smartphone, the world’s very first Windows Phone Mango handset hitting …
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For $26 Million: GREE Acquires Mobile Ad Startup Atlantis
M&A-related news are relatively rare in Japan’s startup scene, but today we can report that mobile social gaming juggernaut GREE has acquired Tokyo-based ad exchange service Atlantis for …
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English, Please: Social Gaming Giant GREE Seeks To Hire International Staff
Tokyo-based mobile social gaming juggernaut GREE (22 million users, US$3 billion market cap) seems to intensify its international efforts. As announced by CEO Yoshikazu Tanaka back in June last year, …
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How To Play FarmVille Japanese Version "FarmVillage"
Zynga Japan released its flagship social game “FarmVille” in Japan under the name “ファームビレッジ(FarmVillage)” on December 1. Why is it Village not Ville? According to Zynga Japan …
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Luna Luna - Mobile Menstruation Care Site, 2.7% Of Japanese Women Pay, Now Goes U.S.
In Japan, paying for contents on cellphone web is so common. That supports unbelievable profit on social gaming networks Gree and Mobage-Town. Over 2% of population purchase weather forecast on …
