Acecook Co., Ltd., one of Japan's leading instant noodle manufacturers, announced on November 12 that it will create a new pot noodle in collaboration with the online community in the mixi, Japan's largest Social Networking Service (SNS).
The pot noodle is expected to come on the market in December.
This is their second time to work together to develop that kind of project.
Tue November 18, 2008
Acecook collaborates with mixi to create ramen
Sat November 15, 2008
Nico Nico Douga is attracting more or more people
Dwango Co., Ltd. said on Thursday the number of registrants in Nico Nico Douga, the video sharing website run by its subsidiary Niwango, inc., has exceeded 10 million.
For Nico Nico Douga to exceed the number, it took 23 months from the launch; for mixi 39 months, for Mobage-town 26 months.
Fri November 07, 2008
Twitter allows for community activities
The Japanese version of Twitter now has features for community―Twicco.
A community can be created by any Twitter member.
The community will be where the members hang out online who have a common interest.
The Twicco service is intended to make levels of entry lower for the beginners.
Fri October 17, 2008
Amazon Japan opens a grocery
Amazon Japan said Wednesday that it has opened a grocery on its shopping website.
The grocery now deals in processed foods, confectionery, fresh food, frozen food, water, coffee, and liquor―amounting more than 20 thousand items.
Mon October 13, 2008
Filter out spam blogs
One of the Net companies in Japan, livedoor Co., Ltd., announced on October 10 that it has improved its blog search service.
The company claims that the service will filter out 90% of spam blogs that are infesting the Internet.
Spam blogs account for 12% of the total topping 16.9 million in Japan, the company quotes the survey result reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC).
Wed October 08, 2008
Railroad map service for iPhone/iPod touch (2)―Catch the last train
The railroad map service launched by Yahoo! Japan on the AppStore on October 3 includes some search features.
The features let you know the train timetable of a certain station so that you can catch the last train, for example.
Tue October 07, 2008
Railroad map service for iPhone/iPod touch (1)―Yahoo!'s offering
Yahoo! Japan launched a railroad map service on the AppStore on October 3.
The service is available for free.
