April 9, 2007
- Tea Cup Communication
April 9, 2007
Press Release
Tea Cup Communication Ltd.
Cross-Platform Pictograph Display for teacup Rental Blog Service
Tokyo – April 9, 2007 – In an industry first achievement, GMO Internet Group company, Tea Cup Communication has made pictographs[i] posted and viewed in teacup Blog “AutoPage” blogs completely compatible across all three mobile phone carriers and on personal computers.
Teacup Blog users are able to post and view entries from their mobile phones. Now a new function has been added that makes pictographs in a mobile phone blog entry viewable across the three major mobile carriers. Regardless of which mobile phone carrier the blogger uses the pictographs are automatically translated to make them viewable on the readers screen. The pictographs are even viewable when the blog is accessed by PC.
Cross Platform Display
Viewable from DoCoMo, au and SoftBank mobile phones as well as personal computers
Viewable in the “comment notification mail” sent to the administrator’s mobile phone when a reader adds a comment.*
Using Mobile Phone Pictographs
Pictographs can be used:
■ in the Post Title, Author Name and Main Text entry fields of the posting form for mobile phones. **
■ with the au mobile phone mail posting (mobile blog) function
■ by readers in the Name and Comment fields.
* Only when receiving the mail by cell phone. If the mail is sent to a PC, alternate text is displayed.
**Mobile phone pictographs posted using a mobile phone PC browser can not be displayed.
Display Samples
When the sun pictograph is entered on a DoCoMo phone it is displayed as follows
The DoCoMo pictograph is displayed on the PC version
When the sushi pictograph is entered on a Softbank phone it is displayed as follows
 The SoftBank pictograph is displayed on the PC version. Where no pictograph exists a description is displayed in brackets |
teacup blog “AutoPage”
The teacup blog “AutoPage” rental blog service was launched in July, 2004 and now has approximately 400,000 users. The advantage of this service is its range of original features including the Flash drawing function (Magical Maker*), a highly flexible style sheet editing function, and a service that allows the user to create a book out of their blog entries.
Tea Cup Communication
Tea Cup Communication operates the portal site teacup and provides Internet tools for individuals including rental bulletin boards, rental chat rooms, rental blogs and online stores. There are currently around 2.4 million teacup members. The comprehensive Internet community is one of the largest in Japan boasting around 8.2 million unique users** per month (NetRatings 10/2006) and 17 million page views** per day (NetRatings 10/2006).
*Magical Maker: An ASP service by Media Groove for easy Flash® creation. Using this feature, anyone can draw on a photo, place decorations on it and upload it onto their blog. This is a standard teacup blog feature.
** Unique user: the number of users that access a website within a specified period of time.
***Page Views: A method of measuring the number of times a website is accessed.
Related Links
teacup blog “AutoPage": http://autopage.teacup.com/
“AutoPage” Mobile Phone Pictographs: http://autopage.teacup.com/pr_emoji.shtml
Media Inquiries
GMO Internet Inc. Group PR Team
E-mail: [email protected]
The GMO Internet Group
The GMO Internet Group is a leading force in the Internet industry offering one of the most comprehensive ranges of Internet services in Japan. We provide web hosting, e-commerce tools, domain registration, Internet advertising, online securities trading and a host of other services to over 22 million individual and 550 000 corporate customers. Striving to redefine the industry and foster a vibrant Internet culture, the GMO Internet Group is continuously working to inspire enthusiasm in our customers and put smiles on their faces.
Tea Cup Communication Ltd.
Company Name | Tea Cup Communication Ltd. http://www.teacup.com/ |
Address | Meisei Building, 8-9 Sakuragaokacho, Shibuya ku, Tokyo, JAPAN |
CEO | Tomoyuki Ishikawa |
Business Description | ■ Design and management of Internet communication services ■Internet Advertising ■Planning, design, implementation and operation of Internet information systems and communication networks. |
Capital | ￥71,000,000 |
GMO Internet Inc.
Company Name | GMO Internet Inc. http://www.gmo.jp/en (TSE First Section Code: 9449) |
Address | Cerulean Tower, 26-1 Sakuragaokacho, Shibuya ku, Tokyo, JAPAN |
CEO | Masatoshi Kumagai |
Business Description | ■Internet Use Support (Infrastructure) ■Internet Advertising Support (Media) ■Internet Finance |
Capital | ￥7,148,290,000 |
NTT DoCoMo Inc, KDDI Corporation and SOFTBANK MOBILE Corp. hold the copyrights of their respective pictographs.
Flash® is an Adobe Systems Incorporated trademark or registered trademark in the US and other countries.
Other company and product names published in this release are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
[i] Pictographs are picture icons and animations that users of mobile phones in Japan are able to include in mobile phone text messages and e-mail.