Posts Tagged: Japanese


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Fun New Language Tools in iOS 6 and OS X

Over on Sinosplice, John Pasden [1] points out the text-to-speech function in iOS 6, and notes that ...

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  • September 26, 2012
  • at 4:00 pm
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Path to be Available in Chinese, Japanese, and Indonesian Soon

“Hello World,” says Path on its latest blog post. The social network which limits you to...

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  • April 6, 2012
  • at 8:08 pm
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Google Translate for Android Adds Handwriting Recognition, Supports Japanese and Chinese

The Google Translate app for Android just added an experimental handwriting recognition support for ...

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  • January 10, 2012
  • at 10:08 pm
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Limelight Builds Showcase Sites For Your Apps, Now Serving Japan

Limelight is a clever service that recently came to our attention, which aims to help app developers...

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  • October 20, 2011
  • at 6:30 pm
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ABCLoop: A Community For English and Japanese Language Learners

I recently had a chance to visit Open Network Lab, a start-up incubation program in Tokyo, Japan. On...

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  • August 15, 2011
  • at 9:08 am
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YouTube Adds Japanese Machine Transcription

According to a video posted by Masaru Kamikura, YouTube now supports machine transcription for Japan...

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  • July 14, 2011
  • at 9:48 pm
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The Problem with Facebook in Japan

Adam is a dedicated researcher about new media trends. He has been researching about online social n...

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  • June 20, 2011
  • at 9:18 am
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Navi-Facebook: A Japanese Guide For Facebook

As western social networks and internet services catch on in Japan, you’ll often see corresponding...

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  • May 11, 2011
  • at 10:18 pm
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24% of Web Content is Now in Chinese, Will Soon Surpass English [Infographic]

A new infographic shows that Chinese will soon overtake English as the dominant language online. At ...

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  • April 20, 2012
  • at 10:00 pm
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New Rikai Browser Lets You Read Chinese with Ease

For language students, the smartphone revolution has brought many tools to help with your study. I&#...

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  • April 5, 2012
  • at 9:30 pm
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Google Japanese Input Now Available on Android

On Tuesday we told you about Baidu Japan’s pickup of Simeji, a Japanese input method editor (I...

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  • December 15, 2011
  • at 1:00 pm
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7notes Converts Your Handwritten iPad Notes

At the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Tokyo today, Japanese company Metamoji gave a short present...

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  • September 8, 2011
  • at 10:43 pm
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50 Million Users Strong, mig33 Announces Developer Program with GREE

“Knock knock,” mobile game developers. Here’s news not to be missed. If you’re snubbing the ...

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  • July 20, 2011
  • at 7:00 pm
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Twitter Rolls Out Hashtag Support for Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and Russian

Akky over on Asiajin just pointed out that Twitter has rolled out support for Japanese hashtags. So ...

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  • July 13, 2011
  • at 10:30 am
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Alibaba Helps Japanese Firms Enter China Through Taobao

China seems to be on everyone’s radar this year, including Japan. But it isn’t an easy marke...

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  • June 12, 2011
  • at 1:25 am
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