What Premium Subscription? Path Goes Sticker Happy With Latest Update

Earlier today Path released its latest update for iOS and Android which brings increased use of stickers within its app, a QR code to add friends and redesigned interface for iOS. The changes reveal Path’s growing reliance on stickers as its primary revenue driver and a subtle suggestion that it wants its users to add more friends to their limited network.
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Digital Receipts App Bill.E Wins Startup Weekend Jakarta 2013

Startup Weekend Jakarta 2013 concluded on Sunday with digital receipts app Bill.E as the winning project. Held over the weekend at Prasetiya Mulya Business School, the event attracted more than 200 attendees during the opening night at American cultural center @america on Friday and dozens of participants who followed through to the end of the event on Sunday.
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BNI Reveals Mobile Credit Card Reader for iOS

Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) at its 67th anniversary celebration on Friday, much to our surprise, launched a new kind of mobile EDC (electronic data capture) for credit card payments, which can be used with an iOS device. The m-POS, as it is called, allows merchants to use iOS devices as point of sale terminals as an alternative to the more traditional EDC devices.

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Doku Launches MyShortCart, a Shopping Cart for Social Media Merchants

Indonesian payment company Doku on Friday announced its latest push into consumer transaction by launching MyShortCart, an independent shopping cart which is aimed at individual online sellers as well as small online stores. MyShortCart accepts payments through online transfers, Doku Wallet and credit cards.

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Ogilvy & Mather and Google Launch Indonesia Innovates to Recognize Indonesian Technology Innovators

On Wednesday Ogilvy & Mather held a joint event with Google Indonesia to recognize six Indonesian entrepreneurs whose work on technology have made a difference in people’s lives. Indonesia Innovates is a program that aims to identify and highlight Indonesian innovation and the increasing role of technology in positive contributions towards a better society.
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Nearly Half of Viki’s Viewers Prefer to Use Mobile Devices to Watch Its Videos

International TV show site Viki announced today that it has had more than 10.2 million installs of its mobile apps which are available on Android, BlackBerry, iOS, and Windows Phone. The number of installs marks nearly a 7x increase over the same period last year and more than 15% increase over the last quarter. Viki also released other statistics with regards to viewership behaviors which shows that iOS users watch 2.5 times more videos than Android users despite being fewer in numbers. It’s worth reminding that videos on Viki are all free to view.

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[DS Notes] Greater Calls For Encryption Following NSA Spill

As the fallout of the Edward Snowden case continues, American journalism professor Jeff Jarvis posted an opinion piece for Guardian arguing for increased encryption for private communications. He argues that Internet companies owe it to consumers to provide a secure communications line that will maintain their right to privacy and must stand by that right in pushing for greater transparency when governments make a request to turn over user data. On a related note, increased encryption has impeded a handful of court-approved US government surveillance, reports Wired. While the numbers are tiny compared to the entire effort (15 out of nearly 3400), 2012’s Wiretap Report marks the first time in the report’s history that the US federal government acknowledges wiretapping failure due to encryption. This follows Cnet’s report in April about iMessage causing problems for the DEA.

[DS Notes] How Much Is Apple Paying Music Labels for iTunes Radio?

We discussed a bit about music licensing fees on Monday specifically when it comes to digital playback. As it happens, the Wall Street Journal revealed the licensing structure that Apple has to pay for songs played through iTunes Radio and to nobody’s surprise, it’s not entirely straightforward. Apple pays US$0.13 per song played plus 15% of net advertising revenue on year one and it goes up to $0.14 and 19% on year two, but there are other qualifiers that will alter the final figures such as not having to pay royalty fees when the played songs are already in the person’s library or when it’s a promoted track, or when the song gets skipped before it reaches 20 seconds. But then Apple is only allowed to skip royalties for two songs per person per hour. Got that? Don’t forget, iTunes Radio is also designed to get people to buy more songs from iTunes.

Ohdio’s New Approach Emphasizes on Radio-Like Experience

A few days ago Ohdio was relaunched with a brand new design and an entirely new approach to enjoying the service. I have been a fan of Ohdio from the beginning and still believe it has a good chance of becoming successful even though the service hadn’t really found its strength until recently. This new approach reinvigorates not just general interest in the service but also its possibility of success. Not only that, it helps introduce Indonesians to a modern way to enjoy music.

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[DS Notes] Instagram Accounts Hacked, Sending Photos of Fruits

Middle of the night, weekend, what a time to take over Instagram accounts right? If you received an email from Instagram informing you that your account may have been compromised, it’s most likely real. GigaOm reports that a large scale hack has hit Instagram as of several hours ago and all the hacked accounts had been posting photos of fruits. If you’re seeing lots and lots of fruit photos on your Instagram timeline along with a bitly link to some fake BBC website, or worse, seeing them on your own account, chances are you’re seeing hacked accounts. Right now though, those photos seem to have been removed by Instagram already but if you got that password reset email, go to Instagram.com from your computer and reset your password.