fusionbureau produced the 'Virus Hunter' Flash based quiz for a Norton 360 campaign currently running on OCN - Japan's largest ISP.
Try out the quiz before the campaign finishes on September 28th. http://www.ocn.ne.jp/security/norton360/
With the release of Safari 5.0 the Apple browser now has the ability to add extensions just like the ones for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. The Safari Extensions Gallery provides tools for Twitter, Facebook, Gmail, and many more are listed. These extensions are built with HTML5, CSS and JavaScript.
With only a few extensions available it is to be expected that developers will want to mark their territory and create their killer extensions. Meanwhile development for and popularity of the Mozilla add-ons program seems to slow down (see graphic) after its peak during summer 2009. But with its 13,090 ad-ons, Mozilla will stay ahead of competition for a while longer. Safari Extensions Gallery
With my 2-year phone contract coming to an end I finally will be able to switch to a smartphone. The Japanese feature phones I have used so far were never that useful as most of the features were either just gimmicks or inaccessible due to the language barrier. So now is the perfect opportunity to look around and see what's available on the Japanese market in terms of user friendly smartphones. Listed below are phones with a large touch screen and a relatively open developer community.
An overview of touchscreen smartphones available in Japan as of Summer 2010: * Apple iPhone4 softbankWe have just completed a logo design project for PCON (short for Peel Consultancy) a fresh, specialist business providing a wide of services for companies wishing to take advantage of the many grant & incentive programs for business development in Belgium. Servicing the full range of customers from small startups to large multi-nationals, PCON has a particular interest in R&D, education & employment (HR), investments, and ecological & energy saving programs. The company is headed by the very affable and motivated Didier Peel, who tells us that the funding from grants & incentive programs at the regional and federal level in Belgium, and also in various European programmes are the most interesting for his clients. The logo design we created for PCON is reflective of Didier's no-nonsense, professional and progressive approach to business. The logo needed to appeal to the wide range of clients that PCON services, without appearing overly traditional for the progressive and dynamic businesses, or too radical for the more conservative companies. Conceptually the idea for the logo represents how a consultancy business is able to pull various pieces of a puzzle together to make some kind of unified whole - reflected in the way we have manipulated the typeface in our final design. The text is then placed in a metaphorical 'box' that symbolizes how such a business necessarily operates within known boundaries, regulations, and markets. The small triangle within the letter 'p' represents attention to detail, and also provides a stylistic element that creates additional interest for the eye. If you have any need for an expert in preparing grant and funding proposals or submissions, or too find out more about the other services on offer, we recommend you contact Didier direct on didier@pcon.be
It would seem 'large scale shared living' is becoming a trend in Tokyo. Recently such a development - 'Tokyo Sync Akasaka' - opened its doors to new residents in the central Akasaka neighbourhood.
The idea of sharing a house with friends is a little unusual in Tokyo - most young people either choose a solo existence in a one room apartment or the comfort and lower costs of living at home. However, this trend is on a whole different scale. Think 'upscale dormitory with strangers'. I had noticed the renovation of this formerly dilapidated 70s style apartment building and I was fascinated as to what it was going to be - a wedding reception centre? A cafe? A residential hotel? The indoor/outdoor living space is highly unusual for Tokyo - which always seemed like a strange disconnect to me from the traditional Japanese architecture in which indoor and outdoor space blended together and air flowed freely through wide open sliding doors. According to 'Nikkei Trendy' this kind of housing is tapping into a new kind of youngster - someone skilled at building and maintaining networks of friends both online and in the real world. You could almost call them the 'anti-Otaku'. The building name too seems to be reflective of this. The building has a shared communal area with tables and chairs as well as a shared laundry. At 91,000/month and no key money the rent is unusually reasonable for central Tokyo. Disclosure: fusionbureau has absolutely nothing to do with this! Profiled purely for your interest dear reader.Jump Jump Dance Dance,
Their new single "Modern Eyes" has arrived, The video was directed by Clemens Habicht, who also directed Friendly Fires' "Skeleton Boy", and it’s based on a psychological phenomenon called "pareidoila" where people imagine faces in objects and patterns.
