Internet search giant Google has now updated its Google Street View to take netizens on a virtual tour of areas in Japan that were affected by a magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami last March. Google said that this was a fulfillment of the company’s initiative to archive the affected areas in Japan. “Today, we’re making good on that promise — after driving...
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Nintendo has confirmed that the 3DS Slide Pad Expansion accessory for the Nintendo 3DS will be released in Japan before the year ends, on December 10. The 3DS Slide Pad, which was leaked by Famitsu, a Japanese gaming magazine, last week, features an additional analog stick to the right side of the console. The leak got everyone in the industry speculating about the future...
Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson revealed that it suffered a 71 million dollar loss in the second quarter due to the earthquake that hit Japan. The company sold only 7.6 million phone units in the second quarter, a 31 percent decrease year-on-year. Supply constraints due to the earthquake cut sales by 1.5 million units. “The second quarter profitability was affected...
The latest buzz on the internet says that the latest addition of the girl group AKB48 is not a real person, but a CGI creation. Aimi Eguchi, the latest star of the girl band AKB 48, wrote on her website that she was just a normal 16-year-old from the northern parts of Tokyo and she enjoys track and field. Her cute features skyrocketed her popularity. Eguchi blogged that...
We mentioned a few weeks back the possibilities of Near Field Communication (NFC) letting us pay for just about everything using our phones. While this still sounds a bit farfetched in most countries there is somewhere in the world where it is already an accepted technology which a lot of people use every day. Can you guess where? It is no surprise to see that the place...