Tagged: Japan & News
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Quidditching: the magical new meme flying out of Japan (photos) News
09.04.2013 Following hot on the heels of last week’s posed hadouken and Dragon Ball Z-style photos, a magical new photo fad has hit the internet in the form of ‘quidditching’, a Muggle... -
Google Street View captures Fukushima ghost town News
28.03.2013 Google Street View has captured panoramic images of the abandoned city of Namie-machi, Japan, whose 21,000 residents had to flee after the earthquake, tsunami and resulting... -
PS Vita price drop in Japan fuels rumours of new handheld console News
18.02.2013 It is being widely reported today that the price of the PlayStation Vita handheld console has been cut by about a third in Japan, adding fuel to rumours that a new handheld...Categories: Games/Entertainment -
Nissan upgrades Leaf electric car and drops prices in Japan News
20.11.2012 Nissan has given its all-electric Leaf car a revamp, as well as revealing a less-expensive model in Japan that also has a longer driving range. -
The technology business week: Disney acquires Lucasfilm, Apple’s management shuffle News
05.11.2012 A digest of the top business technology news stories from the past week. -
Cork company Luxcel signs distribution deal with Japanese firm News
01.11.2012 Luxcel Biosciences Ltd’s products are heading into the Japanese pharma and academic markets, now that the University College Cork spin-out company has signed a distribution... -
Japanese law threatening jail terms for illegal downloaders comes into effect News
01.10.2012 Earlier this year, as a result of lobbying from the music industry, politicians in Japan voted to change the legislation around illegal file sharing to impose prison terms of up... -
Olympus to cut 2,700 jobs by March 2014 News
08.06.2012 Camera and medical equipment-maker Olympus is to cut 2,700 jobs by March 2014 and restructure its global manufacturing operations as part of a five-year plan to make a new start... -
Clinic creates 3D models of unborn babies (video) News
14.08.2012 Move over, black-and-white ultrasound pictures. Expectant parents can now receive a 3D model of their fetus and the mother-to-be’s womb, courtesy of a clinic in Japan. -
Games software company Havok to expand its operations in Asia News
19.07.2012 Irish games software company Havok is planning to expand its Asian operations, as the company says it has been making strides within the Asian marketplace since the acquisition... -
Japanese firm to pioneer smartphone that detects radiation News
29.05.2012 SoftBank, Japan’s third-largest mobile phone operator, has revealed its plans to bring out a smartphone that can detect radiation, in the wake of last year’s nuclear plant... -
New sleep-monitoring device uses Irish med tech News
28.05.2012 Technology developed at NovaUCD by BiancaMed, a division of the California company ResMed, is being used in a new wireless sleep-monitoring device that Omron Healthcare has just... -
Mazda and Fiat to team up on new sports car News
23.05.2012 Mazda and Fiat are set to collaborate on the development and manufacturing of a new convertible roadster sports car for both the Mazda and Alfa Romeo ranges. The design of the... -
Honda tests ‘smart home’ in Japan that runs on off-grid energy News
11.05.2012 Honda has been pioneering a new type of smart home in Japan to test out its Honda Smart Home System (HSHM) technologies to control and monitor energy usage using solar power,... -
Nintendo sees first annual loss but expects profit next year News
26.04.2012 Nintendo posted its first annual loss thanks to slower sales of its Nintendo Wii console and weaker demand for its handheld 3DS console. However, it predicts it will return to... -
Japanese networks team up to standardise emoticons News
24.04.2012 Three of Japan’s biggest mobile networks plan to standardise the appearance of emoticons – called ‘emoji’ in Japan – across mobile devices offered on their networks. -
Google launches cloud-based Google Play store News
07.03.2012 Google has revealed its latest digital innovation via the launch of the Google Play online store, which looks set to give Apple iTunes and Amazon a run for their money in the...Tags: Apple, Android, ebooks, Australia, Japan, US, Digital Media, Digital Content, Google Play, Apps, Movies, Amazon, iTunes, Google -
Apple TV to launch alongside next iPad? News
29.02.2012 After Apple confirmed the unveiling the date of the next iPad, reports are now suggesting that a new Apple TV could launch alongside it at the same event. -
Fukushima at increased earthquake risk, scientists claim News
15.02.2012 Seismic risk increased at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant following the magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on 11 March last year, a new scientific study... -
1bn tweets posted every five days on Twitter in 2011 (infographic) News
05.01.2012 There were some 1bn tweets posted every five days on Twitter in 2011, a year that saw the human population hit the 7bn mark, Facebook hit 800m subscribers and Twitter reach 100m...Categories: Communications, Consumer Tech, Digital Media, Media, Mobile, Mobility, Multimedia, Social Media