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US$94M Digital Malaysia Initiative: How Cloud Computing Creates Opportunities

In October 2011, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak launched a rare Digital Malaysia Initiative (DMI) that is meant to turn this South-East Asian country into a hub for e-commerce activities in Asia. This giant, one-of-its-kind project aims at creating an initial 160,000 high-value... more

Unique Challenges Face Japanese Social Media and Technology Start-up Companies

Even though Japan has a long history of being a leader in cutting edge technology, there are some factors that make Japan a particularly difficult environment for most fledgling companies in the social media and the technology sectors. Although this has been especially true in the last decade, many ... more

The Intriguingly Complex World of Mobile Gaming

A start-up firm is “tabula rasa” by nature, and one of its major advantages is the potential for great opportunities. Though well-established at our home base in Japan, we still count ourselves as newbies when it comes to markets outside of Japan. Resources are ready, support is there, but now our p... more

App Development’s Strong Future Begins Now

The mobile gaming industry is undergoing remarkable changes as developers are striving to adopt more efficient ways for consumers to access games. Native applications, seen as a natural transition from web applications are now spreading fast, evidenced by historical data of purchases fom marketplace... more

Smashing Barriers in Japan’s Mobile App Market

The Japanese mobile application market is the one to beat for developers who would like to find success in their field of business. Since Japan holds one of the top-grossing shares in mobile device consumption as well as application downloads, developers from any part of the world see this leading m... more