You may have noticed my Twitter stream chronicling the important aspects of my Tokyo trip (organized by Lunarr) thus far, like heated toilet seats. But today I got a chance to meet with several companies (mostly startups) that are working to affect change in online Japanese culture. The first meeting was with The [...]
The music storage and sharing site, TunesBag, has recently undergone a facelift to include new social features including FriendFeed support.
TunesBag provides users with a place to upload music and access it at any time from any place via internet browser or mp3 player. Users have the ability to add friends, search for recommended music based [...]
Citrix announced that the demand for its application delivery infrastructure in the Pacific region (Asia Pacific including Japan) is fast growing as more businesses are seeking a dynamic and flexible way of delivering applications and desktops to users anytime, anywhere. As one of the fastest growing geographies with 28 percent year-on-year growth in the first quarter of 2008, Citrix in the Pacific has a strong installed base of 33,000 customers, representing 18 percent year-on-year growth in new customers acquired in the year 2007.
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Looking to get tutored in a language by an actual native speaker? New startup eduFire offers one-on-one sessions from hundreds of experienced tutors around the world. The site soft launched earlier this year, and has just enabled “On-demand” tutoring, allowing users to hook up with teachers on a whim.
Instead of hiring a force [...]
While US-based customers of the iTunes Store have been privileged to purchase and download video content in the form of television programs and feature films, consumers in the UK have had to make do with TV offerings only. Soon, however, Apple will be announcing its start of sales of movie titles pulled from the catalogues [...]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg just took the stage at the D6 conference in Carlsbad, California for an interview with Kara Swisher.
Zuckerberg, of course, is a famously difficult interview (my interview of Zuckerberg from TechCrunch40 last year is here). At first glance, this interview is going much better. The audience, at least, [...]