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The Edo Past and Present Wanderings app appeals not only to old map buffs, but to anyone with a sense of adventure.
Good news for all of us who’ve sent a message to the wrong person, or sent a message that’s just plain wrong.
Want delicious ramen without worrying about what’s in your pocket? Now there’s an app for that too.
The Japanese smartphone application and artificial intelligence engine SELF, which features a highly-detailed female robot named Ai Furuse, has just added upgraded conversation functionality, promising, “communication close to that of a real girlfriend or partner.”
Too tipsy to type? One tap will find the way home for you, plus tell you how much time you’ve got before your night out becomes an all-nighter.
This quick tutorial proves you don’t need large screens and fancy tablets to create amazing digital artworks.
If you’d like more coffee and fewer traffic accidents in your life, this safe driving app is for you.
Korean netizens unearth a Korean mobile game that seems to be a blatant ripoff of the wildly popular Pokémon Go, except it predates Niantic’s megahit by five years.
Some Chinese Pokémon Go players have apparently teamed up to conquer the in-game gym located in Tokyo’s infamous Yasukuni Shrine.
The popular app is sweeping through the country, transforming dogs and cats into cute new creatures with round and furry mouse-style ears.
The production house behind Korea’s hit kid’s show Pororo the Little Penguin recently announced a partnership with a developer to release an augmented reality game called Pororo Go.
China’s knock-off game has a number of surprisingly similar elements and characters that look weirdly like the originals from Pokémon Go.
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