By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
CyberAgent announced yet another app for the iPhone. This time, it’s ME_HER [iTunes, Japanese only], a “fashion snap” app that lets users view pictures of fashion (and other) items that were taken by female stars in the Ameba network. CyberAgent says the free is especially geared...
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...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry