BREAKING : LivingSocial Acquires DealKeren (Update)

The logo on DealKeren’s website today has changed, officially confirming that the daily deal site has been acquired by Groupon US competitor, LivingSocial. As it turned out, LivingSocial also acquires Ensogo – DealKeren’s parent company based who also presence in Thailand and Philipines.

As if it’s not enough, we also told by sources that LivingSocial also acquires GoNabIt which is a daily deal site network based in Middle East with presence in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Lebanon, Jordan and Kuwait.

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Twitter Update: Perkenalkan Tombol “Follow” dan Akuisisi AdGrok

Twitter memperkenalkan tombol baru yang membantu kita untuk mem-follow suatu profil di Twitter tanpa kita perlu mengunjungi laman akun yang bersangkutan. Tombol “Follow” diperkenalkan secara masif oleh Twitter bersama-sama dengan lebih dari 50 situs, termasuk sejumlah situs artis ternama seperti Justin Bieber, Britney Spears, Lady Gaga dan Jennifer Lopez, untuk membantu para penggemar untuk mengikuti akun Twitter orang yang dikaguminya, apakah itu reporter, artis ataupun atlet.

Meskipun demikian, jika Anda bukan orang terkenal sekalipun, Anda bisa menawarkan pengunjung untuk mengikuti status Anda di Twitter untuk meningkatkan engagement situs/blog Anda (atau Anda sendiri) dengan para pengunjung. Ini merupakan tombol resmi kedua dari Twitter setelah sebelumnya terdapat tombol Tweet untuk membagi hal yang sedang Anda baca ke Twitter. Untuk mengkustomisasi tampilan tombol Follow ini, silakan cek http://twitter.com/followbutton.

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BREAKING : Indonesia’s Biggest Online Real Estate Website Rumah123.com Acquired by IPGA Ltd

IPGA Ltd, the owner of the brand iProperty and a bunch of other real estate website around the region just announced that they are acquiring PT Web Marketing owner and operator of Indonesia’s largest property portal Rumah123.com. They are also announcing the acquisition of another website in the same industry, RumahDanProperti.com which claims #3 biggest real estate portal in Indonesia.

Rumah123.com is based in Jakarta and with a staff of more than 50, backed by Saratoga Group owned by Indonesian billionaire entrepreneur Sandiaga Uno. IPGA ltd has agreed to pay AU$ 1 million or around US$ 1,6 million in cash and 7 million shares in IPGA Ltd upon completion. For RumahDanProperti.com, IPGA Ltd agreed to pay AU$300k in cash and another AU$200k if they meet certain criteria within one year.

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Twitter Resmi Akuisisi TweetDeck

Melalui blog resminya, Twitter resmi mengakuisisi TweetDeck, suatu akuisisi yang cukup menyita perhatian karena terjadi “perebutan” antara UberMedia dan Twitter untuk pembeliannya. TweetDeck yang didirikan oleh programmer Inggris Iain Dodsworth di awal tahun 2008 akan menjadi bagian dari Twitter dan timnya akan membantu Twitter memonitor apa yang dibicarakan oleh orang-orang secara real time. Nilai akuisisinya tidak disebutkan baik oleh Twitter maupun TweetDeck, tapi nampaknya tidak akan jauh dari perkiraan awal, US$40 juta.

Menurut Twitter, TweetDeck adalah contoh yang baik untuk pengembang pihak ketiga yang mendesain suatu alat yang sangat penting bagi power-user Twitter dan, sebaliknya menciptakan nilai untuk jaringan secara keseluruhan. Twitter berkomitmen untuk terus berinvestasi terhadap TweetDeck yang dikenal dan dicintai oleh penggunanya.

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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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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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US$ 175 Million for Nexian Group, Says Spice

Affinity group, which handles mobile device distribution and cellular connection distribution from major Indonesian operators has been acquired by Spice i2i for $175 million. The deal which will be finalized soon includes Indonesia’s largest mobile phone company, Nexian. Spice i2i is one of the largest telecommunication groups in South East Asia.

Spice i2i was known as Media Ring Ltd. before itself was acquired by India’s Spice Group and had its name changed. Last year Spice i2i also acquired NewTel Corporation, the second largest handset producer in Thailand, for $22 million. Additionally, Spice is also a majority owner of Malaysia-based handset maker and VAS provider Spice CSL.

Affinity Group itself is one of the largest players in the Indonesian mobile industry, targeting the low end market as well as acting as distributor for devices by Motorola, Research In Motion, and HTC as well as providing after sales service. Its revenue in 2010 was estimated at $680 million.

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