Presentation of Koprol’s Yahoo! Developer Tools integration at Yahoo! Open Hack Day Press Conference

Balai Kartini, Jakarta, 21 November 2009

Koprol at a glance

Koprol is a location-based social network, aimed for Jakarta but also available in 200 other cities

Available on mobile web

Noting that Indonesia has amazing penetration of mobile phones, Koprol works on any phone browser. GPS is not required.

Created & self-funded by SkyEight

SkyEight is a 5 year-old software development company. Koprol started as our pet project but was extremely well received.

Under testing since Feb 2009

±11000 Users

Feb ‘09

Koprol is still being developed and tested. Without any promotion and the product only half done, we have been growing faster and faster.

Why use Koprol?• Works on any phone• Find out where your friends are• Discover what’s happening nearby• Meet new people• Find places other people like• Get offers (soon!)

How it works1. Check in

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How it works1. Check in2. Friends Update

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How it works1. Check in2. Friends Update3. People Nearby

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How it works1. Check in2. Friends Update3. People Nearby4. Find Places

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How it works1. Check in2. Friends Update3. People Nearby4. Find Places5. Rate & Review

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Koprol & Yahoo! APIs

Koprol wants more users

Distribute

content to more people

Distribute

content to useful

tools

Make it easier

for people to join

Koprol needs more users to test new intelligent features. These are some ways to get more users.

Yahoo! provides many open APIs

Make use of Yahoo! APIsDistribute content to

more peopleDistribute content to

useful tools Make it easier for

people to join

Homepage App Fire Eagle Yahoo! Sign In

Yahoo! Homepage App

One of the most visited web pages in the world and in Indonesia

Yahoo! Homepage App

Users can add apps

Developers can make applications that any Yahoo! users can put on their homepage

Yahoo! Homepage App

Koprol shows what’s going on at hot places, without the need to join Koprol

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Yahoo! Homepage App

Koprol shows what’s going on at hot places, without the need to join Koprol

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Update location to Fire Eagle

Update Koprol location to Fire Eagle

Users can update their Fire Eagle automatically from Koprol

Update location to Fire Eagle

Confirm

Once it’s connected, Fire Eagle will update other apps that show location, for instance Friends on Fire that shows Facebook friends nearby

Sign in with Yahoo! IDNew users can sign up with Yahoo! ID

Yahoo! users can immediately use Koprol without creating another password. Just use their Yahoo! ID.

Sign in with Yahoo! ID

Current users can connect and sign in with Yahoo! ID

Koprol’s own users also can connect, so next time they sign in they can just click the Yahoo! Sign In button.

Easy implementation

Done long ago Done last week Next

Yahoo! APIs are easy to implement. We integrated 3 tools in a week, and plan to add more popular tools later.

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Good for the long run

Get More Local Get Bigger

Thanks!

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