Tag Archives: Japan

Seven Places Where Facebook Isn’t Number One

Posted on January 6, 2012 by thedigitalconsultant

Clearly Japan is still more enamoured with Twitter than they are with Facebook but the latter is catching up fast. A year from now it is quite possible that Facebook will supplant Twitter as the social media platform of choice. According to comScore who conducted the research in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2012, Brazil, ComScore, Cyworld, Facebook, Japan, Nasza-Klasa.pl, Orkut, research, Roger Smith, Social media, statistics, thedigitalconsultant, Twitter | Leave a comment

Share and Share Alike

Posted on December 31, 2011 by thedigitalconsultant

The dominance of Facebook and the rise of Google’s Chrome browser are two points of note in this infographic from AddThis. The use of Google+ for sharing seems to have lost momentum since the initial enthusiasm of its roll out. Sharing by … Continue reading →

Posted in Google, Mobile, Research, Social Media, Web | Tagged addthis, Facebook, google, Google Chrome, Japan, sharing, Social media, thedigitalconsultant, trends, Twitter, Web browser | Leave a comment

McLobster And L’Affaire DSK – The Best & The Worst Of 2011

Posted on December 21, 2011 by thedigitalconsultant

It’s that time of year, a chance to look back over the preceding twelve months and review what worked and what did not. And maybe, just maybe, take a sip of Xmas cheer to dull the pain. Twitter has recently … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Media, Uncategorized | Tagged 2011, Anthony Weiner, Cairo, Charlie Sheen, Egypt, Facebook, Japan, Roger Smith, Social media, thedigitalconsultant, Twitter | Leave a comment

Web Site Of The Month – UNIQLO Innovation Project

Posted on October 24, 2011 by thedigitalconsultant

The UNIQLO Innovation Project site is stylish and effective with stripped back Japanese design elements. The icon design is particularly effective. Related articles Robot-Inspired Fast Fashion – The Uniqlo Innovation Project is a Futuristically Minimalist Campaign (TrendHunter.com) (trendhunter.com)

Posted in Business, Marketing, Merchandising, Web | Tagged 2011, Advertising, Clothing, Japan, Roger Smith, thedigitalconsultant, Uniqlo, UNIQLO Innovation Project, web design | Leave a comment

Twitter Global Pulse – The Japanese Earthquake

Posted on July 20, 2011 by thedigitalconsultant

Twitter’s visualisations show the flow of information (tweets) during major events; in this case the recent Japanese Earthquake. There was a 500 percent increase in Tweets from Japan as people reached out to friends, family and loved ones in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Media, Web | Tagged 2011, Asia, communication, data, earthquake, Japan, Online Communities, Roger Smith, Social Networking, thedigitalconsultant, Tokyo, Twitter, visualisation | Leave a comment

Japan sets new Twitter record

Posted on January 11, 2011 by thedigitalconsultant

According to a Twitter blog four seconds after midnight on January 1st, Japan Twitterers set an all-time record in the number of Tweets sent per second (TPS). At that moment a whopping 6,939 TPS were sent to friends and followers … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Media | Tagged 2011, Denmark, Facebook, Japan, New Year, New Year's Eve, Roger Smith, thedigitalconsultant, Time zone, tweet, Twitter | Leave a comment

More On Mobile

Posted on October 13, 2010 by thedigitalconsultant

CommScore have recently releases their first comparative report on mobile usage in Japan, United States and Europe and it makes for interesting reading. They examined multiple dimensions of mobile usage to get a comparative look on how consumers interact with … Continue reading →