Mau Dibawa Kemana Taxify, Aplikasi Juara Hackaton Sparxup 2012?

Tim Paris van Java, melalui aplikasi Taxify yang dihasilkan dalam Hackaton Sparxup 2012 berhasil meraih semua gelar yang diperebutkan dalam acara tersebut. Selain mendapatkan gelar Hackaton King, Taxify juga mendapatkan gelar Best Evernote App sebagai aplikasi terbaik yang menggunakan API Evernote dalam Hackaton ini. Continue reading Mau Dibawa Kemana Taxify, Aplikasi Juara Hackaton Sparxup 2012?

Telkom Ajak Pengembang Android Lokal untuk Bergabung dengan TelkomStore

Coba kita lupakan dulu perbedaan hasil riset yang dilakukan oleh IDC dan GfK tentang persaingan Android dan BlackBerry di Indonesia. Telkom selaku operator telekomunikasi terbesar di Indonesia, yang membawahi Telkomsel dan Telkom Flexi, mencoba fokus untuk mengembangkan pasar Android di tanah air dengan mendirikan TelkomStore. Mereka mencoba merangkul pengembang lokal untuk memasukkan aplikasinya ke toko online ini.

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Carrefour Dorong Konsep Click & Drive Untuk Situs Ecommerce Indonesia Mereka

Belanja bulanan kebutuhan sehari-hari dan peralatan rumah tangga seharusnya menyenangkan, tetapi tidak di Jakarta dimana kemacetan mungkin adalah satu-satunya hal yang konsisten. Pergi ke berbagai tempat di Jakarta bisa menjadi mimpi buruk bagi kebanyakan orang, yang mungkin menjadikan Jakarta adalah tempat yang tepat bagi perusahaan ecommerce untuk tumbuh.

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Rocket Internet’s Lazada Silently Outgrow Local E-Commerce Incumbents

Just launched early this year, Rocket Internet’s Lazada has become of the most e-commerce site with big traffic in par with other big local players such as Blibli, Plasa, Dinomarket and even Rakuten. Of course traffic explains nothing like numbers of transactions does, but it’s still interesting to see how Lazada slowly outgrow the incumbents.

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Carrefour Pushes Click & Drive Concept To Its Indonesia E-Commerce Site

Monthly shopping for groceries and household appliances supposed to be fun, but not in Jakarta where the only thing that’s consistent is the traffic jam. Going places in Jakarta can be a nightmare for most people, which is probably why Jakarta is the perfect place for e-commerce companies to grow.

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Koprol Tetap Hidup, Akan Dikembangkan Kembali Dari Nol

Ketika Yahoo memutuskan untuk ‘memberikan‘ kembali Koprol pada para pendirinya beberapa minggu lalu, pengguna menjadi bingung apakah Koprol akan tetap mati atau kembali bisa digunakan. Para founder Koprol hanya mendapatkan merek ‘Koprol’ dan nama domainnya, tetapi kode program dan database pengguna tetap akan dimiliki oleh Yahoo. Mereka tidak punya pilihan lain selain membangun Koprol dari nol. Dan mereka akan melakukannya!

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Koprol lives on, rebuilt from the ground up

When Yahoo decided to “give” Koprol back to its founders a few weeks ago, users were confused whether Koprol will remain dead or coming back to life. The founders only got the brand “Koprol” and the domain name, but the code and user database still belongs to Yahoo. They’re left with no other option than to built Koprol from scratch. And by god they will! Continue reading Koprol lives on, rebuilt from the ground up

JobLocal: Location-based Job Listing Website

There are many websites that provide list and information of job vacancy in the market, some of them specifically targeting certain segment. Now, there is another job listing website based on the location of the workplace, JobLocal.me. Developed by no stranger, Willy Ekasalim who is also the founder of Bistip, together with Kreshna Utama.

In a conversation via email, Kreshna Utama, CEO of JobLocal.me, explains that JobLocal.me’s service is to provide a list of vacancies based on the name of the area that can be recognized by job seeker. This means a more familiar name of the location instead of the official name of the location.

The area division is based on the traffic density condition. This may be one of the excellence offered by JobLocal. Kreshna explains that the area division is one of JobLocal’s main focus and it’s done its own data collecting based on observation.

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The Crowdfunding Success Stories of Navicula in Patungan and Kickstarter

Remember my report on a crowdfunding project by Navicula, a band from Bali? In that report, I predicted that Navicula would succeed in collecting the funding through crowdfunding in Patungan and would need extra promotional effort for the crowdfunding in Kickstarter to meet the deadline. It turns out, both crowdfunding effort finally succeeded.

At Kickstarter, until Wednesday night when this article is written or 10 days before the deadline, Navicula managed to collect USD3.127 from the targeted USD3,000. At Patungan, which deadline was last Tuesday, Navicula was supported by 19 donors and collected IDR5,130,000 from the targeted IDR5,000,000.

Thus, Navicula will be able to realize their Borneo tour and organize a concert to raise people’s awareness of Orang Utan directly in the habitat of Orang Utan. According to Robi, Navicula’s vocalist, the tour will be held until mid September.

Initially, the idea to fund Navicula’s Borneo tour project came from Alfred Pasifico, Navicula’s publicist. Crowdfunding concept becomes the solution of the funding difficulties experienced by Navicula as a band which promotes environmental issues to do a tour to Borneo. The crowdfunding concept is prepared with close observation to Kickstarter’s provisions; among them is that a project must have certain goal such as creating an album and not a social project (charity).

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Local Developers Optimistic of Blackberry’s Future

Research In Motion (RIM) is in crisis. Its global sales figures is decreasing and the company experiences a huge loss. Its newest operating system, the BlackBerry 10 which mentioned to be able to save RIM, is postponed until next year. However, RIM is still trying hard to embrace developers, one of the ways is holding BlackBerry 10 Jam, including in Jakarta, last Tuesday.

The result, developers’ enthusiasm is seen in the event. Around 350 developers from many places are present in the event which introduce the BlackBerry 10 operating system. In addition to show how to build an app for BlackBerry 10, RIM also gives out BlackBerry Dev Alpha to help developers in building apps for BlackBerry 10.

I had the chance to contact three developers who participated in BlackBerry 10 Jam. The three of them give a good impression about BlackBerry 10, both from the presentation they see and after trying BlackBerry 10 in the BlackBerry Dev Alpha device they received. They are especially impressed with BB 10’s smooth and lag-free multitasking system. The look of BB 10 is also far better than the previous operating system.

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