Media Convergence at one edge of world

A man walks by a bank in Osaka just as it erupts into flames. He pulls out a camera-equipped cell phone -- one of 10 million in use in Japan -- and snaps a photo. He e-mails it to Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan's largest newspaper, which publishes it on the front page.

This is the age of Mobile technologies, we know Japan is the leader in that. Only fear is that they are thinking is it can be popular but not the profitable. [via JapanMediaReview]