Jakarta Partners with Google and Twitter to Go Further As “Smart City”

It’s about time to have the capital of Indonesia, Jakarta, as the prototype of a smart city, given the fact that more and more Indonesians getting connected to the tech growth. Now, the blueprint has become much more apparent, as the government is attempting to collaborate with two tech giants, Google and Twitter.

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DKI Jakarta’s Vice Governor Inaugurates SafetiPin to Ensure People’s Security

Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok), DKI Jakarta’s Vice Governor, encourages the citizens of Jakarta to complete themselves with the SafetiPin app. This app enables them to send a report right away should any inconvenient and dangerous incident happens in their surrounding.

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Uber Attempts to Clarify about Its Services

The presence of Uber has indeed brought countless of debates among people. Just recently, the private car rental server posted on its official blog, trying to clarify about its controversial services by stating that they are safe, convenient, and legal to operate in Jakarta. This was to counter what the government said earlier that Uber was illegal and that the government, through the Ministry of Communication and Information, had planned to block its services.

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