“;Dcloud†: world premiere of emoji cloud service
Created on 2012/2/23 | Update 2012/2/27 | 4464 reads
Originally started up as a mobile content division within Bijutsu Shuppan-sha Co., Ltd., the oldest fine art publishing house in Japan, they specialize in planning, developing and operating quality digital content and services.
In an aim to enhance user experience, the three companies have also developed and released ;Dcloud (see Note 2) last December, a cloud platform that allows users to easily access more than 100,000 emoji instantly as though they were available locally on their devices. A software development kit is available for developers and content providers. Apps utilizing ;Dcloud will also be launched worldwide this spring.
Furthermore, in an effort to expand ;Dcloud globally, the three companies will also be world premiering five compatible apps (see Note 3) alongside ;Dcloud at the Mobile World Congress (see Note 4) that will be held from February 27 to March 1 in Barcelona, Spain. Their goal is to expand the emoji culture worldwide and add fun to communication globally.
Note 1: Emoji
Emoji are emoticons and other animated characters, expressed using GIF, JPEG or other image files rather than the conventional character codes such as Unicode used to create emoticons. Unlike emoticons, there are no code restrictions for emoji, which means that an infinite number of emoji can be created. Since the size of an emoji is not restricted to the size of one character, an emoji can span the length of one line, be an irregularly shaped picture or even a template for greeting cards and other messages
Note 2: ;Dcloud 
A platform that allows smartphone users to access more than 100,000 emoji that are stored on the cloud (trademark registration is pending).
Please visit http://dcloud.jpn.com for more information.
Note 3: ;Dcloud compatible apps
The three companies will be demonstrating the following five applications at the Mobile World Congress.
1. ;Decora (email application)
A new way to communicate through e-mail!
Add decorations and emoticons (emoji) to your e-mails!
Go beyond greeting cards and liven up your messages to friends with animations--whether the occasion is one of congratulations, or just saying hello!
Make your everyday life more colorful and fun with ;Decora!
2. DECOTALK (chat application)
Rich, relaxing, real-time communication for all!
DECOTALK is a chat app running on ;Dcloud.
Girl talk is better with a world of rich emoji and cute effects to deliver your thoughts and feelings to your friends in a new way!
3. ;Deco Message (SMS application)
Make your daily texting more fun and exciting!
Some things just can't be expressed in only words-- deliver your feelings by adding emoji to your normal text messages!
4. ;Deco Book (miniblog application)
;Deco Book allows you to add emoji to your blog.
;Deco Book's intuitive interface makes it easy to decorate your blog with cute emoji and share it with the world! In no time at all, blogging will be more fun and exciting!
5. ;Decotter (Twitter application)
Experience a whole new world of tweets!
;Decotter allows you to communicate with your followers in chat style.
Add style and fun with ;Dcloud emoji!
Note 4: Mobile World Congress 2012
The world's largest exhibition for the mobile industry to be held in Barcelona, Spain from February 27 to March 1
Please visit the exhibition and see ;Dcloud at Booth 7A-103 in Hall 7.
MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS
Japanese pavilion App Planet
27 February - 1 March 2012
Barcelona Montjuïc Fira de Barcelona
Bijutsu Shuppan-sha Co., Ltd.
Jinbo-cho Place 8F, 3-2-3 Kanda Jinbo-cho, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo - JAPAN - 101-0051
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