Posts Tagged: Japan


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As Zuckerberg Visits Japan, Dentsu Extends Facebook Ad Sales Deal

Japanese advertising giant Dentsu (TYO:4324) announced (pdf) with Facebook today that their one year...

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  • March 30, 2012
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Goocus Helps Users Discover Wikipedia Content Socially

Japan-based startup, Castalia, has launched Goocus today. It’s a social Wikipedia reader app f...

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  • March 30, 2012
  • at 11:35 am
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Cacoo Gives You a Virtual Whiteboard for Google+ Hangouts

We’ve written about Japanese startups Cacoo a few times before. You may recall that they opera...

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  • March 29, 2012
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Alien Family: GREE’s Second Game for North America

Following up on Zombie Jombie, the first title from its North American studio, Japanese social gamin...

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  • March 27, 2012
  • at 9:00 pm
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A Smarter Tamagotchi? Japan Turns your iPhone into a Robot Dog

An iPhone can be used for just about anything these days. But the folks over at Bandai have managed ...

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  • March 26, 2012
  • at 10:00 pm
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Japan’s NTT Docomo Reaches 2 Million LTE Subscribers

Japan’s leading mobile carrier NTT Docomo (NYSE:DCM) announced yesterday that its high speed m...

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  • March 23, 2012
  • at 11:00 am
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GREE Enlists Dentsu to Help with Overseas Expansion

Hot on the heels of its first game release from its North American studio, in Zombie Jombie, Japanes...

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  • March 22, 2012
  • at 2:45 pm
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Appoi App Makes an Entertainment Calendar from Your Facebook Likes

Here’s a fun now app for you to test out heading into a lazy weekend of TV. It’s called ...

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  • March 16, 2012
  • at 10:15 pm
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DeNA Unveils Lineup of Mobile Games with Disney

Recently it seems that all we’ve been hearing at DeNA (TYO:2432) is regarding its push into Ch...

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  • March 30, 2012
  • at 4:50 pm
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Mobile Monday Tokyo: Sakura Under the Stars

Cherry blossom season is about to start, and the folks at Mobile Monday Tokyo aren’t wasting a...

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  • March 29, 2012
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This is Not the Capitalization You’re Looking For

So yesterday it was announced that the joint venture between Japanese social gaming company DeNA and...

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  • March 28, 2012
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Google’s Cherry Blossom Guide Might Be One of the Best Japan Tourism Initiatives Yet

Since last year’s earthquake, Japan has been struggling for ways to bring tourism back to norm...

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  • March 27, 2012
  • at 12:18 pm
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Google Facing Legal Challenge in Japan Over Autocomplete

There are reports this morning that the Tokyo District Court “has approved a petition” b...

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  • March 26, 2012
  • at 11:01 am
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Rovio Celebrates Release of Angry Birds Space in Tokyo

At a press conference in Tokyo today, Rovio held a small event to mark the release of Angry Birds Sp...

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  • March 22, 2012
  • at 4:17 pm
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Another Japanese Social Gaming Player Tries Marketing Through Baseball

Back in January we saw Japanese social mobile gaming giant DeNA (TYO:2432) finalize its deal to acqu...

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  • March 19, 2012
  • at 12:31 pm
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GREE’s New Zombie iOS Game Invades US App Store

Japanese mobile social gaming giant GREE (TYO:3632) has just released Zombie Jombie, the first game ...

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  • March 16, 2012
  • at 9:20 am
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