Indonesia

BlackBerry might just have missed a trick with the recent launch of BlackBerry 10. No not with the devices -- those were largely well-received -- but with the countries it chose to hold the launch in.The launch event represented a new start for the company that once ...

Indonesia is a seriously important market for BlackBerry. Although it no longer holds the top OS spot the Canadian manufacturer still owns the handset market there.That goes some way to explaining why it's chosen the South East Asian country to launch BBM Money -- a service that will allow ...

Indonesia and Malaysia's tech sectors are showing some serious growth, leading the South East Asia region along with Thailand.According to research company GfK TEMAX, the three countries turned in overall positive showings in the range of nine to 14 percent.Indonesia overtook Malaysia for the top spot overall with 14% ...

The global mobile market might be slowing down, but business is booming in South East Asia.Smartphone sales grew by 78% across the region, while overall mobile sales grew by 24%. In the last 12 months some 115-million phones have been sold in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia and the ...

This is big. Android has overtaken BlackBerry as the top OS in Indonesia, one of the Canadian manufacturer's biggest markets.According to the latest stats from tech research company IDC, Google's little green robot is now standard on 52% of smartphones in the country.That said, BlackBerry is still the ...

An 8.7 magnitude earthquake has hit the off the coast of the Indonesian island Sumatera in the Indian Ocean. At first details were scant and there was fear that there may be a repeat of the tsunami which devastated the region in 2004. Those fears have, for now, been allayed ...

Indonesia has the third largest Facebook population of any country on earth, but growth on the social network in the country is being eclipsed by that of LinkedIn.The professional network announced that it has reached the one-million user mark in the South-East Asian country, just a couple of months ...

First Indonesia wanted to crack down people who were "rude" on Twitter, now Brazil is demanding the social network block users who tweet about speed traps and roadblocks.According to the BBC, Brazilian authorities feel that such accounts are undermining their efforts to curb drunk-driving.The South American nation has reportedly ...

Twitter’s decision to censor tweets on a country by country basis caused widespread outcry. For the government of Indonesia, however, such measures may not be enough.Authorities in the South East Asian country claim they are "studying" Twitter with a view to cracking down on users who "behave badly" on ...

Software company Opera, announced yesterday that Nigeria has taken the place of South Africa as the country in Africa with the highest number of users on the Opera Mini mobile browser.Africa's most populous country swept aside China and South Africa to finish March as the number five country globally ...