Tepat pada hari ini (25/5),Koprol yaitu sebuah Situs jejaring sosial berbasis lokasi karya anak bangsa resmi dibeli Yahoo.Koprol memiliki sekitar 75 ribu anggota aktif,berdiri pada awal 2009 yang didirikan oleh Fajar Budiprasetyo (Chief Executive Officer), Daniel Armanto, dan Satya Witoelar (Chief Creative Officer).
Yahoo dan Koprol bertemu saat acara Yahoo Open Hack Day 2009.
Dikutip dari Vivanews Selasa 25 Mei 2010,Yahoo membeli seluruh aset serta 11 orang karyawan Koprol,termasuk para pendirinya yang akan menjadi karyawan Yahoo.
Pelukan dari Yvonne Chang,Senior vice president Yahoo! Asia kepada Daniel Armanto,Chief Technology Officer Koprol pada foto di atas.
Walaupun sudah diakusisi Yahoo,Koprol tidak mengubah misi dan visi awal,dan Yahoo juga memberi kebebasan kepada Koprol.
Pada 6 April 2010 lalu,Yahoo membeli layanan berbasis lokasi asal New York, FourSquare senilai US$100 juta atau Rp 934 miliar.tapi untuk Koprol,Yahoo dan Koprol tidak mau menyebutkan nilainya.
Koprol merilis aplikasi mobile hari ini untuk pengguna Blackberry Onyx, Bold, dan Javelin yang bisa didownload langsung di http://www.koprol.com/blackberry.
Source : http://www.it-internettech.co.cc/2010/05/situs-jejaring-sosial-berbasis-lokasi.html
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Great news, Koprollers! Koprol is now a part of Yahoo!
The whole Koprol team, including the founders and employees, are joining Yahoo! - where we will focus on expanding Koprol. Rest assured Koprol isn’t going anywhere, in fact it will get bigger with you in Indonesia and beyond.
We will continue our mission of helping you discover new and exciting people and places, but with the support and strength of Yahoo! You can expect our planned features to be delivered faster than previously thought - including mobile apps, an Indonesian language version, business accounts, and who knows what else we have in store for you.
Koprol & Yahoo!
Perfect Match
Koprol is a unique social network, but is also a perfect match for Yahoo!. Koprol technology is a unique blend of location-based conversations, a social city guide, and a cross platform mobile application. It’s well suited for Indonesia and the emerging markets in general. Koprol fits Yahoo!’s vision for Indonesia and extends Yahoo!’s portfolio of social and mobile products. For us, joining a company like Yahoo! was an easy decision to make and will take Koprol to the next level. We are very excited.
Kops, we love you! We will make sure you enjoy a smooth transition into the next chapter of Koprol where we will have even more friends and more features to help you discover new people and places.
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