I was recently in Tokyo for work. Living in Japan for over 18 years, it was great to be back in the capital city where I lived for a period of time. Visiting Tokyo after a long time, I wanted to go about finding places to eat that I had…

For the past year Facebook has been embroiled in multiple back-to-back scandals. However, despite that, the stock has continued to do well and user numbers continue to grow. This is probably because their retention numbers are so strong. People like Walt Mossberg are few and rare. From my own…

I am a software engineer; a millennial; an immigrant. Hence the internet is something of great importance to me. It allows me to FaceTime my family halfway around the world, in Japan. It allows me to chat with my friends from high school who are scattered all over the world…

Why we think location—as well as motion detection—matters when it comes to sending great news notifications, and how we used Apple’s CoreMotion framework to bring them to life. — How relevant or useful a news notification is to someone depends a lot on the content — are you interested in this political outcome, game result or breaking local news? It’s usefulness also depends on the action it lets you take — can you read an article, share an infographic…

How we worked around Apple’s limit of 64 local pending notifications to build the HERE for Local Journalism app. — We recently launched HERE for Local Journalism — an app that tests an idea that people want local news alerts as they approach the place a story was written about. The hypothesis is that that these notifications will be highly relevant and engaging. We decided to test the idea by…

The other day, I was reviewing the website of one of the startups I am currently advising. I have been involved in product design for almost 6 years now, so could immediately see a few problems. But as an advisor, I wanted to find the best way to communicate, without…

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I have never been a particular fan of standardized tests. But the one thing that I do think there is value to is their testing of vocabulary. I was born and brought up in Japan, to Indian parents, while going to an international school (that taught in English). Hence I…

I am currently on a 13 hour flight heading back to Japan. The country I was born in. Where I grew up and lived for 18 years. Home. As I fly over the Atlantic I thought I would reflect upon one of the many things that I think makes Japan…