Tag: Japan

Tokyo Court Orders Apple to Pay for Flaming iPod
A Setagaya-ku, Tokyo couple won roughly 600,000 yen (about $7,400) in damages from Apple Japan, after an iPod Nano caught fire and burned the woman. There have been complaints of A...
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Twitter Launches Branded Pages in Japan
You got it, brand pages from Twitter advertising are now available in Japan, and DoCoMo (page pictured above) is one of the first to take advantage of the the space. DoCoMo is Japa...
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Japan Developing Interactive Plants
Japan has been producing 76% of the world's weird s*** since 1952. It's a fact. The country that brought us interactive digital pets like Tamagotchi and Nintendogs is now...
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Disney Announces Mobile Game Apps
If you check out Apple's App store or Google Play you will notice a striking lack of games from Disney. The company has...
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Google Autocomplete Feature Draws Ire In Japan [Updated]
Update: A Google spokesperson gave WebProNews the following statement: “A Japanese court issued a provisional order requesting Google to delete specific te...
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Google Street View Finds Japan In Cherry Blossom Season
Lately, as Google Maps has announced the inclusion of different parts of the world with Street View, the selection of these regions has seemed less and less random and a more delib...
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New Japanese Facial Recognition Software Is Powerful, Scary
Big brother alert!!! For those of you who don't like the idea of CCTV monitoring your every move, the details a recent software breakthrough by Hitachi Kokusai Electric will probab...
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Facebook Gaining Traction in Japan
Since Facebook debuted in Japan in 2008, the social networking giant faced a few cultural obstacles in its bid for popularity, in a country where people are historically reluctant...
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Earthquake Hits Japan, Causes Minor Tsunami
A 6.8 magnitude earthquake rocked northeastern Japan today, causing the Japanese Meteorological Agency to issue a tsunami warning. It struck about 170 miles off the east coast. A s...
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Siri Desu: Siri’s Having Trouble With Japanese
While most iPhone users I know love talking to Siri--and especially enjoy making her say funny things--the iPhone-based human-like assistant seems even more human in having a flawe...
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GDC 2012: Japanese Developer Openly Mocked During Panel
The Game Developers Conference is a place where those who work in the games industry can collaborate and work towards a brighter future in the games industry. This usually infers t...
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New Google Privacy Policy Has Japan Concerned
Everybody is getting so worked up over the new Google privacy policy that’s going live today. First it was the...
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Facebook Disaster Message Board Being Tested In Japan
It's been close to a year since a monstrous 9.0-magnitude earthquake nearly disappeared Japan off the map. While the country has recovered some over the past year, the haunting rem...
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Google’s Street View Goes Beyond The Streets Of Japan
Google Street View in Japan took a new angle on its service last week and...
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