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BeeTV: Docomo’s Mobile TV Service Hits 1.5 Million User Mark
Mobile TV is often cited as being a dream of the future in most markets, but it has been around in Japan, the world’s most advanced mobile nation, for years. The majority of the 100+ handsets Japan...
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Which Foreign Startups Are Doing Well In Japan “Under The Radar”?
It’s no secret that in recent years, quite a few foreign (mostly American) web brands have made it big in Japan: Google, YouTube, Twitter, Wikipedia, Amazon etc. But what about startups that don’t...
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Kayac Introduces FB-integrated VoIP App For The iPhone
Kanagawa-based funny app developer Kayac introduced Reengo, a VoIP app for the iPhone that allows you to place a call to your Facebook friend without dialing the number. According to TechCrunch...
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Snapeee: Can Teen Taste Snapshot Sharing Win Hearts Of The Young In Asia?
Tokyo-based tech start-up Mind Palette[J], who was chosen as one of the five projects that Cyber Agent support in their incubation program, released the iPhone app called Snapeee this week. It is a...
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Facebook Spot Information Is Jacked By A Giant Japanese Coupon Business Player
Facebook Spot Information is becoming popular in Japan after Facebook had started Check-in Coupon (Check-in Deals) in Japan. Facebook Japan Holds An New Coupon Service Launch Event In Shibuya The...
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Zaim: The Socialized Cashbook App Helps You Find Better Ways To Save Daily...
Takako Kansai[J] (@kansai_takako), a full-time engineer at Tokyo’s web service start-up and also the best known tech geek girl in this country, just released her first iPhone app called Zaim on...
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Android App Karelog Lets You Spy On Your Boyfriend Remotely [Update: Pulled]
Are you a woman? Are you easily getting jealous? Does your boyfriend own an Android cell phone? If you answered all of these questions with “yes”, then a new Android app called “Karelog” [JP]...
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Social Gift Service “mixi Birthday” Delivers Half A Million Virtual Cakes In...
Frenxxo, Inc. [J] has announced that the total number of greetings sent by the social gift service “mixi Birthday” [J] within one week of its release has exceeded half a million. “mixi Birthday” is a...
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NTT Docomo To Open Etsy-like Handmade Marketplace In May
Docomo announced [J] on February 18. The service D-creators will be a combination of a newly made handmade craft marketplace and user-generated novels/comics/photos provided by E-Everystar, joint...
View ArticleMapion And TFPS Introduce NFC Technology Service Allowing Game Points To Be...
Mapion Inc. [J] and TF Payment Service [J] have developed a service that allows the use of mobile game special points at real shops. This uses NFC, and by linking the service platforms of both...
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