Monthly Archives: February 2012

Event Report: SparxUp Fowab Mobile Commerce

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The SparxUp Fowab Mobile Commerce seminar that is a cooperation between SparxUp Awards and FOWAB was held on February 24th, 2012. The event was held in Bandung Digital Valley (BDV).

The event was attended by over 100 people from various circles, students and developers. The event took the theme of Mobile Commerce and it presented the speaker: Pambudi Baskara (Samsung), Ivan Hudyana (blibli), from Biznet and from Onigi (previously Mysellr) as well as representatives of BDV and FOWAB.

The event was opened by Johanes Adi Purnama as representatives of BDV. In addition to explain the BDV various programs such as seminars, workshops and other activities for BDV members or public, John also explained about some opportunities that could be used by those who joined BDV.

One of these opportunities relates to Telkom AppStore consisting Flexi Market, Telkomsel Market and Speedy Market and upcoming mobile advertising platform. People who joined BDV Community can develop their products for the application store.

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Two Indonesians Named as Winners in Nokia’s Create for Millions Competition

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Nokia didn’t just announce its latest range of phones at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona yesterday but there was an announcement that will excite many in Indonesia.

At MWC Nokia announced the winners of the global Create for Millions competition held by Nokia. Among the winners list, two Indonesians were listed among the top three in different categories.

The two developers are Mico Wendy who developed Baby Write Number and Kemas Dimas Ramanditya with his TransJakarta S40 app.

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Agate Survey: Indonesians Love RPG, Strategy and FPS Games

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One of the most prominent game studio in Indonesia, Agate Studio, held a survey about gaming in Indonesia. 1200 gamers were participating to gain inside knowledge about current condition in Indonesia. The result apparently quite obvious. RPG (Role Playing Games), Strategy, and FPS (First Person Shooting) are three most popular genre in Indonesia. In other hand, music and puzzle are the least favorites.

Desktop remains the most popular platform for playing games, although the popularity of mobile gaming is skyrocketing. Almost 90% confessed that they still use desktop to play games, with 33% said to play games using smartphones. In accordance to previous fact, most people (89&) are playing games at home, with only 31% are still playing in Internet Cafe or Game Center.

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CEO Corner : Wego and their Indonesian expansion plan

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Wego, a meta-search engine for travelers officially launch their service today in Indonesia and announce their global expansion plan. They held a press event today at Hotel Indonesia Kempinsky, and although their newly-appointed CEO Ross Veitch couldn’t join because of illness, Dailysocial managed to talk to Veitch via email.

In this interview, we talked about online travel, Indonesian market and Wego’s plan to expand globally and locally. Check out our interview with Ross Veitch below.

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Yahoo! Indonesia resmi memperkenalkan Roy Simangunsong sebagai Country Ambassador dan Sales Director yang baru

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Yahoo! Indonesia hari ini mengumumkan Country Ambsassador dan Sales Director mereka yang baru yaitu Roy Arnold Simangunsong. Roy yang pindah dari IBM, sebelumnya ia pernah bekerja di Microsoft. Tanggung jawab utamanya di Yahoo! adalah mendorong strategi penjualan, menemukan peluang dan pertumbuhan iklan online. Ia juga mengisi peran yang sebelumnya diisi oleh Pontus Sonnerstedt. Roy resmi bergabung di Yahoo! Indonesia pada bulan Desember 2011 lalu.

Tentang peran baru ini Roy mengatakan, “Saya ingin fokus pada relevansi lokal dan membawa nilai bagi konsumen maupun audiens Indonesia”. Ia mengidentifikasikan 4 area kunci yang akan membawa pertumbuhan Yahoo! di Indonesia, antara lain niche segments, kerja sama dengan klien dan pengiklan, berinvestasi di produk dan konten yang inovatif serta berinvestasi di talent.

Dalam satu tahun kebelakang, Yahoo! Indonesia telah meluncurkan Koprol untuk Bisnis, Yahoo! Post, microsite Ramadhan Mubarak, Buka Dunia dan Style Factor.

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Komli Media Akuisisi Jaringan Iklan Asal Singapura Admax

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Kami baru saja menerima berita resmi bahwa Admax diakuisisi oleh Komli Media, sebuah platform jaringan media digital.

Melalui akuisisi ini, Admax akan mendapatkan akses ke berbagai macam platform digital Komli Media seperti display ads, iklan mobile, iklan video, iklan sosial dan iklan di pencarian, termasuk akses ke data lengkap. Komli Media CEO, Prashant Mehta, mengatakan bahwa akuisisi ini akan meningkatkan positioning platform digital untuk periklanan Komli Media di Asia serta memperluas kehadiran mereka diberbagai pasar seperti Indonesia, Thailand dan Malaysia dimana AdMax memiliki tingkat kehadiran yang kuat.

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Google Luncurkan Chrome Web Store di Indonesia

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Hari ini Google meluncurkan Chrome Web Store di Indonesia. Tentu saja peluncuran di negara tertentu tidak akan menjadi peluncuran lokal jika tidak disertai produk lokal. Jika Anda mampir ke halaman depan sekarang, maka terdapat headline banner yang menunjukkan aplikasi lokal seperti Kompas Editor’s Choice, Prambors dan Kapanlagi. Ada pula permainan yang menarik perhatian saya, TouchJam: Agnes is my Game. Permainan ini dikembangkan oleh TouchTen (yang memiliki spelisasi di game iOS) dan menempatkan Agnes Monica sebagai ikon utama. Ini seperti bermain Tap Tap Revenge di komputer.

Chrome Web Store sendiri adalah sebuah open marketplace, dimana orang bisa menjelajah, menemukan dan membeli dengan mudah berbagai aplikasi di web. Chrome Web Store juga memberikan para pengembang tempat khusus untuk menampilkan aplikasi web mereka. Sejauh ini, saya belum menemukan aplikasi berbayar di Chrome Web Store. Secara default, Chrome Web Store tidak menggunakan bahasa Indonesia sebagai bahasa utama meskipun akses dilakukan dari Indonesia. Kita bisa memilih untuk mengubah bahasa menjadi bahasa Indonesia di menu pengaturan.

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Komli Media Acquires Singapore-based Ad Network AdMax

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We just received official news that AdMax is acquired by Komli Media, a digital media network platform.

Through this acquisition, AdMax can access Komli Media’s vast variety of digital platform such as display ads, mobile ads, video ads, social ads, and search ads as well as the whole complete data. Prashant Mehta, Komli Media CEO said that this acquisition will strengthen Komli Media’s positioning in Asia’s digital platform for advertising and also expand its presence in markets like Indonesia, Thailand andd Malaysia where AdMax has strong presence.

A few months ago, Peter Goldsworthy led AdMax’s operations in Indonesia before he resigned and join local online property player Rumah123.com. Founded in 2006, AdMax currently boasts 90 million ad impressions under its platform and working together with more than 4600 publishers throughout South East Asia. AdMax also has representatives in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

 

Google Launches Chrome Web Store in Indonesia

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Today Google launches Chrome Web Store in Indonesia. Of course, it won’t be a local launching if not accompanied by local products. If you take a peek on the frontpage right now, there are big headline banners showing the apps like Kompas Editor’s Choice, Prambors, and Kapanlagi. There’s also one game that really draw my attention, TouchJam: Agnes is my Game. It’s developed by TouchTen (which is specialized in iOS games) and bring Agnes Monica as the main icon. Like playing Tap Tap Revenge in your computer.

Chrome Web Store itself is an open marketplace, where people can easily browse, discover, and purchase the apps on the web and giving developers a dedicate place to showcase their web applications. So far, I haven’t found any paid app available in this Chrome Web Store. By the default, it’s not using Indonesian as primary language although spotted to be coming from Indonesia. Still, we can opt to choose Indonesian in the Setting menu.

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Yahoo! Indonesia Officially Introduces Roy Simangunsong as New Country Ambassador and Sales Director

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Yahoo! Indonesia today officially announced its new Country Ambassador and Sales Director, Roy Arnold Simangunsong who came to Yahoo from IBM and previously Microsoft. His responsibilities are primarily centered around driving online advertising strategies, sales, opportunities, and growth and he is also filling the role previously held by Pontus Sonnerstedt. He joined Yahoo! Indonesia in December 2011.

Speaking about his new role, he said, “I want to focus on local relevance and bringing value to both our customers and the Indonesian audience”. He identifies four key area that will grow Yahoo in Indonesia and these are niche segments, partnerships with clients and advertisers, investing in innovative products and content, and investing in people.

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