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- Android set to launch in Japan, 1.5 deployment "nearly complete"
- The first Android-powered phone will launch in Japan on July 10th. New Japanese customers will have immediate access to free applications in the Android Market, with paid apps following sometime later. That's according to a notice sent from Google's Eric Chu to Android app developers late Wednesday. Bulgaria and Romania...
- Tags: Google Android, Japan, App, Publisher Website, Mobile Operating Systems, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2009-07-03
- Solar-charged mobile phone on sale in Japan
- This would be a challenge in rain-logged New Jersey: Apparently the first solar-charging mobile phone is on sale in Japan. This blog from Fast Company has some details about the device, which is from Sharp. Their take, not such a great product. I must admit, if I was beholden to...
- Tags: Phone, Japan, Mobile, New Jersey, Cell Phone, Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-06-28
- Hybrids to increase market share, but...
- Big money on Wall Street is betting hybrid autos will become a bigger part of the mass market this decade, but will remain a minority privilege for those who don't need a price-tag bargain. That's the conclusion of a study just out from J.P. Morgan. By the year...
- Tags: Car, Japan, Hybrid, Toyota Prius, Morgan, Price Margin, Sales Strategy, Sales, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-05-31
- Sequoia 1.7 (Mac)
- Sequoia is a reinvention of Tetris. As seen in Mac Fan magazine Japan and Mac100% magazine Japan. Maneuver shapes to create coherent squares of four by four blocks without touching the screen's border!
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Japan, Magazine, Julian Meinold, Sequoia, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-05-13
- FLNewsBrowser 1.3.2 (Mac)
- FLNewsBrowser is an application for accessing to news provided by NHK Radio Japan. NHK Radio Japan broadcasts Japanese news in several different languages on the Web. It provides not only audio data, but also complete transcripts. So, this data is very useful for foreign language students; especially for improving their...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Japan, NHK, Radio, SYW Mac Software, FLNewsBrowser, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Software downloads 2009-05-12
- CES 2009: Don't count out those Millennials or Online Media, Cell Phone on the rise as entertainment device, says Deloitte
- Â The idiot box is still king, but don't count out online advertising. (Source: Deloitte LLP) At this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Deloitte LLP revealed the results of its 3rd State of the Media Democracy Survey, which are likely to be...
- Tags: Social Networking, Deloitte LLP, Advertisement, Phone, Japan, Cell Phone, Online Media, TV, Survey, Entertainment, Millennials, Entertainment Device, Idiot Box, Early-adopter Millennials, Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-01-07
- Samurai Puzzle Battle Lite 1.0.0 (Mobile)
- Alternative version of medieval Japan torn by war Steam engines, flying machines, magic and demons meet in one place After mysterious death of the emperor, Japan is getting weaker. Shoguns are trying to get as much wealth as possible be the one, who dominates four biggest islands. Earn money, possession,...
- Tags: Japan, Mobile, Apple iTunes, Vivid Games, Shoguns, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2008-12-04
- Convenience Store Chain Enhances Security, Boosts Mobility With New Operating System
- Seven-Eleven Japan operates the largest chain of convenience stores in Japan. With its North American subsidiary 7-Eleven, the company operates or franchises approximately 32,300 stores worldwide. The Seven-Eleven Japan sales staff is highly mobile, often working outside of the main office. The company wanted to help these remote employees work...
- Tags: Security, Japan, Operating System, Mobility, Sales Strategy, Advertising & Promotion, Sales Force Management, Operating Systems, Sales, Marketing, Software
- Case studies 2008-08-21
- Mika's Touch Type Trainer 2.06 (Windows)
- Mika's Touch Type Trainer is the most popular Touch Type Tutor in Japan. First it was developed in 1991, and publicized as free software. Since then many schools had adopted this Mika's Touch Type Trainer to teach computer literacy. Originally this Mika' Touch Type Trainer was made in Japanese Language....
- Tags: Japan, Jiro Imamura, Mika, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Management
- Software downloads 2008-07-23
- Softbank announces iPhone 3G rate plans for Japan
- The iPhone 3G will be available in Japan on 11 July 2008 at 12 noon, but unlike in the United States, it will not be sold at the Apple Store Japan. Instead iPhone 3G will be sold by local carrier SoftBank Mobile Corp. SMB who has issued...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, 3G, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Japan, jason D. O'Grady, Personal Technology, Softbank Corp., Wireless
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- G8 and climate change
- Is much expected from the G8 summit in Japan? Not according to the Aussies. The Canadian government doesn't foresee anhy progress on an agreement either. India's not a member of the G8 but as a major developing nation with a huge population it is at least politely allowed...
- Tags: Japan, Nation, Agreement, Indian Government, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
- Our urine shows where we live
- It's almost logical that our urine contains traces of what we eat and drink. But an international team of researchers decided to learn more and has analyzed frozen urine samples from 4,630 people. These samples have been collected between 1997 and 1999 in China, Japan, the UK and the...
- Tags: China, Researcher, Japan, Bacteria, U.S. Here, Healthcare, Web Site Development, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- Google launches Dajare in Japan
- Google launched a new feature in Japan called Google Dajare. Dajare is similar to an English pun. This new Google service expands Google's mission to organize the worlds information by also "organizing the world's laughter". To see the new feature in...
- Tags: Google Inc., Japan, Google Dajare, Search, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-03-31
- Japan's ISPs agree to ban P2P pirates
- Four of Japan's largest Internet provider organizations have come to an agreement with copyright holders on how to tackle the illegal file trading on P2P Peer to Peer networks. Comprised of about 1000 major and smaller Japanese Internet providers, the four organizations agreed to target flagrant copyright violators by first...
- Tags: Internet Provider, Japan, File-trading, P2P, Internet Service Provider, Piracy, Internet, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-16
- Report: Japan investigates potential iPod nano battery defect
- Japan is investigating defects in Apple's iPod due to reports that the gadget shot out sparks while being recharged. According to the Associated Press, an unnamed trade official said there's a potential lithium-ion defect in the iPod Nano, model MA099J/A. No one was injured and the problem was reported earlier...
- Tags: Apple iPod, Japan, Apple iPod Nano, Battery, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-12
- A geek's trip to Capitol Hill on Network Management
- I appeared before congressional and government staffers on Capitol Hill for a panel on Network Management sponsored by iGrowthGlobal. This was my first time in Washington DC and while it was a little cold for my Californian bones, it was a beautiful city and seeing the capitol of the nation...
- Tags: BitTorrent, Broadband Internet, Cable, Comcast Corp., Corporate Communications, DOCSIS, Geek, George Ou, Internet, Japan, Marketing, Network, Network Management, Networking, P2P, Peer To Peer (P2P), Personal Technology, Presentation, Richard Bennett, Telecommunications, Video, Wireless Network
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- Will MediaFLO Win Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting Market in Japan?
- This white paper briefly introduces the latest issues in the Japanese mobile multimedia broadcasting market. Japanese government has announced that terrestrial analogue broadcasting will be shut down in 2011, and a wide spectrum of UHF/VHF band will be released to other systems, including mobile multimedia broadcasting. Two standards are currently...
- Tags: Qualcomm MediaFLO, Japan, Mobile, Broadcasting, Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting
- White papers 2008-03-01
- Japanese satellite shows US reliance on private sector is hot air
- I listened into the beginning of today's FCC hearing on Comcast's "network management" practices and I heard a lot about the importance of business models that allows operators to recoup their investments. Commissioner Robert McDowell said something along these lines: If companies can't repay their investors they won't build out...
- Tags: Japan, Wired Inc., Network, Satellite, Kizuna, Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-02-25
- Creating Teaching Tools for Nurses
- Rev Je Kan Adler-Collins MA PGCE REMT RN, is assistant professor at Fukuoka University in Japan. Mr. Collins had a daunting task that had never been done before: creating the first healing nursing curriculum in Japan. Because of the complexities of the lesson plans, it was critical to find ways...
- Tags: Curriculum, Japan, Tool, SmartDraw, Productivity
- Case studies 2008-02-13
- Roundup: Western Union spam; Super Bowl SEO; Be a malicious hacker in Japan
- A few items of note: There's a Western Union spam with Trojan payload; Beware Super Bowl hijinx this week; And if you really want to be a malicious hacker move to Japan. Among the notable: Western Union spam with Trojan Sunbelt Software reports...
- Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Symantec Corp., Super Bowl, Japan, Goal, Trojan Horse, Malware, Spam, Sunbelt Software, Hacker, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-28
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