By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
GREE isn’t the only service that gets pre-installed on the Fujitsu-Toshiba IS12T, the world’s first Windows Phone Mango handset that will be distributed in Japan starting next month. Restaurant service and Tabelog competitor Gourmet Navigator announced that buyers can expect a dedicated...
Last month, Rakuten inked a deal with Panasonic to distribute e-book titles to buyers of Panasonic e-book readers. The service, dubbed Raboo (Rakuten Books), was initially limited to Panasonic hardware only, but now The Nikkei is quoting a Rakuten representative that his company will expand it to...
Here’s a quick run-down on Rakuten-related news I wasn’t able to cover in the last 2 weeks (listed chronologically): July 28, 2011: Rakuten acquires German shopping site Tradoria (article in English) August 4, 2011: Rakuten releases financial report for Q2 FY2011 (in English) August 9, 2011:...
Here’s a quick run-down on DeNA (Mobage)-related news I wasn’t able to cover in the last 2 weeks (listed chronologically): July 25, 2011: Five Japanese star game makers decide to create games exclusively for Mobage (article in English) July 27, 2011: DeNA starts offering Mobage worldwide (my...
Here’s a quick run-down on GREE-related news I wasn’t able to cover in the last 2 weeks (listed chronologically): August 4, 2011: GREE gets pre-installed on the world’s first Microsoft Windows Mango phone in Japan (article in English) August 4, 2011: GREE announces a user base of...
Here’s a quick run-down on CyberAgent-related news I wasn’t able to cover in the last 2 weeks (listed chronologically): July 25, 2011: CyberAgent Ventures opens office in Taipei to serve the Taiwanese market (more info in English here) July 28, 2011: CyberAgent releases financial report...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry