More and more smartphone users in Japan look to news curationCuration isn't just for museums anymore. There has been a recent uptick in the popularity of smartphone apps that customize news for users in Japan, and this customization is called kyurēshon. The idea of getting news via your mobile phone goes back to NTT Docomo's i-mode service, which was launched in 1999. However, when smartphones arrived from overseas, the control Japanese carriers traditional
