Instagram $525 million deal for Twitter before Facebook.
According to the New York Times report, Twitter had a deal in place to buy Instagram for $525 million back in March —…
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Android internet usage gets the edge over computers in Japan.
According to a Nielsen publication released on the 10th of December, Android internet usage (time) per person in Japan is…
What’s the problem? Japanese Social Media Marketing for businesses.
I’ve found some interesting statistics published by NTT Data Lab on 15th of November. It shows why more than 60%…
United Arrows Instagram Campaign
Japanese fashion retail giant, United Arrows (http://www.united-arrows.co.jp/index.html), started a campaign “US TRANSFORM SHOW” in November. At every United Arrows branch,…
Japanese Smartphone usage in stores.
When out for a shop, do you use your smartphone to search for products and services whilst in store? According…
Tweet Data to be sold!
Twitter has been tightening it’s rules around use of the Twitter API recently — and everyone has been wanting to know…
Social TV, GREE TV ?
GREE has announced that they will start a collaboration with VOYAGE GROUP who specialise widely in new media, advertising technology,…
Social Emergency Drill
Yahoo!JAPAN, Twitter Japan, J-WAVE (the radio company) and Mori Building are holding the very first ‘Social Emergency Drill’ event on…
MUJI Community Manager’s Secret
Mr Kazama is the only community manager behind the massive corporate social channels for MUJI, where 818,000 Facebook fans, 186,000…
Pinterest vs Instagram
Google+ vs Facebook? Mixi vs Facebook? No, no, no. It’s all about Pinterest vs Instagram now! Is Pinterest the shiniest…
Nissan 2.3
You’ve heard of 2.0, but get ready for… 2.3! Nissan has started the first project for it’s Social Media experiment…
NIKE RUN LIKE ME.
NIKE RUNNING has launched a unique, you could say ‘very Japanese’, campaign, ‘RUN LIKE ME’ in Japan. 1 Like will…
Social Vending Machine ?
I think most of you are having shiniest summer except from those who are in the UK with me. I’m…
Mixi is officially wobbly.
We all knew the biggest Social Media network (SNS) in Japan had to do something to stay on top of…
Real Likes & Check in App
Tokyo Marathon Foundation held a marathon event, ‘Smile Fun Run in Odaiba’ gathering appx 1,000 runners on 20th May 2012.…
Café au lait sama — New key Social Media influencers for male consumerism
Men with high interests in fashion and beauty who love to act in a self indulged & manly manner towards…