面白いニュースだなぁ。。。ＭＣハマーが検索エンジンをやるんなら、サービス名は「Hammer Time」でしょうにw
ラップ歌手のＭＣハマー、独自の検索エンジンを発表
（ＣＮＮ） 米ラップ歌手で近年は実業家として活動するＭＣハマー氏が、独自の検索エンジン「ＷｉｒｅＤｏｏ」を発表し、グーグルなどの大手を超えると意気込みを示した。
米サンフランシスコで先週開かれたネット業界のイベント「Ｗｅｂ２．０サミット」で明らかにした。
構想は２年前からスタートしていたという。同氏はグーグルをしのぐ機能として「深い検索」を挙げた。直接の検索結果だけでなく、関連する話題についての情報も表示されるのが特長だという。
同氏によれば、開発チームが現在、試作版の製作に取り組んでいる。専用サイトでは、試作版のモニター登録を受け付けている。
2011年11月10日木曜日
2011年8月18日木曜日
Path
今朝、Nikkeiの記事を見て、アプリをインストールしてみたが、非常に使い勝手が良いのでお勧めします。
Facebookも利用者が急増して、自分の友達リストも古い友人や同僚や上司、取引先などでごった返してきていると思います。
これだけ広がっちゃうと、自分が書く内容や写真なども気を付けないとと思うし、一部の人には見せたいけど、
全員には見せたくないものも沢山あると思います。
Facebook上には既に公開限定機能があるのですが、それをいちいち設定するのは面倒臭い。
そこで、このPathというiPhoneアプリの出番です。
基本的にはInstagram + Facebookと言う感じで写真がメインになっていますが、見せる人を限定するのです。
自分で撮った写真をPath経由でUPすると、Facebookとリンクさせている場合、Facebook上にも写真が登場しますが、見れる人は限られてます。
これで、普段仲の良い友人達だけで共有出来るフォトシェアリングが可能になったと言う事で、気兼ねなく使い倒したいと思います（笑
世界で最も著名なＶＣであるクライナー・パーキンズ・コーフィールド＆バイヤーズ（ＫＰＣＢ）が今春投資して話題になった新興ＳＮＳが、Ｐａｔｈ（パス＝米カリフォルニア州）だ。共同創業者で最高経営責任者（ＣＥＯ）のデイブ・モリンは元ＦＢ幹部。音楽ファイル交換サービスで一世を風びしたナップスターを作ったショーン・ファニングと共同創業した。株主にはセールスフォース・ドットコムＣＥＯのマーク・ベニオフ氏が個人として、日本のデジタルガレージが会社として名を連ねる。ＫＰＣＢとＶＣ投資のリード役を分け合うインデックス・ベンチャーズは、元シスコシステムズ幹部のパートナー、マイク・ボルピを取締役に送り込んでいる。シリコンバレーのオールスター・キャストといった布陣だ。
パスの特徴は利用者が登録できる「ともだち」が50人限定であることと、写真の共有を主な用途に想定していること。50人限定にしたのは、人間がある時点で親しい関係として交流できる人数が50～60人であるとする進化人類学者ロビン・ダンバーの学説にヒントを得た。逆に言うと、厳選した50人に対しては、ほぼ気兼ねなくどんな情報でも共有できるはず。「普通の世間付き合いはＦＢで。親しい者同士のネットワークはパスで」といった特徴付けが可能になる。
2011年8月17日水曜日
「マンションの１室から脱出せよ」 大人の遊びが盛況
これ、やってみたい。。。
「マンションの１室から脱出せよ」 大人の遊びが盛況
ディズニー・集英社・日立製作所も注目 「謎」のプロ集団
８月２日夜、見知らぬ男女11人があるマンションの１室に閉じ込められていた。ドアは内側から開かない。脱出するためには部屋のいたるところに隠されているヒントを見つけ、謎を解き、小さなカギのありかと入手方法を見つける必要がある。「そっちの部屋で何か見つかってない？」「時間ないよ」「ちょっとみんな落ち着こう」……。 点在するヒントを手がかりに制限時間内の脱出を試みる「リアル脱出ゲーム」。その常設型のイベント施設が７月にお目見えし、人気を博している。場所は東京・東新宿に立つマンション。1970年竣工と古いが、異端の建築家として知られる渡辺洋治氏が「軍艦」をモチーフに設計した個性的なデザインが特徴で、今年２月にリノベーションされた。 この「軍艦マンション」の１室を借り切り、３部屋に机や椅子、ソファー、流し台、冷蔵庫といった家具・生活用品を設置。いたる場所に、カード、文字の配列、何らかの道具といった手がかりが置いてあり、それらを合わせて知恵を絞ると、最終的にドアを開けるカギが隠されている場所や、カギを入手する方法がわかる仕掛けだ。 いったん部屋に入ると、謎を解くか、制限時間が訪れない限り、ドアから出ることはできない。部屋の隅には「座敷童」と呼ばれるスタッフがいるが、話しかけてはいけない 謎の内容はしばらく変わらないため「ネタばれ」はできないが、夏場開催ということもあり、途中、ひやりとする演出も。参加人数は１回、11人で１日４回～５回。制限時間は１時間。これに学生から大人が殺到し、今のところ満員御礼で推移している。８月末までの予約分はほぼ完売で、７日から始まった９月以降の予約も早々に埋まりつつある。 運営はイベント企画やフリーペーパーの編集を手がけるＳＣＲＡＰ（スクラップ、京都）。2007年からリアル脱出ゲームの草分けとして不定期のイベントを開催し、これまでに延べ５万人以上を動員。今夏、初めて常設型に挑戦した。ディズニー、集英社、日立製作所といった企業からもひっきりなしにイベント企画の依頼が舞い込む、「謎」の知られざるプロ集団である。 <続く> 
2011年7月30日土曜日
2011年4月18日月曜日
恐怖との戦い
3月11日以降、余震が続く中（と言うよりは、もう余震と呼べるレベルでは無い地震が続く中）で人々は見えない恐怖心と戦っています。
地震発生直後は、更に大きな地震が発生するのでは無いか？と言う不安から、様々な憶測が飛び交いましたね。 津波は大丈夫か？
家やオフィスの建物は大丈夫か？
交通機関は大丈夫か？
家族との安否確認が取れるか？
食料やトイレットペーパー等の物質は足りるのか？
それから、原発問題が発生し、更に不安が煽られて、人々は恐怖心を膨らましたと思います。 空気は安全か？
水は安全か？
食料は安全か？
どうしたら、いいのか？
子供達は外に出しても平気なのか？
そして、海外メディアでは、日本の状況を深刻視して、自分達の国にも被害が及ぶのではと恐怖に追われています。こう言う場合、メディアは色々な情報で恐怖を煽るので、事故判断が出来なくなって来ます。
昨日、米ABCドラマの「Flash Forward」を見終わりました。世界中の人が同じタイミングで気絶して、同じ日時の未来を見てしまい、様々な恐怖や問題が発生すると言う内容の物語です。
未来が見えない恐怖と、未来が見えてしまった為の恐怖。どちらも健康的では無いですね。
逆にこう言う時だからこそ、風評に左右されずに、個人が必要な事をプライオリティ付けをして見直すタイミングなんだと思います。
因みに、私はテレビのニュースで原発問題の報道を見るのを止めました。
毎日、水が減っただの入っただの、何ミリシーベルトと言う情報収集に時間を使うなら、自分個人がやるべき事に集中する時間にあてる様にしました。
これからの日本経済はシビアな時期を迎えると思います。
子供達の為に、どうすれば良いのか、今から自分の出来る事を考えています。
最終的に全く役に立たないかも知れませんが、it's worth a try 何事も挑戦に意義があるのです。
地震発生直後は、更に大きな地震が発生するのでは無いか？と言う不安から、様々な憶測が飛び交いましたね。 津波は大丈夫か？
家やオフィスの建物は大丈夫か？
交通機関は大丈夫か？
家族との安否確認が取れるか？
食料やトイレットペーパー等の物質は足りるのか？
それから、原発問題が発生し、更に不安が煽られて、人々は恐怖心を膨らましたと思います。 空気は安全か？
水は安全か？
食料は安全か？
どうしたら、いいのか？
子供達は外に出しても平気なのか？
そして、海外メディアでは、日本の状況を深刻視して、自分達の国にも被害が及ぶのではと恐怖に追われています。こう言う場合、メディアは色々な情報で恐怖を煽るので、事故判断が出来なくなって来ます。
昨日、米ABCドラマの「Flash Forward」を見終わりました。世界中の人が同じタイミングで気絶して、同じ日時の未来を見てしまい、様々な恐怖や問題が発生すると言う内容の物語です。
未来が見えない恐怖と、未来が見えてしまった為の恐怖。どちらも健康的では無いですね。
逆にこう言う時だからこそ、風評に左右されずに、個人が必要な事をプライオリティ付けをして見直すタイミングなんだと思います。
因みに、私はテレビのニュースで原発問題の報道を見るのを止めました。
毎日、水が減っただの入っただの、何ミリシーベルトと言う情報収集に時間を使うなら、自分個人がやるべき事に集中する時間にあてる様にしました。
これからの日本経済はシビアな時期を迎えると思います。
子供達の為に、どうすれば良いのか、今から自分の出来る事を考えています。
最終的に全く役に立たないかも知れませんが、it's worth a try 何事も挑戦に意義があるのです。
2011年3月18日金曜日
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
I would like to ask for your donation to Civic Force who is a non-profit disaster response organization in Japan.
There are many people who has been affected by the Tsunami in the northern part of Japan and Civic Force is one of the first group to fly-in the area to start the support. As you can see in these NY times photo of how tragic these situations are, there are still many support needed in many area.
Takao Ozawa who is the board member of Civic Force has been updating their activity on Picasa and Facebook (in Japanese). I didn't want to recommend any fishy org. to my friends so I was searching for the legitimate one and here it is.
Any donation would be helpful. It's not the amount but action that counts.
Please spread the word to your friends as well. Your help is hightly appreciated.
Donations via Wire Transfer:
Bank Name:Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Branch Name: Aoyama Branch
Branch Number: 258
Account Number: 6973031(Japanese yen account)
Account Name: Civic Force
Bank Address: 3-8-38 Minami Aoyama, Minatoku, Tokyo 107-0062 Japan
Bank Tel: +81-3-3404-2112
Swift code:SMBCJPJT
Donation via Credit Card: JustGiving.com
Best,
Yuji Endo
2011年2月8日火曜日
Mobile Wallet
My comment appeared in WSJ regarding mobile wallets.
NFC is a great way to leverage the penetrated technology and makes it easy for the consumer to use it. If the government enforces these transaction technology, then it will be easier to penetrate but since there are so many competitons, you need to install many apps on the phone depends on which stores you go to... Docomo being dominent on the mobile but as for the prepaid service, "Suica" provided by Japan Railways are the most active mobile wallet apps since most of Japanese commutes on train.
Mobile Wallets Poised for European Takeoff
By KATHY GORDON
Handbag and wallet makers beware: the day when we will finally be able to leave the house with just our mobile phone is approaching. Contactless payments are being integrated into mobile phones so they can be waved past a mobile reader to pay for our shopping.
The technology isn't new. Consumers can already "wave and pay" at certain shops in countries around the world with contactless payment cards like Mastercard's PayPass and Visa's WavePay which contain an embedded near-field communication, or NFC, microchip that communicates with a reader to process payment transactions.
An experiment with mobile wallets in Spain has been successful.
But despite plenty of hype, the rest of the world is years behind Japan, where osaifu-keitai or mobile wallets are used at over 300,000 retail outlets across the country, a network that has taken seven years to build.
Tokyo resident Yuji Endo has been using osaifu-keitai for two years and says speed is the biggest benefit of the system. "It works great at the kiosks at the train station when you want to buy a newspaper and jump on the train," he says. Although it hasn't entirely negated the need for a wallet, because not all stores have mobile readers, "there is less change in your pocket and most convenience stores now have the system, so you don't need to take the wallet from your pocket." Still, his gripes include annual membership fees and the few minutes it takes to charge the credit on the mobile wallet if your balance is low.
The success of the service in Japan is a product of the unique mobile market there. NTT Docomo is the dominant player, with around a 50% share of total subscribers, and it has worked with handset makers, retailers, ticket outlets and transport organizations to encourage take-up.
Elsewhere network operators, handset makers, retailers, banks and IT specialists are still squabbling over who gets what slice of the mobile wallet pie, hence the lengthy stasis outside of Japan. Sporadic trials have been run in several countries but only now are the fragmented players planning commercial launches.
"It's a chicken and egg situation," says Howard Wilcox, analyst at telecoms research firm Juniper Research. "Until handset makers see a demand for NFC-enabled phones, they won't produce them, and equally retailers won't install point of sale technology until the handsets are there to drive demand."
The handsets are, however, beginning to gain traction. Google Inc's Nexus S phone, available in most European countries, is NFC-enabled, and Nokia's C7 touch-screen phone includes an NFC chip and will be upgraded with NFC software to allow mobile payments this year. Nokia has also pledged to include NFC chips in all its Symbian-powered smartphone portfolio from this year. Samsung also has a few NFC enabled phones, one of which, the Samsung Star NFC, was used in a large-scale mobile wallet trial in Spain last year.
Laura Montoya lives in the coastal town of Sitges, north of Barcelona in Spain. There Spanish bank la Caixa, network operator Telefonica and payments giant Visa have been running a mobile wallet trial in collaboration with around 500 shops. Ms. Montoya could access her la Caixa bank account through her mobile phone, using a "one-swipe" action to buy goods for under €20. Anything over that amount she would swipe and then enter her pin number. "It was faster most of the time, especially if you paid for goods under €20," she said, "and mobile payments can be very helpful, especially when paying small amounts of money."
She didn't leave her purse at home though, because not all shops were equipped to take mobile payments, "but if they were available everywhere, I would have left my wallet at home several times."
The question of security came up quickly when Ms. Montoya and the other trial participants were introduced to the service, but she says their concerns were easily allayed. "Mobile payments are as safe as credit cards. You have to enter your pin for payments over €20 and la Caixa guarantees safety through any electronic channel or they will give your money back."
The critical mass of NFC-equipped phones has made a true European commercial launch much more feasible.
Everything Everywhere, the U.K. joint venture between France Telecom's Orange and Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile, has pledged to launch a commercial mobile wallet service in conjunction with Barclaycard by the second quarter of 2011.
Across Europe, Orange has pledged to roll out NFC services to most of its European operations by the second half of 2011, and the French government is providing funding for nine cities, including Paris, Marseille and Toulouse to join Nice in rolling out NFC services.
There are also a growing number of shops that already accept contactless payments, including Cafe Nero, Pret A Manger, Boots and Ikea in the U.K., all of which will be able to accept mobile swipe-and-pay.
Press reports have speculated that Apple plans to include NFC chips in the next iteration of the iPhone and iPad. The company declined comment. but the company wouldn't comment on these rumors.
NFC is a great way to leverage the penetrated technology and makes it easy for the consumer to use it. If the government enforces these transaction technology, then it will be easier to penetrate but since there are so many competitons, you need to install many apps on the phone depends on which stores you go to... Docomo being dominent on the mobile but as for the prepaid service, "Suica" provided by Japan Railways are the most active mobile wallet apps since most of Japanese commutes on train.
Mobile Wallets Poised for European Takeoff
By KATHY GORDON
Handbag and wallet makers beware: the day when we will finally be able to leave the house with just our mobile phone is approaching. Contactless payments are being integrated into mobile phones so they can be waved past a mobile reader to pay for our shopping.
The technology isn't new. Consumers can already "wave and pay" at certain shops in countries around the world with contactless payment cards like Mastercard's PayPass and Visa's WavePay which contain an embedded near-field communication, or NFC, microchip that communicates with a reader to process payment transactions.
An experiment with mobile wallets in Spain has been successful.
But despite plenty of hype, the rest of the world is years behind Japan, where osaifu-keitai or mobile wallets are used at over 300,000 retail outlets across the country, a network that has taken seven years to build.
Tokyo resident Yuji Endo has been using osaifu-keitai for two years and says speed is the biggest benefit of the system. "It works great at the kiosks at the train station when you want to buy a newspaper and jump on the train," he says. Although it hasn't entirely negated the need for a wallet, because not all stores have mobile readers, "there is less change in your pocket and most convenience stores now have the system, so you don't need to take the wallet from your pocket." Still, his gripes include annual membership fees and the few minutes it takes to charge the credit on the mobile wallet if your balance is low.
The success of the service in Japan is a product of the unique mobile market there. NTT Docomo is the dominant player, with around a 50% share of total subscribers, and it has worked with handset makers, retailers, ticket outlets and transport organizations to encourage take-up.
Elsewhere network operators, handset makers, retailers, banks and IT specialists are still squabbling over who gets what slice of the mobile wallet pie, hence the lengthy stasis outside of Japan. Sporadic trials have been run in several countries but only now are the fragmented players planning commercial launches.
"It's a chicken and egg situation," says Howard Wilcox, analyst at telecoms research firm Juniper Research. "Until handset makers see a demand for NFC-enabled phones, they won't produce them, and equally retailers won't install point of sale technology until the handsets are there to drive demand."
The handsets are, however, beginning to gain traction. Google Inc's Nexus S phone, available in most European countries, is NFC-enabled, and Nokia's C7 touch-screen phone includes an NFC chip and will be upgraded with NFC software to allow mobile payments this year. Nokia has also pledged to include NFC chips in all its Symbian-powered smartphone portfolio from this year. Samsung also has a few NFC enabled phones, one of which, the Samsung Star NFC, was used in a large-scale mobile wallet trial in Spain last year.
Laura Montoya lives in the coastal town of Sitges, north of Barcelona in Spain. There Spanish bank la Caixa, network operator Telefonica and payments giant Visa have been running a mobile wallet trial in collaboration with around 500 shops. Ms. Montoya could access her la Caixa bank account through her mobile phone, using a "one-swipe" action to buy goods for under €20. Anything over that amount she would swipe and then enter her pin number. "It was faster most of the time, especially if you paid for goods under €20," she said, "and mobile payments can be very helpful, especially when paying small amounts of money."
She didn't leave her purse at home though, because not all shops were equipped to take mobile payments, "but if they were available everywhere, I would have left my wallet at home several times."
The question of security came up quickly when Ms. Montoya and the other trial participants were introduced to the service, but she says their concerns were easily allayed. "Mobile payments are as safe as credit cards. You have to enter your pin for payments over €20 and la Caixa guarantees safety through any electronic channel or they will give your money back."
The critical mass of NFC-equipped phones has made a true European commercial launch much more feasible.
Everything Everywhere, the U.K. joint venture between France Telecom's Orange and Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile, has pledged to launch a commercial mobile wallet service in conjunction with Barclaycard by the second quarter of 2011.
Across Europe, Orange has pledged to roll out NFC services to most of its European operations by the second half of 2011, and the French government is providing funding for nine cities, including Paris, Marseille and Toulouse to join Nice in rolling out NFC services.
There are also a growing number of shops that already accept contactless payments, including Cafe Nero, Pret A Manger, Boots and Ikea in the U.K., all of which will be able to accept mobile swipe-and-pay.
Press reports have speculated that Apple plans to include NFC chips in the next iteration of the iPhone and iPad. The company declined comment. but the company wouldn't comment on these rumors.
2011年2月7日月曜日
LunaTik
This is a great way to leverage your iPod nano as a watch. I want one!!
LunaTik - Assembly Instructions from Visere on Vimeo.
2011年2月5日土曜日
Creativity
Creativity is exciting. Since I want something new and innovating, when I see these new designs, I get excited. It's new proposal for lifestyle which provide new trend. Hope these creativity will spread throughout various industry like virus... so I can always be excited.
What is being creative? from Kristian Ulrich Larsen on Vimeo.
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