By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Malaysia finally gets an incubator for startups: much like Y Combinator, TechStars, or Seedcamp, the aim of Grey Attic is to create eight to ten investment-ready businesses per year. If things go as planned, there will be up to two intakes a year, with a cap of six startups per batch. The programs...
Mixi, Japan’s largest social network, has never invested too much work in its official iPhone app [iTunes link]. The app provided a terrible user experience, but after Mixi launched “Mixi Touch” in September (a touch control-friendly mobile site), that wasn’t a big problem...
I received the confirmation that I am lucky to be holding a keynote presentation at the APAC Mobile Leaning Conference 2011 in Bandung, Indonesia (June 8-9). My topic will likely be “Mobile Learning In Japan”, which is not really surprising given my background. You can register for the...
CyberAgent (its subsidiary Sumzap, to be more precise) has just announced the launch of social game Karisuma Shachou No Ketsudan (Determination of a charismatic company president) on Mobage for Japanese feature phones. Two things are special about this this title: Karisuma was designed by famous...
Mixi has announced that users are now able to check the login status of their friends more easily. The new function makes it possible to break down one’s friend list into users who have been on Mixi in the last hour or week and those who haven’t. The new function, which isn’t...
Japan’s smartphone market is growing rapidly, which means CyberAgent today announcing a new ad platform specifically aimed at these devices isn’t surprising. Dubbed “Ameba for Smartphone Touch Campus”, the ads will be shown on the company’s Ameba-branded services in...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry