Latitudes Mobile

Latitudes.nu is mobile now!

By: Peter van Riel

Latitudes.nu for iPhone, Blackberry or Android Smartphone is now available in a mobile version.

Say what? Yes, your favorite portal on South East Asia is now optimized for mobile devices. We're rather excited about it because we know in Indonesia and abroad mobile internet is even more popular than in Europe.

Best new WWW ideas in Indonesia: a Top 10 of Indonesian internet-ideas

By: Emma Kwee

Apps and other web ideas sell like hotcakes these days. Despite low access to computers (most people use their smartphones or internet cafes), Indonesia is the second largest in terms of number of Facebook users and fourth largest nation when it comes to Twitter users. In Indonesia, with its 238 million inhabitants, internet developments seem to go at an even faster rate.

New so called Tech start-ups see the light every day. Group buying (i.e. sites that offer special deals at local stores with a minimum amount of customers) prove an especially powerful business venture. Power house Groupon is, just as in many other parts of the world, the largest of these sites. It has recently snapped up Disdus.com a Jakarta based group buying site with special deals in Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Bali, Yogya and Medan. Webshops, market places and social networking sites are also still on the rise. Here some more good new sites and apps: