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Why Facebook is So Popular in Indonesia
Update: Correction on Aulia Masna’s designation With more than 35 million users, Indonesia is currently the second largest Facebook market in the world. Despite its relatively slow Internet connection...
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Lapar.com Offers Daily Deals for Culinary Products
Everyone loves great food, especially if we can have it at a nice place and at a good price. In Indonesia, there is an increasing number of people searching for such deals through the...
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Politweet, A Twitter-like Book on Politics
Politics is a popular topic on Twitter, especially in Indonesia. To stand out from the crowd and attract followers, twitterers need to be creative, even when tweeting on political issues. Salman Aristo...
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Rockto, An Emerging Social Recommendation Site
Social media is a common way for people to share interesting websites or any online contents. However, they are often cluttered with personal conversations or status updates that make them difficult to...
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A Facebook Application to Help Japan
One more donation channel to add in the “How can you help” list for the Japan Earthquake relief. Socialbakers, one of the biggest Facebook portals covering a wide range of Facebook statistics, has...
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Learn How To Cook Indonesian Dishes Through The iPad
Nom Nom… Imagine if we could cook selected Indonesian recipes assisted by a tablet computer. Thanks to Apps Foundry (the developer), we now have Selera Nusantara, an iPad app which teaches us how to...
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Indonesia’s Bukalapak.com Has 9 Million Monthly Pageviews
Are you going to buy a bike in Indonesia? Try searching for it first on Bukalapak.com! With more than 12,000 bike-related products available, Bukalapak.com is currently the largest online marketplace...
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Geisha Launched Its New Album Through A Live-Streaming Concert
Update: record for the live-streaming concert is now available on MusikKamu.com. Enjoy! For the first time in Indonesia, a national music band Geisha has launched its new album “Meraih Bintang”...
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BursaIde.com, The First Indonesian Crowdfunding Site
Ideas become reality when they meet the required resources for implementation. However, getting those resources is not at all an easy task. In this collaboration era, we now have an alternative...
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China’s Lenovo Enters Indonesia Mobile Phone Market
Lenovo, a well-known PC vendor from China has entered the Indonesia mobile phone market through a new mobile unit in the country. At the end of last month, the company launched four low-priced mobile...
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15 Start-up Winners at iMulai 3.0 Met Investors
iMulai 3.0, an annual ICT-based business innovation competition organized by Microsoft Indonesia and USAID has brought its 15 winners to pitch in front of investors last night. This is the first time...
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How Bollywood Dancing Cop Gains Fame on YouTube
Norman Kamaru, the bollywood dancing cop has become a YouTube sensation in Indonesia. He appeared on several national TV networks including talk shows, music and comedy programs. His video on YouTube...
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Google Lets You Send Messages for Japan in Any Language
Since last month’s massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami in Japan, people from around the world have sent countless messages and prayers of hope and support for the people there. Many of these...
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Indonesian Game Lets You Be a Football Legend on Facebook
Social networks have become an attractive platform for gaming, and we’ve seen several games thrive on Facebook in particular. Now, we have another emerging popular game to add: Football Saga. Football...
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Japan’s Pikubo Targets Indonesia With Blackberry App
Pikubo, a popular Japanese photo-sharing application, is now available on Blackberry. The application is released by Singapore-based Apps Foundry, in coordination with Etolabo, a consumer web company...
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Indonesian Start-up Takes Karaoke Online
Want to sing karaoke in the comfort of home and show the world how good you are? You can just do that on NyanyiYuk.com. NyanyiTuk is another project by Agate Studio, the winner of the iMulai 3.0...
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The RIP Typewriters Buzz
It seemed that a lot of people on Twitter were saying that typewriters would be no longer exist in near future, so, the term “RIP Typewriters” became a trending topic on Twitter a couple of days ago....
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Katapedia: An Upcoming Digital Media Monitoring Tool in Indonesia
BursaIde.com, the first Indonesian crowdfunding site which turns great idea into reality, just announced its first IT-based project, Katapedia.com. Katapedia is a 360º real-time online media monitoring...
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BliBli: A New Player in Indonesian E-Commerce
The Indonesian e-commerce battle recently has a new combatant: Blibli.com, which is owned by PT Global Digital Niaga, a subsidiary of Djarum Group. The ownership of Blibli.com is also shared with BCA,...
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White iPhone 4 Finally Available in Indonesia
Over the last few weeks, Apple launched its white iPhone 4 in several countries, including U.S, UK, Hong Kong and China. Thanks to XL and Telkomsel, now we finally have it here in Indonesia. XL...
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Looking For The Next Big Thing In Indonesia’s Digital Industry
Bubu Awards, the most prestigious Internet and mobile competition in Indonesia, is looking for the next big thing in the digital industry. The question, however, to our tech savvy Indonesian readers...
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Indonesia Makes ‘Nabi Muhammad SAW’ A Worldwide Trend on Twitter
It is common to see an artist or a rock band’s name featured as a world wide trending topic on Twitter. However, if a name of a religious figure goes onto Twitter’s trending list, there must be...
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Movreak: An App for Indonesian Movie Lovers
Young people in Indonesia love to watch movies. They are also avid users of social networks and mobile devices. Attempting to capitalize on all three interests is Movreak, a social network mobile app...
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Build Android Mobile Apps, Promote Indonesian Tourism
As the number of mobile phone users increases, demand for mobile applications experiences significant growth as well. IDBYTE offers a great opportunity for Indonesian developers to build Android mobile...
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Toyota Joins The Linux Foundation as a Gold Member
When you think about cutting edge wireless devices, you don’t really think about cars. But that seems to be the direction in which many car makers are steering. Take Toyota for example, who – as one of...
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Indonesian University Creates Social Networking Site For Orientation
It has long been a problem for students in remote areas around Indonesia to find reliable and comprehensive information about universities and college life. Thanks to Pinteraktif, a start-up that...
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