Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Mapdoo+Malaysiakini = 1Map (Collaboration Announcement)


Today, I'm absolutely delighted to announce a collaboration that has been done between Malaysiakini and Mapdoo. The collaboration project named 1Map (1map.malaysiakini.com) will deliver to users Mapdoo's highly localised and geo-based contents with the combination of an intuitive platform and powerful search functions of "on-map" classifieds.

1Map has been officially launched on 5th Jan 2009 and opened for users to list classified ads on-map for free. The collaboration demonstrates Mapdoo's aggressive efforts to create and gather local content and businesses for new distribution platforms and Malaysiakini's drive to leverage its leading edge as the top local online media in Malaysia to provide consumers with excellent user experiences.

Cooperating with Malaysiakini, which is widely recognized as one of the most influencial online companies in the region, allows Mapdoo to show the world the very best of what both companies have to offer - engaging news and location-based information on sophisticated and innovative platforms.

I do want to make sure to thank both Premesh Chandran (CEO, Malaysiakini), and Siva Chandran (Marketing Director, Malaysiakini), and the entire team at Malaysiakini. There's been a lot of hard work and good faith brought to this process over now about a 6-month period of time that we've been working on some very complicated issues that needed significant innovation on both the business and IP front, as well as the technology front.

Thanks to Daryl (COO, Mapdoo) & Rico (CTO, Mapdoo) and the entire Mapdoo team. Everybody worked their socks off to bring this collaboration to bear.

Finally, I hope you enjoy using 1Map.

-say

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