Archives May, 2011
An Event to Debut Japanese Web/Mobile Startups SF Japan Night Announcement of 1st Round Nominees | 05-27-2011
by Brandon | Posted in Events & Seminars, General (English), Japanese StartupsOn June 28, 2011, btrax will be holding the 2nd SF Japan Night in conjunction with SF New Tech. The theme of this event is “Catalyzing the Revival” where we are encouraging our local SF Bay Area tech community to help the Japanese economy in disaster relief by jump starting six lucky Japanese startups onto the global stage.
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Interesting Aspects of the Top Japanese Web Companies’ Office Spaces | 05-27-2011
by Brandon | Posted in General (English), Japanese StartupsWe found
Tags: Corporate Culture, Japanese, Japanese Startups Comments
Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands | 05-21-2011
by shuz | Posted in Chinese Market Trends, Design & Branding, General (English)In the latest “Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands” report, Apple has replaced Google, which was the winner for the past 4 years, to be the top valued brand. In this ranking list, the US companies accounted for almost half of the top brands, while China has become the second largest country which occupies 12 positions.
Tags: Baidu, Brands, BrandZ, China, China Branding, China Mobile, Millward Brown, Top 100 Comments
Japan’s Recovery Can Start Here in San Francisco | 05-13-2011
by Greg | Posted in Entrepreneur, Japanese StartupsIn light of the Japan’s worst disaster, web tech startups are giving the nation of Japan some hope for normalcy and economic recovery with their efforts to go global. In fact, the entry point for web tech globalization seems to be San Francisco. In a local SF article, San Francisco was named as the second-fastest growing city in high-tech employment, ...
Tags: btrax, Japanese, Japanese Startups, SF Japan Night, SF New Tech Comments
10 Big Brand Websites That Break on the iPad | 05-04-2011
by shuz | Posted in General (English), Mobile Trends
Tags: iPad, Mobile Device UX Comments
Feel On! – An iPhone App Shows Your Tweet-motions in Manga | 05-02-2011
by Brandon | Posted in General (English), Japanese StartupsHave you ever dreamed about getting better ways to convert your emotions via twitter? Are you experiencing a hard time figuring out the feelings behind a tweet? With this new iPhone app called “Feel on!“, view the Twitter-motions of the tweet and also see it in manga format. For example, if you tweet includes words such as “I am pissed…”, ...
Tags: iPhone App, Japanese Tech, Mobile, Mobile Technology Comments
