Kara Swisher in AsiaD on August 3, 2011 at 4:01 pm PT
Walt and Kara take in the digital sights in Seoul, including starring on Samsung’s video wall.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on March 18, 2011 at 4:30 am PT
Salesforce.com’s EVP for Technology talks about Chatter.com, the whole Super Bowl thing, and the company’s priorities in mobile devices.
Juro Osawa, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 8, 2011 at 10:09 am PT
Many stressed workers and maybe even one or two looking for marriage partners, pound the well-trod circuit around Toyko’s Imperial Palace Gardens each day with earphones funneling music to match the mood. But as any jogger can tell you, reaching for the portable music player to press pause, or fast forward to the next track mid-stride can be tricky, or even embarrassingly uncool.
Juro Osawa, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 7, 2011 at 12:00 am PT
In Japan’s mobile phone market, as in many other countries, Apple Inc.’s iPhone and rival smartphones based on Google Inc.’s Android platform are undoubtedly the hottest commodities right now. Still, Japanese mobile carriers haven’t forgotten about those who are looking for a different kind of style and glamour when choosing new handsets.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 7, 2011 at 2:07 pm PT
As Groupon and LivingSocial scramble for first-mover advantage and launch in as many as eight new markets a day, Gilt City is taking a different approach to the group-buying market.
John Paczkowski in News on November 10, 2010 at 12:37 pm PT
The process servers Oracle’s hired to track down former SAP Chief Leo Apotheker can take a few days off. Apotheker, who’s just begun his new gig as CEO of Hewlett-Packard, is far beyond their 100-mile reach.
Juro Osawa, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 2, 2010 at 8:09 am PT
In Japan, if you buy a map of the world, it will probably have Japan right at the center –- with the Eurasia continent to the left, and the Americas to the right.
That’s what the world used to look like to the country’s electronics makers. But now, Panasonic Corp., like many of its Japanese peers, is drawing a new map.
Daisuke Wakabayashi, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 8, 2010 at 2:30 pm PT
Ride a Tokyo subway and you are almost guaranteed to see two groups of people: Those who are sleeping — not just casual nappers, but folks who are full-on, deep-REM-cycle, drool-down-the-chin asleep. The other group comprises people staring blankly or furiously punching the keys of clamshell phones with giant screens.
Timothy Hay, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 1, 2010 at 8:00 am PT
Osuke Honda, a general partner with Menlo Park, Calif.-based venture firm DCM, says he has been traveling back and forth between Japan and the U.S. all his life. He spearheads many of DCM’s investments in Japanese companies from the firm’s office in Tokyo, and this week participated in a $12 million Series B funding for augmented-reality company Tonchidot Corp.
