Posts Tagged: Japan


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Average Global Internet Connection Improves, Still Dwarfed by Asian Speed Demons [Map]

Akamai recently released its Q1 2012 State of the Internet report, showing key insights about intern...

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  • August 14, 2012
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Japan’s Softbank Tops 30 Million Mobile Subscribers

A few days ago new numbers from the Telecommunications Carriers Association in Japan showed that Sof...

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  • August 13, 2012
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Tokyo-based Invoicing Service MakeLeaps Gets a Boost, Picks Up Competitor Noroshi

Webnet IT Corporation, the operators of the multilingual invoicing system Makeleaps, is announcing t...

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  • August 10, 2012
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Elecom to Release World’s First NFC Smartphone Keyboard in Japan

Japanese company Elecom recently announced it would be launching this smartphone keyboard which make...

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  • August 9, 2012
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Mobile Gold: Who Takes Top Spot in Olympics-related Mobile Searches? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Most of you are probably enjoying the Olympics coverage these days, but perhaps in a manner quite di...

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  • August 7, 2012
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Survey Says Nearly 1 in 5 Japanese are Heavy Users of News Aggregators

Dentsu Public Relations has conducted a survey into the usage of news aggregators in Japan (such as ...

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  • August 6, 2012
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GREE Teams Up with France-based Mobile Affiliate Network

Japanese mobile gaming company GREE (TYO:3632), or more specifically, its subsidiary GREE Advertisin...

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  • August 2, 2012
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Finding Asia’s Place on the Internet World Map

I’m a big fan of any visualization that gives me a better idea of what the Internet looks like...

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  • August 2, 2012
  • at 12:45 pm
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Singapore Serving as Springboard for Japanese Companies Looking Abroad

There’s an interesting piece from Kyoto news today about how many Japanese companies are incre...

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  • August 14, 2012
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Line Camera Passes 10M Users in 117 Days, 3x Faster than Instagram

NHN Japan has announced today that its popular Line Camera app (see my brief review here) has surpas...

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  • August 10, 2012
  • at 5:18 pm
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DeNA Hits $609 Million Revenue and 45 Million Users in Japan and China in Q2

Update: Q1 FY 2012 deck embedded below. DeNA just announced its 2012 Q2 (aka Q1 FY2012) results and ...

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  • August 9, 2012
  • at 3:32 pm
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Excite Talks About its Plans For Indonesia, Will Reward Click-Happy Users

Japanese online service provider Excite recently launched its advertising-based points program calle...

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  • August 8, 2012
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Marvel’s War of Heroes Coming Soon, Exclusively on DeNA’s Mobage

The digital card game Rage of Bahamut was obviously a success. So more digital card games will arriv...

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  • August 7, 2012
  • at 12:31 am
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Tokyo Startup Builds a Better Facebook App

Tokyo’s Wondershake is a startup best known for having developed a remarkable LBS smartphone a...

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  • August 5, 2012
  • at 3:41 pm
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Look Ma, No Hands: Turn Sheet Music With a Nod Using PiaScore App

PiaScore is an interesting application from Japan which allows you to view digital sheet music on yo...

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  • August 2, 2012
  • at 6:30 pm
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Tapjoy Making Progress in Asia with Partnerships in China and Korea

With offices in Beijing, Tokyo, and Seoul, mobile advertising and publishing platform Tapjoy definit...

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  • August 1, 2012
  • at 7:00 pm
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