Rakuten Acquires Viber for $900M – Webcast
Tokyo-based Rakuten Acquires Viber, with 300M users, for total consideration $900M = Sweetheart Deal: http://bit.ly/1cLiGHK
Tokyo-based Rakuten Acquires Viber, with 300M users, for total consideration $900M = Sweetheart Deal: http://bit.ly/1cLiGHK
Bloomberg is reporting that Japan Display Inc. will launch $4Bn IPO via the Tokyo Stock Exchange on March 19th http://bit.ly/1lVvmSl
DeNA does strategic investment in VCNC, creators of couple targeted hit app Between, Sweet Valentines Timing! http://bit.ly/1hmLLAF
SoftBank does cool 3D sign language learning dictionary within RPR game app – great CSR – see video below: http://bit.ly/NSR0vc
LINE Corp. announces Q4 earnings FYE 2013 with amazing growth results on all metrics – now at 340M users! http://bit.ly/1fQX4u7
FujiFilm opens Wonder Photo Shop in Harajuku for hands-on demo debut of new AR video photo apps: http://bit.ly/1cbW8mr
Tough news via DeNA as Q3 results FYE March 2014 reporting revenues and profits down 20-40% YoY respectively: http://bit.ly/1hmLwFQ
Japanese mobile app developer TriFort raises $3.9 million from new World Innovation Labs fund http://bit.ly/1mkBuap
DoCoMo and partners announce debut of “Gacco” MOOC with material from Tokyo Univ. and others to begin 04.14 http://bit.ly/1f2VWsp
DoCoMo releases 3Q fiscal results FYE March 2014, the webcast of 01.31 presentation – runs 59mins – in English http://bit.ly/1g8EpeM