Tag: location based service

Koprol introduces revamped sites, plans to monetize further through stamps

Koprol’s belated anniversary press conference today hashed out several announcements regarding new features and enhancements to both the mobile site and the desktop site. While not as dramatic as Facebook’s event held last night in Palo Alto, Koprol’s event emphasizes the direction it’s taking in terms of growth and user engagement.

Yahoo! Indonesia country manager Pontus Sonnerstedt said on a statement, “Koprol… delivers digital experiences that engages people’s passions and interests. With the internet being an integral part of our lives, we have made it a priority to enhance the service offerings on Koprol to make it easier for users to socialize on our platform.”

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(Updated) Bouncity reaches 16 thousand users, 325 thousand activities completed

Brand new location-based social game Bouncity is about to enter its first month of operation following its limited launch on June 8 with a BlackBerry application. Why BlackBerry? It’s the most prominent smartphone in Indonesia and its owners are among the most active users of social media.

In less than 30 days, Bouncity has apparently gained 16 thousand users with more than 500 325 (updated see below) thousand activities completed according to founder and CEO Wenas Agusetiawan. That’s just over 31 20 activities per registered user. When averaged over the past month, it’s slightly more than 1 0,72 activity per person per day. It also has amassed 75 thousand venues in its database. Continue reading (Updated) Bouncity reaches 16 thousand users, 325 thousand activities completed

DS-Tour: Urbanesia

Kami mengunjungi kantor Urbanesia beberapa waktu lalu, dan berbincang dengan CEO Selina Limman dan CTO Batista Harahap mengenai seluk beluk Urbanesia, dan rencana mereka di tahun 2011 ini.

Urbanesia bertujuan menjadi tempat pencarian informasi online kota Jakarta yang pertama dan telah berhasil menyediakan jawaban bagi mereka yang mencari informasi mengenai lokasi dan tempat di seputar kota Jakarta melalui Google dengan menempati tiga posisi hasil pencarian teratas di sebagian besar pencarian tempat.

Namun demikian, sebagian besar pengunjung cenderung untuk meninggalkan situs mereka segera setelah menemukan apa yang mereka cari (alamat dan detil kontak dari tempat yang mereka cari), dan inilah yang ingin diatasi Urbanesia. Urbanesia ingin meningkatkan waktu kunjungan dan untuk melakukannya mereka telah menambahkan beberapa fitur baru sebagai nilai tambah dari layanan mereka.

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Bouncity, Permainan Berbasis Lokasi Akan Diluncurkan 8 Juni

Bouncity, platform game Indonesia berbasis lokasi yang menawarkan bukan hanya check-in namun juga berbagai tantangan dan aktivitas, akan diluncurkan pada 8 Juni, acara akan diadakan di @america center di Pacific Place, Jakarta. Bouncity adalah salah satu kandidat yang lolos seleksi untuk pitching di Echelon Launchpad di Singapore dua minggu lagi.

Kalau Anda merasa layanan Bouncity terdengar familiar, mungkin Anda pernah mendengar SCVNGR, atau Anda pernah mendengar nama Bouncity disebut-sebut di Twitter dan beberapa artikel di DailySocial selama beberapa minggu belakangan. Bouncity merupakan produk dari perusahaan pembuat aplikasi PhaseDev, permainan social ini akan diluncurkan lebih dulu di platform BlackBerry, disusul kemudian di Android dan iOS.

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Location-based game Bouncity to launch on June 8

Bouncity, the Indonesian location based gaming platform that offers rewards from not only check ins but challenges and activities, is going to be launched on June 8 with an event at the @america center at Pacific Place in Jakarta. Bouncity is one of the candidates that won selection to pitch at Echelon Launchpad in Singapore in a couple of weeks.

If it sounds familiar, then you’ve probably heard of SCVNGR, or you’ve heard the name Bouncity being mentioned on Twitter and blog posts for the last several weeks. The product of application development company PhaseDev, this social game will initially launch on BlackBerry with Android and iOS versions to follow.

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Further on with Yotomo, Get Local Offers

Have you check out Yotomo? Yotomo, Foursquare based mobile application with local touch developed by Wahyudi and assisted by Better-B team, was officially released on 16 April together with Foursquare Day. The date was not coincidental. Yotomo used Foursquare map and check-in system. The differences are, Yotomo provide local badges, coupon information, and local events.

At their launch, Yotomo is developed for Blackberry platform first, and the next to come will be iOS dan Android. For Blackberry platform, Yotomo supports type 83xx to 98xx. The option is available at download homepage. This means Yotomo also accommodate old version OS like OS 4.5 because 83xx cannot be upgraded to higher version. Downloadable version is 1.0, which means the application is final version and ready for release.

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Lebih Jauh dengan Yotomo, Dapatkan Berbagai Penawaran Lokal

Anda sudah melihat-lihat soal Yotomo? Yotomo, aplikasi mobile berbasis Foursquare dengan rasa lokal yang didirikan oleh Wahyudi dan dibantu oleh tim Better-B, telah resmi diluncurkan tanggal 16 April lalu bertepatan dengan Foursquare Day. Bukan kebetulan semata kenapa dipilih tanggal tersebut. Di satu sisi, Yotomo menggunakan peta Foursquare dan sistem check-in Foursquare. Sementara untuk perbedaannya, Yotomo menyediakan tambahan badge lokal dan informasi kupon dan event lokal.

Di peluncurannya Yotomo hadir untuk platform BlackBerry dahulu, menyusul berikutnya untuk iOS dan Android. Untuk platform BlackBerry, Yotomo mendukung seri 83xx hingga 98xx. Pilihan tersebut sudah ada di halaman depan pengunduhannya. Ini berarti Yotomo juga mengakomodasi OS versi jadul, seperti OS 4.5 karena 83xx tidak dapat di-upgrade ke versi yang lebih tinggi lagi. Versi yang bisa diunduh adalah 1.0, artinya aplikasi tersebut memang sudah versi final layak rilis.

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Masa Depan Check-in Baru Saja Dimulai

Berkat ReadWriteWeb, perhatian kalangan teknologi sekali lagi diarahkan pada fenomena check-in, yang sebelumya telah banyak digunakan di web. Apakah kita sudah tiba di titik jenuh dari aktivitas check-in atau kita baru benar-benar mulai menemukan nilainya? Jika Anda memikirkan suatu kegiatan, maka kemungkinan besar Anda akan menemukan layanan web yang menawarkan cara untuk berbagi pengalaman dengan setiap orang lain.

Sebelum kita melanjutkan, mari kita lihat apa sebenarnya aktivitas check-in itu. Check-in adalah sebuah kegiatan yang melibatkan kehadiran Anda di lokasi atau aktivitas tertentu dan mengumumkan kepada dunia bahwa Anda sedang melakukannya, dan kadang-kadang beserta alasannya kenapa Anda melakukannya. Jadi sebenarnya, tidak benar-benar harus berhubungan dengan lokasi.

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Check-in isn’t dead, it’s just getting started

Thanks to ReadWriteWeb, the attention of the technology inner circles once again is directed at the check-in phenomena that has been making its way around the web. Have we already arrived at the point of check-in fatigue or are we actually just beginning to discover its value? Think of an activity and most likely you’ll find a web service that offers a way to share that experience with every one else.

Before we proceed, let’s look at what a check-in actually does. Checking in involves stamping your presence at a particular location or activity and announcing to the world that you’re doing it, and sometimes, why. It doesn’t actually have to be a location.

Check-in taps into the narcissistic tendency inherent to a lot of people. People don’t just want to be seen, they want to be seen as hip, or for the ironically minded hipsters, anti-hip. Most people check in where everyone else does although a lot of people also check in to certain locations to show how anti-hip they are. Regardless, they’re checking in.

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More than Just Check In with Yotomo

Foursquare, Gowalla, Google Latitude with Mobile Check-in, Facebook Places, Yahoo! Koprol; There are lots of location based check in service available. When you might be bored and confused which service you should use, not to mention that not all service runs well, it’s about time for other similar application to show up that not only offering easy check-in but also gives information of interesting offers around us at that time.

Let us meet Yotomo. Yotomo is Singapore based startup founded by Wahyudi and supported by Better-B as partner to create its mobile application. On a glimpse, its logo’s font face reminds us of Twitter. Yotomo was developed using Foursquare API for its check-in service with addition of local touch, which makes it more valuable. This local touch becomes Yotomo’s attraction. When you come to a venue, after you check-in there, you can check what event or offers are available around the venue.

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