Category: Technology

More signs that Apple is doing well in Japan. The iPod is proving a colossal hit on the Japanese electronics and entertainment giant’s own turf. The tiny white machine is catching on as a fashion statement and turning into a cultural icon in Japan, much the same way it won a fanatic following in the…

When the Apple Store opened in Ginza last year, 5,000 people queued up outside, more than for Louis Vuitton’s Omotesando store opening the year before. In the first week the store brought in around ¥100 million in sales and since then, the store is reported to have averaged 5,000 visitors a day—on weekdays. Last month,…

And the Microsoft invasion continues. Microsoft Corp. said on Wednesday it was launching its first-ever Web log service in Japan next week and aimed to have one million users in the first year, intensifying competition with Google Inc. More info in the full Yahoo! News article.

Nooooooooooo… U.S. computer giant Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates has expressed interest in buying Japan’s Nintendo Co, the German economic weekly Wirtschafts Woche reported in its electronic edition on Wednesday. Gates revealed his interest at a meeting of economic analysts in the United States. The magazine quoted Gates as saying he would immediately make an…

The final design of the upcoming Nintendo DS portable game machine has been announced (the version presented at the E3 show a few months ago was just a demo). I must say it’s looking nice, and I’m quite looking forward to playing SUPER MARIO 64 on my daily commutes. And speaking of portable gaming, I…

About 1,500 Tokyoites lined up to get their hands on the first shipment of iPod minis to Japan, according to Apple. But when the store’s doors were thrown open at 10 a.m., the two young men at the head of the line refused to enter because of the small army of reporters waiting inside to…

Seems like Apple won’t be having any trouble selling their iPod Minis in Japan. Thousands of people lined up outside electronics stores in Japan on Saturday as Apple Computer launched sales of its iPod Mini digital music player. About 1,500 people were lined up outside Apple’s store in Tokyo’s Ginza district before the store opened…

This is brilliant, and something I need to get: a bottle cap tripod for digital cameras. It’s from Japan, of course. Link via Boing Boing.