Nico Nico Douga
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New Singer Debuts From Video Sharing Site, Then Performs In Real Space At Record Shop
New male singer “Clear” introduced his first album last Wednesday, its sales surpassed 13,000 copies by the end of last week. It’s ranked in the 9th place for Japan’s …
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New Digital Telopper Realizes Social TV Commenting
Nico Nico Douga is a popular video sharing service in Japan. Their traffic is second to YouTube, boasts over 18 million registered users, and known by its flowing comments over the movie. Nico Nico …
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Dwango Enters Engineer Hiring Race With OSS Community Grant
Following to the 20 million users social gaming networks Gree and DeNA’s hiring competition with over $20,000 rewards for engineers beginning 4 days ago, Dwango [J] (Asiajin), who has much …
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iPhone App To Scrub Down Gal's Make-Up "The Suppin."
On July 3rd, CA Mobile, Cyber Agent’s mobile contents subsidiary, released an iPhone/iPod app “The Suppin."(Face without makeup). On the app, which features either Japanese gals or …
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In Japan, Freemium Works. Nico Nico Douga paid member user base passes 500k
One of the big differences between the web in Japan versus America or Europe is the way sites are being monetized. Generally speaking, the level of acceptance for the freemium model seems to be …
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Virtual Singer Application Vocaloid Played Her First "Live" for 25,000 Fans
One of Japan’s most popular video sharing Nico Nico Douga’s driving force in its early stage, Miku Hatsune, a virtual girl character attached to a PC application Vocaloid performed her …
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UGC Song Parody: Freedom Of Expression Or Libeling Her?
Noriko Sakai, who used to be a popular J-pop idol in late 1980s and is now an actress starring on several TV commercial films, was arrested on a suspicion of possessing illegal stimulants last …
