2012 Was a Year of Crazy Growth for Japanese Chat App Line
NHN Japan had a pretty crazy year in 2012. In retrospect, things really got busy for the company and...
Posted by Rick Martin
Singaporean Fashion Network Clozette Ties Up with Local Portal InSing
Singapore-based online fashion network Clozette is not wasting any time getting things rolling in 20...
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- January 2, 2013
- at 4:00 pm
GREE’s 2012 Mobile Gaming Adventure [Timeline]
Last week we took a retrospective look at Japanese mobile gaming giant DeNA (TYO:2432), a company th...
By Rick Martin
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- January 2, 2013
- at 2:00 pm
Apple’s Annual Lucky Bag Sale Delivers for Japanese Fanboys
While Christmas has come and gone for most of us, here in Japan there was quite a bit of excitement ...
By Rick Martin
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- January 2, 2013
- at 10:00 am
Crazy Japanese Tower Defense Game ‘Battle Cats’ Invades Android Platform
One of my favorite games for all of 2012 was the endlessly wacky Battle Cats from Japanese game deve...
By Rick Martin
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- December 31, 2012
- at 2:00 pm
Japan’s Mobile Video Service ‘NotTV’ Passes 400,000 Paid Subscribers
This past July we wrote about Mmbi Inc’s NotTV mobile television service, which at that point had ...
By Rick Martin
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- December 28, 2012
- at 6:00 pm
GREE and Japan Sumo Association Launch Sumo Card Battle Game
I’ve been having lots of fun trying out mobile games from the card battle genre over the past ...
By Rick Martin
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- December 28, 2012
- at 2:30 pm
Looking to Stop Smoking on New Years Day? Try Quit Pro for iPhone
As the new year is almost upon us, most of us are likely pondering some resolutions for 2013. For th...
By Rick Martin
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- December 28, 2012
- at 11:00 am
Japanese Camera App Fotomecha is Free for the Holidays
In addition to whatever fun presents Santa brought you this year, there are more than a few mobile a...
By Rick Martin
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- December 27, 2012
- at 1:45 pm
Japanese Chat App ‘Line’ Does Gangnam Style
Korean pop star PSY, who recently hit a billion views on YouTube, is being featured by Japanese chat...
By Rick Martin
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- December 27, 2012
- at 9:00 am
Payroll Hero Chosen as IT Startup of the Year in the Philippines
If you attended our Startup Asia Jakarta event this past year, you no doubt remember Philippines-bas...
By Rick Martin
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- December 26, 2012
- at 6:00 pm
Understanding DeNA and Mobage: A Graphical Overview
As the Tokyo editor for TechInAsia, one of the biggest tech players I’ve had to watch over the pas...
By Rick Martin
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- December 26, 2012
- at 1:00 pm
Apple Announces 2013 ‘Lucky Bag’ Sales for 7 Stores in Japan
While it’s still Christmas Day in the Western hemisphere, those of us here in Asia are waking ...
By Rick Martin
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- December 26, 2012
- at 9:00 am
Human Camera ‘Touchy’ Wishes You Merry Christmas!
Readers may recall back in October when we featured new media artist Eric Siu and his amazing human ...
By Rick Martin
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- December 24, 2012
- at 2:00 pm
GREE Quietly Releases NFL Shuffle Card Battle Game
Japanese mobile gaming company GREE (TYO:3632) has quietly pushed out an NFL-branded card battle gam...
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- December 24, 2012
- at 10:20 am
MOOCs Won’t Replace Traditional Education. But They Don’t Have To
One of the bigger technology stories of the past year has been the emergence of MOOCs, or massive op...
By Rick Martin
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- December 21, 2012
- at 9:40 pm