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Tag Archives: koprol
So long Kops, thanks for all the umm… rols?
TweetTalk about being hit by lightning. On Tuesday night I was told that the Koprol team at Yahoo! had been building what was going to be Koprol 2.0, a major reimagining of Koprol. The six month work had delivered something that would have been a much better product. It was going to be a leaner [...]
Yahoo! Koprol to Relaunch In May, Refocuses on Neighborhoods
TweetDailySocial made our way downtown Wednesday morning to Yahoo Indonesia’s offices at Sentra Senayan II to take a sneak peak at what the people there were up to. Hours earlier came news that Sunnyvale is going to wield the axe this week over 2000 employees across the globe. A massive layoff is coming. The mood [...]
Exit Interview: Michael F. Smith Jr.
TweetAs promised, we have the exit interview with Michael Francis Smith Jr., a.k.a Smitty, who just left his position at Yahoo to join a new startup called Spuul. We asked Smitty about Spuul, his views on Yahoo, Koprol, and the startup scene in Southeast Asia. He outlined his reasons for jumping ship from a stable [...]
Michael “Smitty” Smith Jr. Leaves Yahoo!
Tweet Smitty and Thomas Diong at Yahoo! Kopfest Today was the last day for Michael Smith Jr., head of Yahoo’s Developer Network for Southeast Asia. He apparently plans to run an as yet undisclosed startup project. Better known as Smitty, he was instrumental in leading the Yahoo acquisition of Koprol back in 2010 following Sunnyvale’s [...]
Koprol for iPhone spotted at Yahoo! Indonesia
TweetSince we seem to be in the mood for Koprol today, here’s a lighter post about those occupants of Sentra Senayan II. Guess what, Koprol has been live testing its iPhone app for at least the past couple of weeks. How did we know? A number of Koprol posts from @wiqzz say so. Does this [...]
Koprol Transitions to New Website, Still Unsure Where It’s Going
TweetKoprol first introduced its new beta site back in July which features hover cards, stamps, hot tags, and onboarding. On Tuesday it finally completed its transition from the old design and brought forward the beta site to Koprol’s primary address. Koprol users will no longer have to go to new.koprol.com to use the revamped version. [...]
The Integration of Koprol and BlackBerry Messenger 6
TweetBlackBerry Messenger (BBM) 6 has Social Platform features that enables third party apps to integrate their service with BBM statuses. Yahoo! Koprol two days ago announced that Koprol service has been integrated with BlackBerry platform (can be downloaded on App World), so that it can be connected to BlackBerry Messenger. However, users should use BBM [...]
Koprol Officially Launches Android App
TweetAfter waiting for months for the beta-testing phase, finally Koprol launches their Android app ready to be downloaded at Android Marketplace. Actually, this app has been made available since the end of September but I guess they forgot to tell me. Since a few months ago, Koprol has been distributing this app to selected beta [...]
A love letter for Yahoo! Koprol
TweetDear Koprol and Yahoo, You guys have been working together for over a year and Koprol has been around for over 2.5 years but we haven’t seen major adoption of your service by third party apps and services thanks to your lack of open API. What is going on? Why can’t you guys get your [...]
Is There a Need to Reboot Koprol?