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3 Innovative Companies to Watch in 2013: Quirky, SkoutMe and MYO Laura Leiva & Horace C. White Modern Tokyo Times Innovative companies and designs are changing the way we live – bringing opportunity and development right to the fingertips. Companies around the world strive to offer the best and newest devices or tools into daily [...]
April 18th, 2013 | Filed under Business,Latest Articles,Lifestyle,Social Trends,Technology,World | Read More »

Cooliris App: Takes Social Photo Integration to a New Level Laura Leiva Modern Tokyo Times The use of social media continues to grow each year and most users have accounts in various platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Flickr. Instead of uploading photographs taken by an iPhone or iPad and stored in the camera roll [...]
April 11th, 2013 | Filed under America,Business,Japan,Latest Articles,Lifestyle,North America,Social Trends,Technology,World | Read More »

Google Mechanisms and Info Wars: National Security, State Sponsored Attacks and Manipulation Joachim de Villiers and James Jomo Modern Tokyo Times The information war is gathering apace in many areas and the importance of social networking is going from strength to strength. It does appear that Google is doing a noble thing by protecting individuals [...]
March 24th, 2013 | Filed under America,Latest Articles,North America,Social Trends,Technology,World | Read More »

4 Cool Apps for Expanding in the Chinese Market Laura Leiva and Horace C. White Modern Tokyo Times For some entrepreneurs, expanding into the Asian market is on the list of goals, but in order to carry business to a country like China, one must be willing to take risks and bridge cultures to create [...]
March 12th, 2013 | Filed under Asia,Business,China,Latest Articles,Lifestyle,Social Trends,Technology,World | Read More »

Technology in this day and age: Let the game begin Horace C. White Modern Tokyo Times Not since the most recent Lebron James pre-game ”acrobatic dunk” have web watchers been so captivated in the possibility of “King James” entering the Slam Dunk contest that we often overlook the rise of Samsung, Lenovo (LNVGY), and Huawei, taking [...]
February 28th, 2013 | Filed under America,Business,Latest Articles,Lifestyle,North America,Social Trends,Technology,World | Read More »

The Legend of Momotaro: Lovely App Introducing Japanese Culture to Children Laura Leiva Modern Tokyo Times The iPad has proved to be a resourceful tool for people of all ages and The Legend of Momotaro is a perfect example of how technology and literature come together to create a fascinating application for young children. [...]
February 17th, 2013 | Filed under America,Business,Business,Culture,Education,Japan,Latest Articles,Lifestyle,North America,Social Trends,Technology,World | Read More »

Japanese Business, Tech and Online Fashion News: Rakuten, Stylife and American Apparel Tomoko Hara and Sarah Deschamps Modern Tokyo Times Rakuten Inc. is intent on revitalizing Stylife Corp. by increasing its current 32.5% stake in this company, in order to make it a subsidiary which is owned by Rakuten. It was reported several days ago [...]
February 14th, 2013 | Filed under Business,Business,Business,Culture,Culture,Fashion,Fashion,Japan,Kansai,Latest Articles,Lifestyle,Osaka,Social Trends,Technology,Tokyo,Tokyo Life,World | Read More »

Three Social Platforms On The Rise: RebelMouse, Google+ and Stockr Laura Leiva & Horace C. White Modern Tokyo Times The rise of social media is evident in many countries around the world – almost half of all adults in the United States and beyond use some form of social media on a daily basis. [...]
December 23rd, 2012 | Filed under America,Business,Latest Articles,Lifestyle,North America,Social Trends,Technology,World | Read More »

Sony moves to 3rd in Smartphone sector due to underperformance of others: Samsung and Apple James Jomo and Jay Doggett Modern Tokyo Times For many decades the name Sony meant dynamism and a tech giant which could challenge the most potent of international competitors. Yet in recent times the global power of major Japanese companies [...]
December 6th, 2012 | Filed under Business,Business,Japan,Latest Articles,Social Trends,Technology,World | Read More »

Smartphone internet revolution shaking up China Walter Sebastian and Hiroshi Saito Modern Tokyo Times The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will now have to amend aspects of its “Great Firewall of China” policy. This applies to the shifting balance from desktop computers to the usage of mobile phones to obtain information from the internet. It [...]
November 26th, 2012 | Filed under Asia,Business,China,Latest Articles,Lifestyle,Northeast Asia,Social Trends,Technology,World | Read More »

LinkedIn and Japanese market: reaching out to a new audience Pierre Leblanc and Hiroshi Saito Modern Tokyo Times LinkedIn Corp. is hoping to further expand in Asia after first entering this continent in 2009 by focusing on English speaking areas. However, this began to change in Japan because since late 2011 the service became available [...]
October 30th, 2012 | Filed under America,Business,Business,Japan,Latest Articles,North America,Social Trends,Technology,World | Read More »

Internet Explorer 9: Ten Alternative Web Browsers Marcella Glenn and Horace C. White Modern Tokyo Times Everyone knows what Internet Explorer is; it is a staple of all computers with the Windows OS. When people buy a new computer, Internet Explorer is already loaded and available for use. It takes little effort to activate Internet [...]
October 20th, 2012 | Filed under America,Business,Latest Articles,North America,Social Trends,Technology,World | Read More »