HBO Developing China Doll Series
American cable television network, HBO has been said to be developing a new television series about a mixed-race family and their humanoid robot called China Doll. From the creators of HBO’s Big Love television drama, Mark V. Olsen and Will Schefer’s China Doll project is said to combine Scheffer’s passion for technology and Olsen’s interest [...]
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Angry Birds Seasons – Year of the Dragon
Angry Birds, popular smartphone application game by Rovio Entertainment Ltd. has recently released its latest special edition installment called Angry Birds Seasons. Featuring 145 levels, the latest Seasons update follows the Angry Birds as they head to China in celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year. “Fireworks popping, lanterns glowing, red envelopes bursting with money [...]
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Microsoft “Year of the Dragon” Wireless Mouse
Express yourself with Microsoft’s limited edition 3500 Studio Series wireless mouse featuring eight unique designs by six premiere artists from around the world. In addition to designs by Kirra Jamison, Matt W. Moore, Linn Olofsdotter, Mike Perry and Johnny Wan, the series highlights Beijing-based Nod Young with a celebration of the 2012 Chinese Lunar New [...]
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Groupon Prepares for Launch in Thailand
Groupon, a deal-of-the-day website featuring discounted gift certificates will soon be launching in Thailand early next year. Given Groupon’s already strong presence in the Southeast Asian market (Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia) and following rival LivingSocial’s entry into the country a few months ago, a move to Thailand makes perfect sense. According to Jon Russel of [...]
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Prada + LG
Italian fashion label, Prada has recently announced a renewed partnership with South Korean conglomerate, LG to develop the Prada phone by LG 3.0. Combining the best in style and innovative technology, the Prada phone by LG 3.0 will be the third handset by the collaboration and represents a key design venture for both companies. The [...]
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15th Anniversary Tamagotchi
Tamagotchi, groundbreaking Japanese handheld virtual pet by Bandai has recently celebrated its 15th anniversary. With over 76 million sold worldwide since its launch on November 23, 1996, Bandai has announced its release of a 15th anniversary model to celebrate the achievement. Unlike the traditional three button computer interface of the past, Bandai’s Tamagotchi iD L [...]
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GE Future Folklore
American multinational conglomerate, General Electric has teamed up with I Love Dust and TBWA Shanghai for a trilogy of digital animations called Future Folklore. Joining together traditional Chinese folklore stories and GE’s modern technologies, the animation series follows the story of the Battle of Red Cliffs during the Han Dynasty where in turn becomes a [...]
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Mini Getaway Tokyo
Mini, compact car company by BMW is currently promoting the debut of its Mini Cooper Coupé model in Japan with a location-based smartphone game. Based on the game’s successful launch in Stockholm last year, Tokyo has become the next destination to be engulfed by Mini fans. Although the Japanese game works very similar, this time [...]
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Twitter + Mixi
San Francisco-based social networking site, Twitter Inc. has recently announced a partnership with Japan’s top social network site, Mixi to develop new services. Announced November 30, 2011 during a joint press conference, the two Japanese top social networking services hope to join forces to help strengthen competition against rapidly expanding Facebook. The collaboration’s first product [...]
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Microsoft’s Nanami Madobe
Windows 7, the latest release of Microsoft Windows operating system series has come packaged with an official endorsed mascot in Japan – Nanami Madobe. Originally unofficial personifications of Windows operating systems by various amateur Japanese artists, Nanami Madone is the first official OS-tan, or cute anime representative to endorse the software. Illustrated by Wakaba, Nanami [...]
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