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Japan tech firms Casio, NEC and Hitachi on Monday announced a new mobile phone merger intended to help the three companies gain a larger market share.At the start of the deal, NEC will control 66 percent of the three-way business plan, with Casio owning 17.34 percent and Hitachi with 16.66 percent, according to AFP.The three companies are expected to complete the merger in April 2010.By June 2010, NEC will hold 70.74 percent of the business, with Casio holding 20 percent and Hitachi with 9.26...

TOKYO, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- BB Softservice Corp., a Tokyo-based planner and developer of application service in the SoftBank Group, announces that it will release an English version of 'Jigsaw Art' application software for iPhone(TM) 3G/iPod touch offered by 'SoftBank SELECTION,' in 18 countries in the world on May 15, 2009 at the AppStore. 'Jigsaw Art Premium' is a jigsaw puzzle with 100 masterpieces of pictures by master artists of the world that can be enjoyed by simple touch-screen...

Investment Round Led by Canaan Partners and SoftBank Capital will Drive Company's Future Growth and Expansion NEW YORK and DENVER, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Associated Content, the Web's leading online publishing platform, announced today it has closed a $6 million, Series C financing round. The round was funded with full participation from the B round investors: SoftBank Capital, Canaan Partners and Tim Armstrong. Associated Content is one of the fastest-growing, ad-supported properties...

Initiative to Help Developers in Creating Fun and Useful Mobile Widgets for Approximately 1 Billion Customers LAS VEGAS and BASKING RIDGE, N.J., April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless announced today that it plans to join the Joint Innovation Lab (JIL) established by China Mobile, SOFTBANK and Vodafone to help accelerate the uptake of innovative mobile technologies on a mass-market scale. The addition of Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone, would...

TOKYO, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- BB Softservice Corp., a Tokyo-based planner and developer of application service in the SoftBank Group, announces that it will release English version of 'Brain Training Unotan' application software for iPhone(TM) 3G/iPod touch offered by 'SoftBank SELECTION,' in 18 countries in the world on March 27, 2009 at the AppStore. 'Brain Training Unotan' offers full-scale brain training for adults to enhance their memory, concentration and intuition by answering...

LOS ANGELES, March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- GrindTV and Sportnet announced plans today to combine the web's two top action sports properties into one dominant digital action sports network collectively reaching over ten million monthly visitors. The company will operate as Sportnet, and will provide exclusive content, robust community features and a suite of online utilities. It will also provide both endemic and mainstream marketers with an ideal way to reach a coveted and trend-setting...

TOKYO, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- BB Softservice Corp., a Tokyo-based planner and developer of application services under the SoftBank Group, announces that it will launch English and Chinese versions of 'Speeek!', a type of application software for iPhone (TM) 3G, which recognizes voice and translate, and speaks from March 6, 2009 at the AppStore as part of a lineup of 'SoftBank SELECTION', an application and software brand of BB Softservice. 'Speeek!' is electronic dictionary application...

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)--Softbank Mobile Corp. remained in the top spot in net mobile phone subscription growth for the third straight half year in April-September, industry data showed Tuesday. The unit of Internet and telecommunications conglomerate Softbank Corp. registered a net subscription number increase of 1,047,000, with its low basic monthly fees continuing to appeal to customers, the Telecommunications Carriers Association said. Softbank's new handsets launches for the summer...

LiveDeal, Inc. (NASDAQ:LIVE), the company that combines an owned classified platform with an Internet Yellow Pages directory and best of breed customer acquisition services for small businesses announced today that it has appointed Mike Edelhart as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). For three months, Mr. Edelhart was interim-CEO. "Over the past three months Mike has brought stability, enthusiasm and a clear vision to the Company," said Rajesh Navar, Founder and Chairman of the Board. "The Board...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. and TOKYO, Sept. 18, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Foundry Networks(r), Inc. (Nasdaq:FDRY), a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching and routing, today announced that its award-winning NetIron(r) XMR 4000 and NetIron XMR 8000 IPv4/IPv6/MPLS routers have been installed by SoftBank IDC Corporation for network backbone and server aggregation throughout its distributed data centers. SoftBank IDC provides an extensive range of highly reliable services that...