Masa Depan Check-in Baru Saja Dimulai

Berkat ReadWriteWeb, perhatian kalangan teknologi sekali lagi diarahkan pada fenomena check-in, yang sebelumya telah banyak digunakan di web. Apakah kita sudah tiba di titik jenuh dari aktivitas check-in atau kita baru benar-benar mulai menemukan nilainya? Jika Anda memikirkan suatu kegiatan, maka kemungkinan besar Anda akan menemukan layanan web yang menawarkan cara untuk berbagi pengalaman dengan setiap orang lain.

Sebelum kita melanjutkan, mari kita lihat apa sebenarnya aktivitas check-in itu. Check-in adalah sebuah kegiatan yang melibatkan kehadiran Anda di lokasi atau aktivitas tertentu dan mengumumkan kepada dunia bahwa Anda sedang melakukannya, dan kadang-kadang beserta alasannya kenapa Anda melakukannya. Jadi sebenarnya, tidak benar-benar harus berhubungan dengan lokasi.

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Check-in isn’t dead, it’s just getting started

Thanks to ReadWriteWeb, the attention of the technology inner circles once again is directed at the check-in phenomena that has been making its way around the web. Have we already arrived at the point of check-in fatigue or are we actually just beginning to discover its value? Think of an activity and most likely you’ll find a web service that offers a way to share that experience with every one else.

Before we proceed, let’s look at what a check-in actually does. Checking in involves stamping your presence at a particular location or activity and announcing to the world that you’re doing it, and sometimes, why. It doesn’t actually have to be a location.

Check-in taps into the narcissistic tendency inherent to a lot of people. People don’t just want to be seen, they want to be seen as hip, or for the ironically minded hipsters, anti-hip. Most people check in where everyone else does although a lot of people also check in to certain locations to show how anti-hip they are. Regardless, they’re checking in.

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BREAKING: Groupon Acquires Indonesian Clone Disdus.com

Groupon today announced the acquisition of Disdus, one of Indonesia’s leading group-buying sites, as it expands its presence in Southeast Asia. The newly renamed Groupon Indonesia will join 46 other markets in Groupon’s network including Groupon’s recent acquisitions in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

“In just a few months after its launch, Disdus has become the market leader and a first class example of collective buying site. Groupon Indonesia will harness strength of the Groupon network to sharpen the way local businesses reach customers throughout Southeast Asia,” said Rob Solomon, former Groupon President and COO, who announced his resignation from the Chicago company on March 22.

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Hello, I’m new here

Hey guys, some of you may have heard about my departure from e27 so I’m here to make it official. A few weeks ago Rama approached me with an offer to take over DailySocial as chief executive. Apparently he’s been offered a mentoring position at a brand new, as yet undisclosed startup incubator, supposedly run by at least one former Sampoerna Foundation executive. [Update below]

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