Guvera #Play Offers Ad-Supported Streaming Radio Service

In responding to the consumer demand for free music streaming services, Guvera, the music streaming service from Australia, officially introduced its latest feature called Guvera #Play on Tuesday, (15/7). This feature allows music fans to enjoy free and unlimited access to millions of songs legally. Nevertheless, do not be surprised if you find various inserted ads inside the service. Continue reading Guvera #Play Offers Ad-Supported Streaming Radio Service

Social Commerce App Pintails Wins Inaugural AngelHack Jakarta Challenge

This past weekend Jakarta was host to AngelHack, a global hackathon event spanning 30 cities with more than 6000 participants. The Jakarta event was held at IDC Indonesia, home to the country’s primary data centers, located at Duren Tiga in South Jakarta. One winning team was chosen from the 29 projects that were built over 24 hours. There was no central theme, no immediate cash prizes, but the winning team earned the right to a 10 week mentorship and participate in AngelHack Accelerator program in San Francisco as well as attending TechCrunch Disrupt in September.

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Be Ready for Asia’s Prominent Technology Event Echelon 2013

Echelon Satellite from Indonesia to Japan have been completed and now it’s time for the main event to start. Echelon 2013, an Asia’s prominent technology event, will be kicking off on June 4-5 at Singapore Expo Max Atria, Singapore. There will be two big things expected to be experienced by all attendees, technology conference and startup pitches. One of keynote speaker is Dave McClure, founding partner of 500 Startups from Silicon Valley.

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Nikkei BP Organizes IT and Gaming Companies Matchmaking in Jakarta

Nikkei Business Publications (Nikkei BP) organizes IT and Gaming companies matchmaking in Jakarta, which will be held on May 16 at Gran Melia Hotel – Kuningan. The event will be started at 10 AM until 7.30 PM, where the attendants shall join Conference, Business Meeting/Exhibition and Networking Party. The focus is to bridge better interaction between Indonesian and Japanese business people in this area, especially in smartphone industry.

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Developers Wanted for International SpaceApps Challenge

We’re two weeks away from the International Space Apps Challenge and we can’t wait to see the stuff that software developers will come up with at the event. Space Apps Challenge is held to build apps, services, and tools to help solve issues affecting the planet and to assist in space explorations. You can find out more about Space Apps Challenge on the website.

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Jakarta’s International Space Apps Challenge to be Held at Freeware

On April 20-21 2012, DailySocial and @america held the inaugural International Space Apps Challenge, an event run by NASA across 25 locations around the world (including on the International Space Station). There were 2000 participants spending two days working, collaborating, engaging, coding, and creating solutions to assist in space and earth explorations. This year, we’ll be doing it again, with 50 more locations participating.

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Crowdsourcing Week Calls International Startups to Participate in Crowdfunding Challenge

Crowdsourcing Week (CSW) invites international startups to participate in a pitch and crowdfunding challenge. The winners will be announced during Crowdsourcing Week in Singapore on June 3-7. CSW is the first global event on crowdsourcing, open innovation and crowdfunding coming to Singapore (and Southeast Asia region in general).

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DSCVR Indonesia’s Tech Talents with DailySocial

Since 2010 Indonesia has been seen as a hotspot in the regional technology startup landscape and since then, the interest in the country’s talents and potentials has only gone up. Indonesia is a country made up of over 240 million people spread across eight major islands and over several thousand smaller ones. We’ve ran three SparxUp Awards to recognize the country’s best and most promising tech startups and have gone to a number of cities across the country over the years to meet and identify local talents. Now we want to take you along with us to discover these talented software developers, designers, and aspiring tech leaders.

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Sleeping With The Enemy: Telco vs OTT

Earlier today, I attended a discussion event held by our friends at IndoTelko. I find the event super interesting because they’re covering one of the biggest question in the telecommunication industry “OTT, Friends or Foe?”. The event itself was attended by all the top people from the telco companies, CEOs from XL Axiata, Indosat, Smartfren, Telkomsel, Axis and also telecommunications regulatory body, BRTI as well as Andy Zain to represent the OTT side. Continue reading Sleeping With The Enemy: Telco vs OTT

Microsoft, Nokia, and Radya Labs to Run Another Mobile App Challenge

Nokia Indonesia and Microsoft Indonesia are running another joint app competition, this time it’s called Lumia App Olympiad. The competition is open to students and the public who are proficient in using the SDK for Windows Phone 7.5 or Windows Phone 8. The winner will receive a gold medal, Nokia Premium Developer Program worth USD 1500, and the latest Nokia smartphone powered by Windows Phone 8. The event is supported by Evernote, Radya Labs, and Merah Putih Inc.

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