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Dot Mars
An article on the Interplanetary Internet brought to you by The Economist. Dot Mars
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MFT – Data review: The “How, who, how many, and how often” of the Japanese internet
Adamu does us all a favour in putting his notes about Japanese internet usage online, a dominating theme on this blog. I would like to take my time going through his long post and will publish my thoughts later. In the meantime, join the discussion at MFT. MFT – Data review: The “How, who, how…
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So what’s up with the Japanese web – disappointing or enthralling?
The first English-language site I’ve seen discussing the recent blowup in the Japanese internet punditocracy. So what’s up with the Japanese web – disappointing or enthralling?
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Apple tops PC, DMP and mobile phone customer satisfaction in Japan
Results from a survey which ran from January to December 2008. The only category where Apple had a product offering but didn’t top the list was Computer Monitors. On a sidenote, the DSLR that I have been lusting after (Nikon D90) topped the digital camera class. via nobi Apple tops PC, DMP and mobile phone…
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Why are there so many Christian signs in regional Japan?
Adamu posts an informing answer at Mutant Frog Travelogue. Being in “provincial Japan” I see my fair share of Christian missionary nutters. It gave me a chuckle when I read that the head of the organization responsible for the posters, soundtracks and free Bibles funded his operation with cash from his IT company. This reminded…
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Japanese Twitter user numbers by Nielsen
Netratings, a web ad market analysis firm owned by Nielsen, has compiled country data from a Nielsen report last month revealing the number of Twitter users in Japan compared to the US and UK. There are about half a million Japanese users compared to the UK’s 2.5 million users. Twitter’s US base has exploded over…
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Illustrated Star Wars Alphabet
“A” is for Ackbar… Illustrated Star Wars Alphabet
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Andrew Sullivan misunderstands the “long tail”
A new British study finds that the most pirated pop songs on the internet are those that already top the charts. Instead of giving rise to a “long tail” where small indie acts broaden their appeal online, the study found that digital technology – and music pirating – simply work to reinforce the fat head…
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MOSA
An NPO supporting Macintosh software developers in Japan. Other than ADC this seems to be the only place Japanese devs can get support. MOSA
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The Atlantic: Can Apple manage without Steve Jobs?
Harris Collingwood gathers some interesting leadership studies to find the effects of CEOs on corporations. However, I would have liked to have seen a study on the effects of perceptions of CEOs on publicly traded businesses. It seems to me that this is the question facing the reaction to Jobs’s supposed comeback next month. The…