From Japan, retailer’s alarm clock app wakes users with music tailored to the weather

Uniqlo Wake Up is a social alarm app from Japanese fashion retailer Uniqlo that incorporates the current weather, time and day of the week into its wake-up music.

Japan21 Jun 2012
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There's been a flurry of alarm-clock innovations on our virtual pages over the past few months, including an app from German airline Lufthansa and another that factors snowy weather into wake-up times. Now joining the list is Uniqlo Wake Up, a social alarm app from Japanese fashion retailer Uniqlo that incorporates the current weather, time and day of the week into its wake-up music. We've already covered Uniqlo once before for its clothes-recycling efforts, but the spotting this time focuses on its Wake Up app, which it offers as a free download for both Android and iOS devices. Whichever the…

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