Begin Saturday (21/11) to Sunday (22/11) tomorrow, the largest online portal in the world, Yahoo!, Held a special event for hackers in the country to develop integrated applications owned by Yahoo!.
The event titled Yahoo! Open Hack Day is the first held in Southeast Asia. In a press conference on the sidelines of the event, Pontus Sonnerstedt as Senior Business Director & Lead Indonesia Yahoo! Southeast Asia said, this event not only to assist the development of information technology, but also online business in the country.
"Open Hack Day is part of the strategy of Yahoo! To provide an opportunity for developers, publishers, and advertisers in Indonesia to create an innovative site experience, relevant, personal, and to build business among its users," said Pontus.
Head of Yahoo! Development Network Southeast Asia Michael Smith says, Yahoo! can not move themselves to meet all the site's users desire. Because of that, Yahoo! need to invite the hackers and application developers to participate to build applications that can reach a wider benefit. "Indonesia can be an important part in the development of Yahoo!" he said.
There are at least 200 hackers who attended this event followed since opened on Saturday morning in the Rose room Balai Kartini, Jakarta. They get referrals from Yahoo! Southeast Asia on how to use Yahoo! Application Platform (YAP), Yahoo! Placemaker, Yahoo! Blueprint, and various other applications developed by the Internet company from California, USA, is.
Over the next 24 hours, they are individuals or groups are welcome to build web applications that integrate with Yahoo!. If you're bored or tired, participants may break for a while or playing PlayStation in the next room. On Sunday, they will present their own work is the application in front of other participants.
The event titled Yahoo! Open Hack Day is the first held in Southeast Asia. In a press conference on the sidelines of the event, Pontus Sonnerstedt as Senior Business Director & Lead Indonesia Yahoo! Southeast Asia said, this event not only to assist the development of information technology, but also online business in the country.
"Open Hack Day is part of the strategy of Yahoo! To provide an opportunity for developers, publishers, and advertisers in Indonesia to create an innovative site experience, relevant, personal, and to build business among its users," said Pontus.
Head of Yahoo! Development Network Southeast Asia Michael Smith says, Yahoo! can not move themselves to meet all the site's users desire. Because of that, Yahoo! need to invite the hackers and application developers to participate to build applications that can reach a wider benefit. "Indonesia can be an important part in the development of Yahoo!" he said.
There are at least 200 hackers who attended this event followed since opened on Saturday morning in the Rose room Balai Kartini, Jakarta. They get referrals from Yahoo! Southeast Asia on how to use Yahoo! Application Platform (YAP), Yahoo! Placemaker, Yahoo! Blueprint, and various other applications developed by the Internet company from California, USA, is.
Over the next 24 hours, they are individuals or groups are welcome to build web applications that integrate with Yahoo!. If you're bored or tired, participants may break for a while or playing PlayStation in the next room. On Sunday, they will present their own work is the application in front of other participants.
