Has Mobile Check-In Technology Finally Found its Place? (June 25, 2012)
From Investment Impact Blog Mobile check-in technology is a curious beast. Or, more specifically, it is a prying, snooping and interfering beast with night vision goggles, and a fantastic sense of direction. Like some kind of intrusive virtual paparazzi, it is ostensibly a privacy-eroding feature, setting the precedent for its image-based big brother Google Earth ...
Social Networking Company ImaHima Owns Patents for Mobile Check-In Technology (May 11, 2012)
From Envision IP Blog Social Networking Company ImaHima Owns Patents for Mobile Check-In Technology May 11, 2012 tags: check-in, mobile, patent, social networking Envision IP has been looking into the patent portfolio of a Japan-based company called ImaHima (http://www.imahima.com/en). In Japanese, ImaHima means “Are you free now?” The company owns patented technology that allows sharing ...
ImaHima in Focus magazine (German) (June 1, 2006)
Wie es zwischen Menschen funkt Die Vorreiter der drahtlosen Gesellschaft orten, verabreden und vergnugen sich mit modernsten Mobiltechnologien (an excerpt) Die wahnsinnigen Ideen aus Helsinki haben Methode, dreht sich doch in der drahtlosen Gesellschaft alles um den Aufenthaltsort und die Eroberung des Raums. ?Wo bist du?” ist das Mantra der Mobilkommunikation: die meistgestellte Frage am ...
imaHima mentioned in Ericsson Telecom Report (April 24, 2002)
Telecom shapes the future city “We shape the things we build. Thereafter, they shape us.” – Winston Churchill Envisage cities and homes that work smarter, not harder. Envisage communications that are available through everything but a PC. And most importantly, envisage sustainable services hitting the market now that will involve everyone, regardless of background, interests or ...
ImaHima in Montag newspaper (translated from Swiss German) (March 11, 2002)
Where are your friends right now? Locate your friends and find people with common interests using your handy! ImaHima is a service imported from Japan that should make this possible in Switzerland. An Indian guy living in Tokyo has just been dumped by his girlfriend. He asks himself, “I wonder which of my friends are ...
ImaHima in Wall Street Journal (March 8, 2002)
Let Me Entertain You: With Mobile Phones, Users Can Get Their Kicks Wherever They Go The Wall Street Journal (Europe) Tuning In to Interactive Games, Movie Clips and Virtual Pets (an excerpt) About a century after their heyday, nickelodeons are making a comeback. Only now you don’t have to line up at the arcade. You ...
ImaHima in Bisnes.fi (Finnish) (March 2002)
Heimokulttuuria Japanista Keskustelijat: Pekka Lahteenmaki ja Neeraj Jhanji Pekka: Toimitusjohtaja Neeraj Jhanji, mika ihme on ImaHima? Neeraj: ImaHima on japania ja tarkoittaa “Oletko vapaa nyt?” Japanissa puhelimeen vastataan yleensa tervehdyksella ja kysymalla ” ImaHima”. Perustaessani ImaHima-mobiiliyritysta ajattelin, etta puhelimen pitaisi kertoa, missa olet ja missa ystavasi ovat. Palvelun ideana on olla yhteydessa ystaviin ja jakaa ...
ImaHima in Blick (translated from Swiss German) (January 31, 2002)
Internet-Adressen: Clicks to SMS Colleagues We often lament that Switzerland is far behind Japan in terms of the mobile world. But a new light has been cast on the once gloomy situation, as the Swiss public now has access to one of the coolest Japanese mobile applications available. In Japanse “imaHima” means “Are you free ...
ImaHima in Newbiz (French) (October 2001)
Mobiles les services qui cartonnent Les operateurs gagnent de moins en moins d’argent avec las appels classiques. Ils se rattrapent avec les jeux, les sonneries, etc. Des services primaires qui reposent sur les SMS et qui prefigurent l’ere du m-commerce. (an excerpt) Le chat de communaute: il est plebiscite par les ados «Non a l’amendement ...