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Why Japanese Social Networks Are Best for Social Gaming

Amidst the good predictions on the lucrativeness of the gaming market, it is inevitable that some investors still have reservations after hearing news contrary to this. The social gaming community, however, needs to look at the likes of the large social gaming market in Japan, South Korea, and other... more

Small Business Innovation with Cloud Computing

Small businesses have been identified as the most unwilling adopters of cloud technology. This is due in part to the confusion the term “cloud computing” evokes in many managers of small businesses. This article tackles some points as to why small businesses should view cloud as an business innovati... more

Penetrating Japan’s Social Gaming Market: A Culture-Centric Approach

The Japanese cell phone market has always been known to be a tough market to crack. The reason for this is that Japan has a large number of feature phone manufacturers and a phone feature set which is unique to the country.This has led to very hard market penetration for foreign-made phone apps. Wit... more

Exploiting Hardware Differences in Cloud Data Centers

Any large cloud vendor would have several data centers located in many different parts of the world. All of this equipment would be of differing vintage. Even if the all data centers started off with identical equipment; over time, they would be subject to differing schedules of hardware maintenance... more

Japanese Social Gaming Companies Embracing Box Gacha After the Kompu Gacha Ban

In May of 2012, the Japanese government banned kompu gacha dealing a huge blow to Japan's biggest social gaming companies. Gacha is a game mechanic in which players test their luck for their chance to win a mystery item paying real world money for each of these transactions. Since the transactions a... more