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[…]

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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[…]

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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[…]

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