Kaskus Founder Releases Statement on Resignation of Forum Moderators

Kaskus experienced a traffic spike, roughly 30 percent, in the last 24 hours due to the resignation of several moderators from the popular forum. The news had led to rampant speculations as to the nature of the resignations among members of the forum that Kaskus Founder and CTO Andrew Darwis was forced to release an official statement earlier today.

The major points of the statement are as follows:

Kaskus is having a 30 percent boost in traffic since yesterday
The administrators take this as a sign that there is still strong interest and concern in the forums by the members
Five moderators indeed resigned in the last 24 hours through private channels
There is no truth to the rumors that the moderators sought a reward or payment for their services nor that they were released or asked to step down
Kaskus regrets that the news had cause speculations as to the nature of the resignations and requests that members are not to believe such rumors

We sought further statements from Darwis but he declined, saying he had said what needed to be said on the matter. We are monitoring the situation and will report any information we could gather on this issue.

Disclosure: Kaskus and DailySocial both receive investments from the same company

Bersiaplah Untuk Startup Weekend Jakarta

Untuk pertama kalinya di Jakarta akan diadakan Startup Weekend di bulan Mei ini. Acara akan diselenggarakan di IDS Epicentrum Walk Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan tanggal 20-22 Mei, 54 jam nonstop.

Acara ini didukung oleh Kauffman Foundation, yang merupakan yayasan terbesar di dunia yang mendedikasikan diri mereka bagi kewirausahaan. Tujuan Startup Weekend ini adalah untuk menjaring dan menghubungkan para developer, desainer, marketer dan pelaku bisnis dengan satu sama lain sehingga mereka bisa membangun sebuah usaha dan membuat produk bersama dalam satu akhir pekan. Menurut informasi yang ada di situsnya setengah dari yang hadir memiliki latar belakang teknis sementara sisanya merupakan pelaku bisnis.

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Koprol Sudah Punya Aplikasi untuk PlayBook?

Koprol hari ini meluncurkan frontpage baru mereka dalam rangka membuat daya tarik yang mendunia dan memulai disain ulang yang telah lama dinantikan untuk memudahkan dan membersihkan interface situs mereka. Mengikuti sebuah petunjuk desain yang dimulai dari tampilan untuk layar sentuh, kini tampilan keseluruhan telah dibawa ke tampilan situs yang lebih besar dan hari ini, kita bisa melihat bahwa hal tersebut telah dibawa ke aplikasi mendatang namun belum diumumkan yang ditampilkan di Playbook.

Satya Witoelar dan Aryo Kresnadi dari Koprol memuat beberapa foto yang berbeda di akun Koprol mereka untuk menunjukkan tampilan aplikasi baru tersebut. Karena keduanya masih belum menanggapi pertanyaan-pertanyaan yang diajukan mengenai foto-foto tersebut, maka masih belum jelas apakah aplikasi tersebut merupakan aplikasi web yang ditujukan bagi piranti tablet secara umum atau hanya untuk PlayBook. Dari tampak depan fotonya, cenderung terlihat sebagai aplikasi web, bukannya sebuah native app, namun kita akan informasikan lebih lanjut bila atau ketika mereka memberitahu.

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Get ready for Startup Weekend Jakarta

Jakarta is going to have its first Startup Weekend event this month. The 54-hour marathon ideas, brainstorming, and networking event will be held at IDS at Epicentrum Walk in Kuningan, South Jakarta from May 20 – 22.

Supported by the Kauffman Foundation, which is the largest foundation in the world devoted to entrepreneurship, Startup Weekend aims to discover and connect developers, designers, marketers, and business people to build products and launch startups over one weekend. According to the website, half of the participants have technical backgrounds while the other half tend to be business people.

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Koprol has a PlayBook app already?

Koprol today launched its new front page in a move to internationalize its appeal and kick start its long-awaited redesign to simplify and clean up its interface. Following a design cue that began with the touch-oriented mobile site, the overall look was carried over to the larger site and today, we see that it has been brought over to the upcoming yet unannounced application shown on the PlayBook.

Koprol’s Satya Witoelar and Aryo Kresnadi both posted different photos to their respective Koprol accounts showing what the new app looks like. As neither have yet to respond to queries about the photos, it’s unclear whether the app is a web app meant for tablets in general or if it’s a specific application for the PlayBook. From that single front-on shot, it looks more like a web application instead of a native app but we’ll find out if or when they let us know.

We’d also like to know what’s going on with the long-awaited iPhone app. Late last year we were informed that the iPhone app was in concurrent development with the Android app but apparently that has changed and is now scheduled to be released after the Android app. We’re also hearing that its development had been handed over to Singapore, whether it’s Yahoo!’s developers in Singapore or an external developer, we’ve yet to find out.

In the mean time, check these out:

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Delicious lives on! Sold to YouTube Founders

Remember the big controversy last year about Yahoo! planning to shut off popular bookmarking site Delicious? That chapter has finally closed and users of the service can breathe a massive sigh of relief as Delicious will live on. Yahoo! has thankfully found it a new home after months of searching for the right buyer (probably powered by Bing). Yahoo! is handing over Delicious to the hands of YouTube’s founders, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen.

The pair has purchased Delicious for an undisclosed sum and created a new company called AVOS which will fully take over the site beginning some time in July 2011. They plan to obviously continue the service but also said that they want to turn the site even better by working with the community to improve many of its features and make the service a lot easier and more fun to use.

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Mengintip Aplikasi Tasterous Untuk BlackBerry

DailySocial mendapatkan rilis awal dari aplikasi Tasterous untuk BlackBerry pagi ini, Amir Karimuddin dan Rahmat Harlyadi sedang mencoba aplikasi ini dengan perangkat masing-masing, Amir dengan Storm, sementara Rahmat dengan nya Bold 2, (atau Bold 3? Well, dia punya keduanya).

Anyway, kami akan meng-update artikel tentang Tasterous nanti dengan pengalaman menggunakan aplikasi ini serta informasi lanjutan dari Tasterous sendiri. Pada percobaan kali ini, karena merupakan rilis awal, masih ada beberapa bug yang perlu ditangani, tetapi Tasterous sedang memperbaiki aplikasi mereka dan menyiapkan kejutan lain sebagai persiapan peluncuran. Sambil menunggu rilis resmi mereka, silahkan menikmati beberapa screenshot dari aplikasi Tasterous untuk BlackBerry.

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Early Look at Tasterous’ BlackBerry App

We were provided with an early release of Tasterous‘ BlackBerry app this morning and right now, our own Amir Karimuddin and Rahmat Harlyadi are going through the app with their respective devices, Amir with his Storm while Rahmat with his Bold 2, (or is it 3? he’s got both) Anyway, we’ll update the post with their feedback, comments, and impressions of the app. As it is an early release, there are still some bugs that need to be addressed. In the meantime, enjoy these photos.

Sepuluh Startup Akan Melakukan Pitch Pada Acara Echelon – Indonesia Satellite di Jakarta

Setelah dua acara Echelon Satellite di Kuala Lumpur dan Singapura, Echelon – Indonesia Satellite akan hadir di Indonesia minggu ini, dengan penyelenggara lokal komunitas #startuplokal. Echelon adalah salah satu event teknologi terbesar di Asia dimana para startup bersaing untuk mendapatkan pengakuan dan keberhasilan dengan menampilkan kemampuan mereka, ide-ide, bakat dan produk di depan panel juri.

Acara Satellite Jakarta akan diadakan hari Jumat ini di fCone, fX Lifestyle X’nter, acara akan dimulai sejak waktu makan siang sampai jam 5 sore. Gratis dan Anda yang tertarik dapat mendaftar di sini. Selain para pemenang pilihan para juri akan ada juga startup pemenang pilihan para pengunjung.

Berikut ini adalah para startup yang akan melakukan pitch pada hari Jumat untuk merebutkan satu tempat dan menjadi salah satu dari sepuluh startup yang akan melakukan pitch di acara utama Echelon di Singapura pada bulan Juni 2011 nanti.

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Ten Startups to Pitch at Echelon’s Jakarta Event This Friday

After successful satellite events in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, e27’s Echelon comes to Indonesia this week courtesy of the #startuplokal community. Echelon is of course one of Asia’s largest technology events where brand new startups vie for recognition and success by showcasing their skills, ideas, talents and products in front of a panel of judges.

The Jakarta event will be held this Friday at fCone, fX Lifestyle X’Nter from lunch time until 5pm. Attendance is free and you can register here. There will also be a People’s Choice Award in addition to the official judging.

The following are startups that will pitch on Friday for a chance to be one of the ten startups pitching at the main event in Singapore in June.

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