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Will Steve Jobs Wow Us?

It seems that if you do not blog about the iPhone this weekend you will be out touch with the blogging and news gathering communities. It is just that important. On Monday we will have a new Apple mobile device...

Posted on June 7, 2008 10:48 AM

Tech Trade War?

In this corner weighing in at many billions of euros we have the EU... In the other corner -- backed by an anemic dollar and a slightly stronger yen we have the tag-team duo of the US and Japan... Let's...

Posted on May 28, 2008 3:59 PM

Japan's High-Speed Internet Satellite

While some of us in the US may be proud that we are able to surf the web at speeds of 10 Mbps or even a bit more, in Japan they are striving for speeds of 1.2 Gbps or...

Posted on February 24, 2008 8:32 AM

Disney Japanese MVNO

Is Japan a better MVNO market than the US? Apparently Disney thinks it is as they are bailing from the US MVNO market while launching an MVNO in Japan with the aid of Softbank.   It is a shame that...

Posted on November 11, 2007 9:39 AM

Cell Phone Bar Code Reading

There is a recent article in the New York Times worth reading regarding cell phones becoming barcode readers. the technology has been talked about for a number of years but when an article gets published in the New York Times...

Posted on April 2, 2007 6:23 AM

Japan Location Based Services

Tokyo is experimenting with sending highly tailored information to users based on location and interests. Users will get special offers, menus and coupons as they walk city streets. Shoppers can rent a prototype reader or get a limited service on...

Posted on December 28, 2006 9:19 AM

YouTube Relations as Political Barometer

I find recent YouTube news is a great way to see how countries look at technology and the internet. On the one hand a Japanese group feels YouTube must rein in copyright violations. The group goes on to say YouTube...

Posted on December 7, 2006 11:31 AM

Japanese Google Competition

Does Google care that just about any and every software company is gunning to take them out? Nahh! If Microsoft hasn’t mad e a dent and Yahoo! And Amazon aren’t really hurting you much either then what do you have...

Posted on December 19, 2005 9:18 AM