A blog post at 37 Signals today highlighted certain startups that were acquired by Yahoo! over the years and showed that it’s almost a road to ruin for all, if not the majority of them. Among the dozens of acquisitions, Flickr seems to be the only one that…
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The second Founders Drinks in Jakarta is on track and fully booked. Scheduled to be held on Thursday, 7 pm at Blöeming Bar and Restaurant at fX Lifestyle X’Nter, the event will feature Scott Rafer, CEO of Omniar, though unfortunately Satya Witoelar from Yahoo! Koprol had to cancel…
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Yahoo! on Thursday officially launched Koprol for Business at an event at Grand Indonesia shopping center, central Jakarta after hinting about such service back in December. The new service is aimed at companies providing them with a means to directly engage their customers and create location-based offerings.
With…
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In a deal that will span three years, Indian online travel booking service Makemytrip.com will fully acquire Singapore based travel agency Luxury Tours and Travel (LTT).
The Indian company has spent USD3 million for a majority stake and will make further investments as it plans to…
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SparxUp winner and Google partner LewatMana.com was awarded the 2011 Netextplorateur of the year award in Paris earlier this month.
The award is given out by Netextplorateur, an organization under the appointment of the French Sénat and the Prime Minister of France, and is handed to the…
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Nokia dropped a bomb on Friday as chief executive Stephen Elop announced an alliance with Microsoft to adopt Windows Phone 7 as its smartphone platform of choice. It hasn’t dropped Symbian and Meego altogether but the two will become open source platforms and the company will continue to…
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Also-ran social network Multiply is trying to staff up in Southeast Asia as it tries to reshape the network into an e-commerce platform following the opening of its offices in Jakarta and Manila late last year.
Multiply, which calls itself a ‘social shopping’ site, is looking to…
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The inaugural Founders Drinks in Jakarta was held on Wednesday, 2 February, which coincided with Chinese New Year’s Eve, at Blöeming Restaurant and Bar at fX Lifestyle X’Nter in South Jakarta.
Capped at 30 invitations, interest in the event nearly doubled the available spots. Those who had new…
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Andi S. Boediman, Chief Innovation Officer of Mojopia, the company behind Indonesian ecommerce platform plasa.com, announced his official resignation Sunday night through a blog post. Boediman, along with former Mojopia CEO Shinta Dhanuwardoyo were hired by Telkom Indonesia in 2009 to revitalize the company’s…
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According to a Wall Street Journal report, Google is hiring developers to create apps for the Android platform. In other words, the online search giant may be looking to become a sort of incubator for application developers and it has shifted a number of its own employees to boost…
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