Gezbox is a stylish Chinese social network that centres around sharing images of the stuff that you own - gadgets, brand-name clothes and shoes, etc. - and connecting with people in brand-oriented interest groups. There’s a new, good-looking Gezbox iPhone app (now just at version 1.0) where all the action happens. That’s where you snap an image of your beloved possession (pictured right) and upload it along with a brief description, the name of the shop where you bought it, and its price. You can comment on people’s items, follow individuals ...
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Aug 26 2011
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How To: Get Free Passes To Social Media World Forum
Update: @rkignite won two passes to this year's Social Media World Forum held in Singapore. Congrats! The upcoming Social Media World Forum will be held in Singapore from September 1st to the 2nd. If you haven’t gotten your tickets or are still pondering whether to head over to Singapore for the event, perhaps this will give you the final push: The event organizers at Six Degrees have given all Penn-Olson readers a generous 25 percent discount off the tickets. You can head over here to sign up for the event and insert the code ...
Aug 23 2011
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How Mobile Devices Help Indonesians Return To Hometowns for Eid
As the Eid celebration is only a week away, Indonesian tradition compels people to start returning to their hometowns. Using cars, buses, trains, or motorcycles, urban folks are starting their journey these days with a bit of help from their little best friend: mobile phones. We reckon Indonesia to be a mobile centric nation, thus it is not a surprise to see how apps and mobile devices in general become a crucial tool at Ramadan and Eid. The long journeys - some people travel for as long as 24 hours ...
Aug 23 2011
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Speedy Chinese Clone Copies Startup Still in Beta
It’s a pretty solid measure of success when a Chinese company clones your startup before you have even exited the beta stage. This is what has happened to the very good-looking web application Ifttt or IfThisThenThat. Ifttt began distributing beta invites at the end of 2010, allowing the lucky few to use its service to create online tasks. Among other things, Ifttt lets you connect your social network actions together across various services and networks. For example, if you take a photo on Instagram you can arrange Ifttt so that the ...
Aug 22 2011
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Consumers in Southeast Asia Are More Influenced By Social Media Ads
As social media turns into the Internet's new playground, brands and products are flocking there en masse in an effort to catch customers. And according to Nielsen's latest study, consumers in the Southeast Asia region are highly influenced by such online advertisements, especially when ads are displayed on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. The study reveals 73 percent are 'highly' or 'somewhat' influenced by ads in social media. The rate jumps to 80 percent if social context is factored in, showing who has liked or followed the advertised brand. (See ...
Aug 18 2011
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Teliportme, Maker of 360 Panorama App, Looks at the Bigger Picture
Teliportme is the Indian start-up that’s the maker of one of Android’s most awesome apps: 360, the panorama photo maker. The free app’s clever panorama stitching feature was made with input from Teliportme’s advisor, the entrepreneur Bala S. Manian, who has an Academy Awards certificate for technical merit for his work on Star Wars. Penn Olson chatted with Teliportme’s PR man, Sushant Ghargi, to hear how the company is rebranding itself from Phototour.in - which was its name when CEO Vineet Devaiah sat down to chat with TechCrunch last year - ...
Aug 17 2011
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Companies Try to Keep Up with Social Media Boom in India
With social media being the new mode of marketing, every company - be it a startup or a multi-national - is trying to woo the Indian public through social media campaigns on Facebook and Twitter. Some of them have even created dedicated social media sites, in an effort to generate buzz. This perhaps is the most challenging time for social media managers across the country, but it also represents a great opportunity as 32.6 million Indians are reported to be on Facebook at present. These users are mostly young people who, ...
Aug 16 2011
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India Facebook Users Growing Fast, May Overtake Indonesia
We often hear this, but it’s true: “Indonesia is the second largest Facebook nation in the world.” Cool to know, but it might not be true much longer. India, the second most populous nation in the world, is loving Facebook and the number of users there is spreading like wildfire. According to SocialBakers, India now has 32.6 million Facebook users, which puts it in third place worldwide, about 7 million short of Indonesia. The charts below show the user growth rate of each country and clearly, India is experiencing a surge ...
Aug 15 2011
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Belibu.com: Social Commerce for Small and Medium-sized Business
Social commerce sites in Indonesia are on the rise, not only for regular folks but also in the enterprise sector. Belibu.com is a newly-launched e-commerce site created specifically for entrepreneurs and small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). Belibu has listed every small- and medium-sized business nationwide in a range of categories, to make it easier for site visitors to find what they are looking for. The service gives business information and classified ads for everything from bakeries to housekeeping agencies, laundry services to furniture sellers. It’s not just about business either - ...
Aug 23 2011
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Founders Drinks is Back! This Month’s Focus: Social Media For User Acquisition
Update: (1) We've added one more new panelist - Tania Chew (her bio below). (2) Founders Drinks is sold out! We have always admired how e27 has played a major role in the tech start-up scene in Southeast Asia. That itself has brought both e27 and Penn-Olson closer together, like two kids with a mutual crush. I had some discussions with one of its founders and thought it would be great to revive the Founders Drinks event, which was last held four months ago. That was quite a while back, and I ...
Aug 14 2011
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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 focuses on end-to-end e-learning solutions, students can now find the info they need over social media. Pinteraktif developed a social networking site called masukitb.com (or “enter ITB” in English) in September 2010. They are aiming to help high school students learn more about Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), one of the best public universities in Indonesia. Hendi Wahyu Indratno, the creator of this site, ...
Aug 13 2011
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Middle Eastern Facebook Demographics in an Infographic
Facebook is huge, with over 700 million users, according to SocialBakers. In Asia, the social network is extremely popular, especially in Indonesia (over 39 million users), India (over 32 million), and Philippines (over 25 million). Most of Facebook’s top countries aren’t in Middle East. So do Middle Easterners use Facebook? Of course they do, and blogger Wissam Dandan has created an infographic to tell the world how the Middle East fares on Facebook in terms of user count and demographics. It’s a neat list that allows you to quickly understand Facebook ...
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