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Test post with the WordPress iPhone 2.0 app
Testing the recently released WordPress for iPhone app version 2.0. So far, I like it a whole lot better than version 1.x where I’ll actually make more use of this. Wish it had a Dashboard like the Web version but I guess this is more of an on-the-go type of software rather than a replacement.
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Beautiful photos of Okinawa on your iPhone? There’s an app for that.
We’re big fans of Apple Inc. here so of course, we love the iPhone. For USD $0.99, you can buy an app of beautiful photos of Okinawa shot by none other than Mr. O-pop himself, Rinken Teruya (founder of all things Rinken). The app, simply called “Okinawa,” features the song “Takouyama” sung by Tomoko Uehara,…
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Bassist Yo Yasuda’s BeatMaster iPhone/iPod touch app
Currently based in Okinawa, professional bass player Yo Yasuda has played with a number of artists like Syakari, Siori, and Namiko. Although that should be enough to be of interest to our pop culture blog, he’s gone and done something to really excite us: introducing the BeatMaster app for iPhone and iPod touch. According to…
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Rinken Teruya’s latest solo album “Pause 2” now on iTunes (and more)
Rinken Teruya (leader of the O-pop band Rinken Band) has been one of the most tech-savvy of his peers—as evidenced by the rinken.gr.jp website which has been around for several years as well as his willingness to release his music digitally. Although he’s had numerous projects in the past (like Tink Tink, Mihanagumi, Tomoko Uehara’s…
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Beni Arashiro drops last name for new single – Tokyograph
Singer Beni Arashiro is reinventing herself under a new name: BENI. She will once again be focusing on her music career, after months of silence, starting with a new single next month. Arashiro left her previous management agency, Oscar Promotion, at the end of August, and her contract with Avex expired at the end of…
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iPhone app: Cosmovox
No, I’m not cross-posting things from my personal blog here, this really is related to Okinawan pop culture. 😛 That said, I think a picture tells a thousand words so check it out below. Yup, you’ve read it right. Just under “Hirajoshi” is “Okinawa (Ryukyu Onkai [scale])” so what the heck is Cosmovox? It’s a…
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