Japanese mobile social gaming firm GREE is set to announce the result of a bumper year with local media reporting that the firm could see its operating profits rise 300...

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mixi, one of the biggest social networks in the world, and the largest in Japan, is introducing a ‘social pages' feature today.  No doubt inspired by the success of pages in Facebook, the new service will allow users to look at ‘pages' for businesses and individuals, and also will allow for ‘public' pages.  This is a change for the usually (and very Japanese) private social network, where a login and confirmation is necessary to see anything on the site.

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Japan is probably one of the biggest markets for portable TVs in the world, but because the digital standard used in those devices (1Seg) has only been adopted by Japan and a few South American countries so far, I usually don't cover new models coming out. But Panasonic's SV-ME970, announced [JP] today, is different: it has Android 2.1 on board and lets users surf the web.

Read More: Via Android 2.1: Panasonic Adds Web Browsing To Their Japanese Mini TVs

Japan is probably one of the biggest markets for portable TVs in the world, but because the digital standard used in those devices (1Seg) has only been adopted by Japan and a few South American countries so far, I usually don't cover new models coming out. But Panasonic's SV-ME970, announced [JP] today, is different: it has Android 2.1 on board and lets users surf the web.

Read More: Via Android 2.1: Panasonic Adds Web Browsing To Their Japanese Mini TVs