ミログ (read: Milog) is a startup company founded on October 2008 by 2 students from Tokyo Institute of Technology and University of Tokyo. The company offers a service similar to Twitter where users can publish mini status updates or “mini logs”, hence the name “Milogs”. It implements functionalities such as tagging system on the statuses, tracking system to trace which user visits your profile, Milog notepads, and so on.
The company is still pretty young (only a year old), but has received some spotlights on Yahoo news, NewsAsiaBiz, and several other publications. Recently Milog has collaborated with young Japanese politics group “日本の政治をおもしろくする会” to incite interest on young people on the recent election in Japan (source: Sankei News).
The service also features a cute ghost character on each of the user profile that can grow up or change expressions as the user insert statuses. The company expects to gain profit from advertisements and selling of the online items that users can use to decorate their ghost characters. From: CNET Japan.
