Tagging the World on a Phone
BBC Report: Tagging the World on a Phone with Sekai Camera AR app. by Tonchidot – video here: http://bit.ly/rCUIs (via: @serkantoto @iguchi)
Year: 2009
SoftBank Mobile Streak Ends in July
The official Telecom Carriers Assoc. results for July 2009 were posted today with news DoCoMo has finally ended the 27 consecutive month winning streak by SoftBank Mobile in the monthly net addition subscriber wars, WWJ had pondered whether indeed this might happen early this week via Twitter! It’s been a fantastic run for the crew behind Yahoo! in Shiodome, since taking over from Vodafone here nearly 3-years ago, showing a base gain of about 5M customers.
D2C i-Menu with Ads from Fuji TV
D2C – DoCoMo and Dentsu – have new platform on i-menu which features banner ads linked to Fuji TV client commercials [J] http://bit.ly/GLSsz
iCandy Gravure app for iPhone
iCandy iPhone app, stock pix can be merged w/user content, is a huge success combined w/Japan GRAVURE Premium offer [J] http://bit.ly/4u1ESb
Zenrin Offers Unique Dining Suggestions
Usual Navi by Zenrin started offering dining location suggestions & info. to find cows tongue, crocodile, Eel etc. [J] http://bit.ly/1swLox
New DoCoMo Corporate Video
New DoCoMo Corporate video: Change and Challenge for New Growth, 16 mins run-time in English. Def. worth checking out: http://bit.ly/15gCam
KDDI Increases Focus on Kids
KDDI Announces increased focus on filtering & contents aimed at children with a new dedicated site and classes for parents [J] http://bit.ly/RcsAP
DoCoMo Annual Report for FYE 2008
DoCoMo Annual Report for FYE 2008 – PDF format 123 pages – with full financial & tons of related details in English here: http://bit.ly/vGye4
Security Robot with Mobile Ads
Tech-On has a great article on the digital future of robotic security services, with this An9-PR on display by ALSOK sporting an impressive laundry list of gadgetery. Aside from range of LCD touch panels, we’ll get to that after the hop, it touts a face-recognition camera, embedded FeliCa RFID functions, human range sensors and WLAN connectivity for positioning and reporting. Standing 160cm (about 5ft) tall and tipping the scales at 200kg this real-life cousin of R2D2 comes with a hefty price tag of about $150k and will be available for monthly lease of about $3,000 including on-going maintenance fees.
SoftBank Mobile to Trial Spotcast
SoftBank Mobile to trial Spotcast of 1Seg digital TV custom content delivery in Ltd area, for handsets in Yahoo Dome [J] http://bit.ly/kCla7