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- Japan's Taito Corporation Rewards Mobile Shopping With Loyalty Points and Launches WASP Using PaymentsPlus by Valista
- Leisure giant, Taito Corporation is Japan's biggest developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software for home, Internet and mobile. Taito wanted to introduce mobile shopping with a loyalty program supporting both consumers and enterprise clients. Taito uses Valista PaymentsPlus, a comprehensive payments processing platform - to power its strategic Mobile...
- Tags: Japan, Mobile, Entertainment, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Case studies
- IBM Case Study: ALICO Japan
- ALICO (American Life Insurance Company, a member of American International Group, Inc.) is one of the largest international life insurance companies in the world. The challenge was to grow in a difficult economy. The solution was to have a flexible infrastructure through web services. ALICO Japan was using IBM's WebSphere...
- Tags: Japan, IBM Corp., Operational Planning, Application Servers, SOAP, Middleware, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, Software, Web Services
- Case studies
- B'z Live Broadcast Over the Internet
- B'z pronounced beez is one of the top sellers music band in Japan and was recently crowned Japanese music leaders. The challenge was to perform a live broadcast through the internet at a large-scale across Japan and the United States. J-Stream teamed up with Silicon Studio Corporation and selected Winnov's...
- Tags: Japan, Streaming Video, Internet, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Digital Video, Transportation, Networking, Personal Technology
- Case studies
- On-Shore/Off-Shore Team Delivers CRM Success at AXA Non Life Japan
- AXA wanted to build on the success of its AXA Non Life operation in Japan and establish a strong brand by leveraging the web-based distribution channel. Using a distributed delivery approach that required seamless collaboration among teams in France, Japan and India, AXA Non Life and Capgemini developed a single...
- Tags: Web, Japan, Capgemini, CRM, On-Shore/Off-Shore Team, Channel Management, Marketing
- Case studies
- Admission-Ticketing and Visitor Reservation System - Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition
- The 21st century's first full-scale World Exposition, EXPO 2005 AICHI, JAPAN hosted more than 22 million people and provided favorable reviews over its six month (from March 25 to September 25, 2005) run. During EXPO 2005 AICHI, JAPAN, middleware systems presented by Hitachi, such as HiRDB, OpenTP1, Job Management Partner...
- Tags: Japan, Admission, Hitachi Ltd., Century, Storage, Hardware
- Case studies
- Mt.Fuji (widget)
- A widget that displays the Mt.Fuji. Mt.Fuji is highest and most beautiful mountain in Japan. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Japan, Mountain, Nasu, Mt.Fuji
- Software downloads 2007-07-11
- Japan 1 Screensaver (zip)
- Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of China, Korea and Russia. The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin", which is why Japan is sometimes identified as the "Land of the Rising Sun".
- Tags: Japan
- Software downloads 2008-01-29
- GlobalAdventures Japan ARM (exe)
- GlobalAdventures Japan is a practical, helpful guide to all the international Japan visitors. Unlike many travel guide books or city papers, GlobalAdventures Japan does not consist of maps and lists of local shops, restaurants, and museums. Instead, GlobalAdventures Japan has a translation feature and a large quantity of information about...
- Tags: ARM, Japan, Agilingua, GlobalAdventures Japan
- Software downloads 2006-06-13
- English-Japanese Talking Phrasebook (Pocket PC) (exe)
- The English-Japanese Talking Phrasebook for Pocket PC is an essential tool for anyone going to Japan and not knowing a word in Japanese. It could also be an excellent introduction to the spoken language for beginner language students. The phrasebook includes 256 essential communication phrases one would need to find...
- Tags: Japan, PC, Beiks, Phrasebook, Pocket PC, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software
- Software downloads 2006-05-19
- PCs losing the lustre in Japan
- In tech gadget-crazy Japan, a surprising trend is taking place. Sales of the personal computer -- once considered an essential building block and the bastion of all things "tech" -- is starting to shrink. Right now, a typical Japanese youth would rather save up for an...
- Tags: Japan, PC, Sales Strategy, Desktops, Sales, Hardware, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-11-07
- ifbot? According to seniors in Japan, ifNOTbot
- Robots as companions are a novel idea, but the older generation in Japan isn't warming up to them in nursing homes. See the Reuters' story, "Robots turn off senior citizens in aging Japan." Here's a snippet from the article: Ifbot, the resident robot at a Japanese...
- Tags: Japan, Nintendo Wii, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Sonja Thompson
- Blog posts 2007-09-25
- Japan seeks to replace the Internet
- On August 17, 2007, Japanese communications minister Yoshihide Suga said that Japan will start research and development on technology to replace the Internet using a new generation of network by 2020. Excerpt from Newlaunches.com: Speaking to reporters in Brazil, where he is visiting, Suga said an...
- Tags: Japan, Network, Internet, Networking, Security, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-08-20
- Photos: Japan probe approaches moon; who's next?
- A new space race is taking off with a different set of nations working toward similar goals. As many as five countries are expecting to land hardware on the moon within five years. by CNET News.com
- Tags: news, moon, japan, TechRepublic Inc., Photograph, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2007-10-05
- Daily QR Code (widget)
- Combine your daily dose of wisdom with hi-tech cryptography. The QR Code is the next generation of bar code, used heavily in Japan. Each pattern can be encoded with images or text. Japanese mobile camera phones can photograph these patterns and decode the information. Most web sites and magazines in...
- Tags: Japan, Pattern, QR Code, QR Code Reader, Camera Phones, Digital Security, Web Site Development, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Security, Internet
- Software downloads 2007-07-20
- Photos: Fujitsu unveils king-size fuel cell
- Electronics giant inaugurates 200-kilowatt hydrogen fuel cell that will provide electricity as well as heat to buildings on its Sunnyvale campus.A proton exchange membrane PEM hydrogen fuel cell, king-size. Fujitsu inaugurated this fuel cell at its Sunnyvale, Calif., campus on Friday. The fuel cell sits in the parking lot...
- Tags: Fuel cells, photograph, fuel cell, hydrogen, Fujitsu Ltd., membrane, Amdahl, steam, Fujitsu LifeBook, carbon, electron, Sunnyvale, carbon dioxide, natural gas, electronics company, data center, electronics, Japan, laptop computer
- Image galleries 2007-08-20
- Snowfall Solitaire (exe)
- Have you ever seen a real Japan fan. In Snowfall Solitaire you can not only play a solitaire, but also admire this part of the Japan culture. You will have to show your quick wits to get over all levels and thread through the whole fall of cards with the...
- Tags: Japan
- Software downloads 2006-07-27
- Photos: More phone fun in Japan
- Part two of CNET News.com's tour of KDDI's Designing Center in Tokyo.
- Tags: KDDI Corp., Tokyo, Japan, photograph, phone
- Image galleries 2007-02-21
- Mobile TV in Japan
- This white paper presents the main issues concerning terrestrial digital broadcasting in Japan, such as service, device and mobile TV usage. Terrestrial digital broadcasting for mobile phones and devices called "One Seg", was launched in Japan in April, 2006. Most of the consumers seem to be familiar with the service...
- Tags: Japan, Mobile, Mobile TV, TV, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- White papers 2006-06-01
- Photos: Anime's alive at NYC ComicCon
- The influence of Japanese culture was everywhere at last weekend's event, from Pikachu to Domo-kun. And even Star Trek had a taste of Japan.
- Tags: Japan, photograph, Star Trek
- Image galleries 2007-02-26
- Photos: New DoComo phones
- Japan's largest mobile-services operator unveils several new phones, including a dual-screen clamshell and a "Bravia" handset.
- Tags: handset, Japan, NTT DoCoMo Inc., photograph, telephone
- Image galleries 2007-01-16
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