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Japan's Apple Stores continue Lucky Bag tradition
Filed under: RetailFukubukuro, or "Mystery Bag," is a Japanese New Year's Day tradition during which merchants sell sealed bags of various items at a substantial discount, often as high as 50%. Shoppers may get some great deals on…
January 1 2010, 7:00pm | Comments
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Internet Speeds and Costs Around the World, Shown Visually [Infographics]
This awesome infographic shows the internet costs and speeds around the world for the top 20 nations in the ITIF Broadband Rankings. Unsurprisingly, we don't compare too well. Number one is, predictably, Japan, where the average broadband speed…
October 26 2009, 5:00pm | Comments
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Apple Accidentally Ships Snow Leopard With Mac Mini? [Apple]
If we believe this shot, and we don't see much reason not to, a lucky Apple customer in Japan got a surprise with his Mac Mini purchase: A Snow Leopard install disc, ahead of its purported August 28th…
August 22 2009, 8:15pm | Comments
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Otake House by Suppose Design Office
The Japanese architects at Suppose Design Office have designed this house in the city of Otake, which is located in the Hiroshima Prefecture of Japan. Full description after the photos…. Description of the Otake House by Suppose Design…
June 14 2009, 11:48am | Comments
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Google Must Reshoot Every Single Street View Image in Japan [Google]
Google's gotta reshoot every Street View image it's taken in Japan from a height 16 inches lower than Godzilla's ankle after people complained the photos peeked over their fences. The current photos—which cover 12 cities—were taken by cameras…
May 18 2009, 2:40pm | Comments
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This Ski Jump Will Make You Crap Yourself [Toilets]
I ate a wheel of cheese for lunch. But I'm not worried. Constipation is no match for the bowel-emptying thrills of the ski jump toilet stall. Just align your feet on the painted skis on the floor and…
March 12 2009, 8:40pm | Comments
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Sony takes the wraps off 240Hz, RFID enabled BRAVIA LCDs in Japan
If the trouble of typing in a credit card number was the thing keeping you from renting acTVila video on-demand movies in Japan, Sony's fixed that right up by including FeliCa reading capability in the remote for its…
March 2 2009, 4:03pm | Comments
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Lucky Bags sold in Japanese Apple Store
Filed under: Retail, HolidaysFukubukuro, or "Mystery Bag," is a Japanese New Year's Day tradition during which merchants sell sealed bags of various items at a substantial discount, often as high as 50%. Apple participated this year, and one…
January 5 2009, 10:00pm | Comments
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Sony VAIO Japanese teaser suggests something long, thin, and "coming soon"
Sony is continuing its drip drip of teasers on a new entry to its VAIO line with a Japanese placeholder sure to pique just the slightest bit of curiosity. When you venture over to the company's co.jp landing…
December 24 2008, 1:54pm | Comments
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