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Social Technology is Like Sex…
“It’s fun to talk about and read about, but you can’t truly comprehend unless you do it.” I thought he was going to say: “It’s better if you do it with somebody else.” Social Technology is Like Sex…
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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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Japanese Social Media Prism
Asiajin links to a visual representation of Japanese social media. I don’t get the color scheme, or the non-smoothed WinXP text, but it is nice to get an overview of the various services in use in Japan. The authors note the lack of Japan-based international sites but my question is how does one crack the…
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The Blackberry Bold is Hot for Japan
Man those Japanese sure hate foreign mobile phones. The Blackberry Bold is Hot for Japan
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Good design: The ten commandments of Dieter Rams
Via DF Good design: The ten commandments of Dieter Rams
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2JPN
A new index of bloggers in Japan 2JPN