BeeTalk Posisikan Diri Sebagai Platform Messaging untuk Mencari Teman Baru

Platform messaging BeeTalk hari ini resmi mengumumkan kehadirannya di Indonesia. Di sini BeeTalk memposisikan diri sebagai platform untuk mencari teman baru, dengan kemudahan fitur Klub dan Lihat Sekitar. Dalam tiga bulan kehadirannya BeeTalk sudah mengklaim pendaftaran tiga juta pengguna dan menargetkan sepuluh juta pengguna di Indonesia dalam jangka waktu setahun.

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HotelsCombined Rilis Data Mengenai Indonesia dan Tren Perjalanan di 2015

Startup asal Australia, HotelsCombined baru-baru ini mengklaim bahwa layanannya kini telah didukung oleh hampir 10 ribu mitra hotel di Indonesia. Layanannya yang telah lama hadir di tanah air HotelsCombined membantu para wisatawan untuk membandingkan harga kamar dari ribuan hotel terdaftar. Baru-baru ini, kami sempat berbincang dengan Nana Adistya selaku Market Manager HotelsCombined Indonesia mengenai kondisi terkini perusahaan tersebut serta rencana yang dimilikinya untuk pasar Indonesia.

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HotelsCombined Reveals Data about Indonesia and Travel Trend in 2015

HotelsCombined is a Sydney-based online service, with almost 10 thousand hotel partners in Indonesia, that try to expand its service by helping locals comparing hotel prices. Already in Indonesia for quite some time, including the availability of localized version for desktop and mobile, we recently communicated with Nana Adistya, HotelsCombined’s Market Manager for Indonesia, about the company’s recent updates and its plans in Indonesia.

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Gabungan OLX dan Berniaga akan Menggunakan Entitas OLX

Seperti diprediksikan, gabungan dua layanan raksasa iklan baris di Indonesia, OLX dan Berniaga, akan menggunakan entitas OLX Indonesia. Nama Berniaga nantinya sekarang secara penuh digantikan OLX, termasuk untuk urusan situs, aplikasi, dan platform yang selama ini digunakan. Data-data Berniaga nantinya dipindahkan ke basisdata OLX.

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The Merger Plan between JobsdB and JobStreet Is Finally Approved

The Singaporean authority, in this case The Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS), has given the permission for Seek’s JobsDB to merge with JobStreet. This fuels both platforms’ blueprint on becoming the largest job-seeking service platform in Southeast Asia. The proposal has been carried on ever since last February. Continue reading The Merger Plan between JobsdB and JobStreet Is Finally Approved

Fatfish Internet Announced $200,000 Funding for HargaHot

Fatfish Internet Group announced a $200 thousand (around Rp 2,5 billion) funding to be given to PT Mitra Cipta Teknologi that operates HargaHot. The funding, which was completed through PT Dragon Commerce Indonesia (Dragon Commerce), Fatfish’s subsidiary in Indonesia, is converted into 56% of Mitra Citra’s shares, making Fatfish as the company’s major stakeholder. Continue reading Fatfish Internet Announced $200,000 Funding for HargaHot

LivingSocial Indonesia Re-Uses Ensogo’s Domain

In line with its decision of selling ex-Ensogo LivingSocial’s property in Southeast Asia to iBuy Group last April, LivingSocial Indonesia is now using Ensogo’s entity as its domain address. However, unlike its ‘siblings’ in Thailand and the Philippines which use the name of Ensogo straight away, the startup decides to keep using the LivingSocial brand in Indonesia. FYI, before Ensogo was acquired by LivingSocial, the platform went by the name of DealKeren. Continue reading LivingSocial Indonesia Re-Uses Ensogo’s Domain

DailySocial Conducted a Research on Startups’ Marketing Budget

DailySocial has nust surveyed a number of startups about the total budget of marketing they spend each and every month. The survey shows up that while some of them spend more than Rp 50 million in a month, not all of them are satisfied with the result. Continue reading DailySocial Conducted a Research on Startups’ Marketing Budget

FasaPay Gets Included into FSA’s List of Problematic Companies (UPDATED)

This is about, again and again, the troublesome FasaPay. This time, the startup gets included into a list of total 262 problematic companies released by the Financial Services Authority (FSA). In response to the inclusion, FasaPay’s legal representatives have put numerous attempts to clarify the data by claiming that it is invalid, since FasaPay is not a foreign exchange investment provider. Continue reading FasaPay Gets Included into FSA’s List of Problematic Companies (UPDATED)

Nusaresearch Noted that BlackBerry and Nokia Are no Longer Indonesians’ Favorites

Nusaresearch conducted a survey to 1115 respondents aged below 30 y.o to determine their preferred smartphone brands. While Samsung remained on the top, BlackBerry and Nokia are no longer regarded as favorites, being replaced by Sony and Oppo’s growing popularity. Continue reading Nusaresearch Noted that BlackBerry and Nokia Are no Longer Indonesians’ Favorites