Japan Social Media
LINE Is The Top App Two Years Straight
According to the iOS/Android Application Ranking 2014 by revenue announced by App Annie (US), a free message and communication application “LINE” ranked No.1. (Gaming apps not included) LINE was ranked No.1 last year, too. LINE’s other apps, “LINE PLAY” ranked at No.3, and “LINE Manga” also ranked No.6 on the[…]
Continue »Yahoo Japan launches “Tweets Sentiment Analysis Tool”
Last week, Yahoo Japan announced the launch of their official version of Tweets Sentiment Analysis Tool. The tool analyzes the tweets to determine if they are “positive” or “negative” comments against the search queries. They launched the beta version of the tool in 2013, and just launched the official version[…]
Continue »Japanese Want to Stay Anonymous Online
Continue »Mixi’s another attempt to stay alive
Since it opened in 2003, mixi has grown the user base quite rapidly, became one of the biggest social networking sites in the world. 10 years later, the social environment has changed, and they seem to be struggling to maintain the user base, and to expand the social services to[…]
Continue »Japanese Mobile Social Media – Find your best match
All top mobile social sites in Japan are doing well, and attracting more advertisers. You may think that you should be at both places to get the most exposures. But, you may not have a luxury of advertising everywhere you want to be. See the data here to make the smart decision.
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