By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
We all know how it works: Somebody smuggles a video camera into a movie theater, tapes it off the screen and uploads it on a torrent site, Emule, Winny (a Japanese P2P system) or wherever and anybody can download the file later. In my opinion, Japanese people tend to refrain from illegal...
Following the review, here is some more information about KakikoTV. I will break down this posting into two parts: I) How to register II) How to use KakikoTV Let’s begin by I) How to register The sign-up process is very easy as displayed in the JPEGs below. After confirmation, you are logged...
KakikoTV is the name of a relatively new service which has so far been exclusively marketed in Japan. I listened to the interesting presentation of the maker during the Web 2.0 Expo in Tokyo recently (my short article about the expo is here). Essentially KakikoTV enables users to modify videos and...
Scientists at the Biomedical Engineering Faculty (web site is Japanese only) of Tokyo’s Keio University (which happens to be my university) have developed a method which enables disabled people to control avatars on the Internet with their minds! The project team is lead by Keio University...
Some noteworty (business) news from the Japanese Internet scene in the last days: 1) The Japanese equivalent to NASDAQ, the JASDAQ opened its NEO market last week. Click here for the English press release (PDF). NEO is aimed at start-ups featuring cutting-edge technology only. JASDAQ also accepts...
Update: I published updated guides on how to register and how to use Nico Nico Video on Asiajin (12/31/2010). My review of Japanese Youtube “killer” Nico Nico Douga has you hooked? Learn here how to register for the site in English. Please follow the instructions given in the...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry