Back in December 2020 we covered the launch of a new kind of smartphone app-based search engine, Xayn. “A search engine?!” I hear you say? Well, yes, because despite the convenience of modern sear
TMYTEK recently raised a Series A+ round of about $10 million for products that make it easier to test 5G millimeter wave equipment. So far, the company’s clients include KDDI, SoftBank, Fujitsu and
Viber, the messaging app owned by Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten, is poised to implement a controversial new strategy that will see it charge companies that run chatbots on its platform. The convent
This week, I’ve tried to do something new at TechCrunch with this experimental column — getting obsessed about a topic broadly in tech and writing a continuous stream of thoughts and analysis abou
First, a couple of quick follow-ups to our coverage of Form Ds yesterday, and then a deeper dive into the challenges SoftBank is facing with regards to its revenue in Japan. Finally, some notes on rec
Apple SIM, the SIM card that lets iPad users switch between participating carriers in different countries, has launched in Japan through a partnership with KDDI.
Real, practical wireless power is still more fantasy than fact for most, but Ossia has a new strategic partner that could help accelerate its transition to wider availability and usefulness. JapanR
Japan's second largest cellular provider <a target="_blank" href="http://www.kddi.com">KDDI</a> just announced the first U.S. deal for its Open Innovation Fund — a $5 million investment in <a target
Breaking into Japan can be tough for foreign companies since it's culture favors credibility and certainty. So Twilio has just struck an alliance with Japan's well-respected KDDI telecom who will now
<a href="http://www.mobotap.com">MoboTap</a>'s popular Dolphin Browser has racked up over 16 million downloads worldwide, but that hasn't stopped them from taking steps to expand internationally.
T
Japan, one of the <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2008/08/09/japan%E2%80%99s-super-advanced-mobile-web-too-unique-to-serve-as-a-global-blueprint/">most advanced mobile nations</a> in the world, doesn'
Quite big news from Asia's web world today: Japanese telecommunications giant KDDI (US$40 billion revenue) announced [JP] it will buy an 85.5% stake in CDNetworks, the Korea-based content delivery net
Japan’s second biggest carrier <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/kddi/">KDDI</a> took the <a href="http://www.kddi.com/corporate/news_release/2011/0926f/besshi.html">wraps off</a> [JP] a total of
It happened in the US <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/02/02/verizon-iphone-review/">a few months ago</a>, and now something similar is about to happen in Japan, too: in one of Apple's biggest mar
It doesn't happen too often that a European web startup (or any foreign startup, for that matter) makes it in Japan, but <a href="http://www.jimdo.com/">Jimdo</a> is one of the very few examples of th
Last month, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/fujitsu">Fujitsu</a> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/07/18/fujitsu-windows-mango/">in</a> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/07/26/official-japan
Two days ago, Toshiba-Fujtsu in Japan took the wraps of the IS12T, the world's first world’s first phone running Windows Phone 7.5 (aka <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/mango">Mango</a>). We were
As the sun just starts to set here on the West Coast, we've got a bit of news straight from the other side of the globe: Fujitsu and KDDI (Japan's second largest wireless operator) have just confirmed
<a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/kyocera/">Kyocera</a> did what a clever cell phone manufacturer whose home market has the oldest society in the world (over 20% of the Japanese people are 65 or old
First, Fujitsu-Toshiba unveiled the <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/05/16/loox-f-07c-fujitsus-symbianwindows-7-dual-boot-cell-phone-unveiled/">world's first Symbian/Windows 7 dual boot cell phone
Load More