Author: Aulia Masna

Bandung’s Petshopbox Studio Designed Path’s First Indonesian Sticker Pack

It was only a matter of time before an Indonesian sticker pack would be available on Path. Given the popularity of the service in the country, it’s actually a wonder that it has taken this long before one shows up. This past week, Path users on Android who have upgraded to Path 3.2 can familiarize themselves with a cute purple octopus called Ollie made by Petshopbox Studio.

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Zalora Indonesia On Track for Record Group Revenue

We spoke to Zalora Indonesia co-founder and CEO Hadi Wenas earlier this week about the company’s growth, performance, and plans. Having completed the first year of operations, Zalora Indonesia has just recorded its best revenue since it was launched in February 2012. The company, which is officially known as PT Fashion Eservices Indonesia, is also receiving orders in greater numbers from outside of the capital city and will be introducing new services in the coming months.

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The Very Hungry Tech in Asia Just Gobbled Indonesian Mobile Game Blog GameSaku

Tech in Asia is on an aggressive roll following its round of funding from IMJ Fenox VC recently. After having swallowed Singapore based blog SGE, today it officially announced its acquisition of Indonesian mobile gaming blog GameSaku from Apps Foundry. The Singapore-based tech blog is kickstarting a new property covering the games industry in the region and it will build the new blog from this acquisition.

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Dua Bulan Menuju SparxUp 2013

Dua bulan lagi kami akan kembali menggelar konferensi startup, SparxUp. Setelah sebelumnya selalu diselenggarakan di Jakarta, SparxUp kali ini akan diadakan di dekat pantai dengan siraman hangatnya mentari sekaligus lokasi yang asyik untuk berselancar, ya kami akan mengelarnya di Bali. Konferensi dan Penghargaan SparxUp akan berlangsung tanggal 14-15 November mendatang, jadi silakan kemas semua keperluan Anda dan jangan lupa sertakan sunblock.

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T-Minus Two Months to SparxUp 2013

In a couple of months we’ll be hosting our annual technology startup conference, SparxUp. After holding the previous conferences in Jakarta, as we announced back in June, we’ll be taking this year’s events to the land of sand, surf, sun. That’s right, we’re heading to Bali! This year’s SparxUp Awards and Conference will be held on 14-15 November, so pack your gear and don’t forget your sunblock.

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The Demise of Fitness Social Network Sixreps Gives Rise to Beautiplan As Co-Founders Pivot

Fitness site Sixreps was one of the more celebrated Indonesian social networks when it launched at the end of 2010 and when it was on track to receive a significant US partnership in 2011, the local scene expected some success out of it but unfortunately it didn’t work out (ahem). After freezing Sixreps earlier this year, its ever entrepreneurial co-founders Denny Santoso and Sanny Gaddafi decided to shut it down at the end of August. Given the significant challenges in pushing Sixreps, the co-founders turned their attention to another industry and worked on Beautiplan, a site for people to share their make up and beauty tips.

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SGE’s Gwendolyn Tan on Joining Tech in Asia and Her Views on Startups in the Region

As we reported earlier today, Singapore-based tech blog SGE has been acquired by relative newcomer Tech in Asia following its recent round of investment from IMJ Fenox. The acquisition value is undisclosed but SGE’s two key people will be joining Tech in Asia and the door is also open for SGE’s contributors. We had a little chat with SGE’s Gwendolyn Regina Tan about the acquisition and how the region has developed since she started SGE in 2005.

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Tech in Asia Acquires Singapore Startup Blog SGE

Asia’s technology blogging space has been snowballing and with the arrival of International blogs such as TheNextWeb and TechCrunch into the region, competition has been getting quite fierce. Blogs which used to be independent are now either affiliated or acquired. It doesn’t matter if it’s a new blog or a long-timer, it’s about the execution and the best executors get to stick around. This morning, Tech in Asia announced that it has acquired Singapore’s SGE for an undisclosed sum.

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Path 3.2 Introduces Premium Subscriptions and Even More Private Sharing Options

Private social network Path announced today that it is launching a premium subscription service alongside the ability to share posts to a private group of friends, as well as a private channel through Path 3.2. It has also partnered with Deutsche Telekom to offer its customers free access to all of Path’s extra features for a year. If you’re having a hard time getting your head around this, don’t worry, you’re not alone, read on for explanation.

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