Month: April 2009
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Mobile sales ‘in record decline’ (except the iPhone)
The number of phones shipped worldwide in the first three months of the year dropped by 13% … The iPhone, the first phone by computing firm Apple, had sales of 3.8 million, up from 1.7 million units the previous year. Mobile sales ‘in record decline’ (except the iPhone)
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Softbank posts ¥15B Q4 loss
Softbank says the loss was due to one-time costs, including the launch of the new hikari service. Though this was a rough quarter, their yearly profit was down only 3.7 percent, which was slightly better than DoCoMo’s drop of 3.9 percent. DoCoMo is exclusively a mobile phone operator. Softbank is involved in a wide range…
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This middle name will be the death of me
Me: Do you think we should give her a middle name? Her: I thought you didn’t want to do that. Me: I know, but if we go overseas she will be the only one without a middle name. Her: Okay, we should give her a really Japanese name though. Me: Like “Sakura”? Her pulls face:…
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Oh what delicacies one finds browsing in the high-end shops of Japan. How could one resist pure white chocolate smothered over shredded dried squid? Snapped with iPhone
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Oh what delicacies one finds browsing in the high-end shops of Japan. How could one resist pure white chocolate smothered over shredded dried squid? Snapped with iPhone
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Foreign marketshare of the Japanese internet
Whether it be preferences for food, electronics or cars, Japan is often accused of being, shall we say, “domestically oriented”. How do Japanese preferences reflect in their use of the internet? The Japanese Social Media Prism shows strikingly few foreign firms. This caused me to ask: how does a foreign company crack the Japanese Social…
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…if you ask me whether or not I’m an atheist, I wouldn’t even answer. I would first want an explanation of what it is that I’m supposed not to believe in, and I’ve never seen an explanation. Noam Chomsky, Common Sense, 2002 Never thought I would agree with Chomsky on philosophical matters but…
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mechamecha: twink: karateboogaloo: nevver: Commute
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mechamecha: twink: karateboogaloo: nevver: Commute
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[vimeo 4166174 w=500 h=288] Ever wonder what it would be like to hang out in a “sky park”? How about a skypark called Spaceship Aqua? (Source: http://www.jciti.com/)