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A rundown on where to find weird China news

Blogs Aside from terrible traffic, row upon endless row of souless apartment blocks, and a rather brutal family planning system, China's massive population also assures that it's never short on bizarre news ... Read story »

Internet Karma: The secret to profit in online publishing

Blogs Note: I get a quota of one cheesy headline per month, so I'm using this one before July is over. Yesterday, I attended a Tokyo tweet-up hosted by Thomas Crampton at ... Read story »

PS3 Slim rumored for August 18 debut in Germany

Crave Alleged spy photo of PS3 Slim's packaging. No sooner had we written about reports that Sony would be dropping its 80GB PS3 in Japan on August 9, that two more PS3-related ... Read story »

Is Sony dropping 80GB PS3 in Japan?

Crave In Japan, the PS3 comes in silver, black, and white. The rumors of the impending arrival of a new PlayStation 3 are growing more fierce as new hints seem to ... Read story »

Toshiba's 1GHz smartphone now available in Japan

Crave The Toshiba TG01 was announced earlier this year as the first Windows Mobile device to sport a 1GHz Snapdragon processor from Qualcomm. It was spied at various tradeshows but hasn't been ... Read story »

Google fights controversy with cute in Japan

Blogs Some of you may remember a video I posted a few months ago, created by Google Japan to promote its Chrome browser. It's really a testament to how much faith Google ... Read story »

myGengo: Exciting developments in translation

Blogs Those who have been following my ramblings for a long time (Hi, mom!) might remember a piece I did back in 2007 about online translating communities in China. Entire books can ... Read story »

Augment your reality and be a Transformer

Blogs The new Transformers movie is finally out in theaters, but for those of you who haven't had the chance to check it out out (like me), here's something you can try. ... Read story »

Tokyo Motor Show spotlights electric two-wheelers

Crave Breaking away from traditional motorcycle design, Yamaha explores an electric-powered two wheel commuter bike using an x-shape frame. The purpose behind the EC-f is to design a motorcycle for people with ... Read story »

QR codes in the wild in Japan

Blogs I've been fascinated by QR codes in Japan even before I came here. For anyone wondering what this technology is about, here's a great explanation by Mobile Ojisan from a few ... Read story »

iPhone apps making life in Japan a little easier

Blogs The always awesome Asiajin had a post today about "Koe-tan", a public transit application for the iPhone (iTunes link). The app allows you to speak two train stations into your iPhone ... Read story »

Japan's creativity paradox

Blogs Having lived for a while in China where creating often involves making an alternative spelling for an existing brand, I expected something far different when I came to Japan. Kicking out ... Read story »

Baidu CEO, Robin Li, speaks out

Blogs Robin Li, the co-founder and current CEO of Baidu, the Chinese search engine giant, is--unsurprisingly--a tech superstar. However, we don't get to hear too much from him. So, the Wall Street ... Read story »

Tokyo electric taxis to test battery-swapping service

Crave Better Place will test its battery-swapping service with electric cars used as taxis in Tokyo. A test at Better Place's automated battery-swapping station in Japan earlier this year. The project, ... Read story »

How Nintendo can fend off Apple's gaming challenge

Blogs Way back in March, I wrote a post on here entitled On a collision course: iPhone vs Nintendo DSi. Since then a lot has happened. Most notably, back in September we ... Read story »

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