Yonja Announces OpenSocial Platform Launch

ISTANBUL – December 16, 2008 -- Yonja Media Group, the operator of the leading Turkish online social network Yonja.com, today announced that it has launched its OpenSocial container on Thanksgiving day with an initial set of 6 applications from KlickNation and RockYou. With more than 15,000 installs in the initial weeks, the Yonja Team expects to see increased usage once the feature is publicized.

Globant, a system integration partner of Google, helped Yonja with the implementation of the container, which is based on the Java version of Shindig and is fully compliant with the 0.8 OpenSocial specification. Yonja worked very closely with KlickNation to be the first social network to launch the newest version of “Buy Your Friends" application. The team also played a crucial role to localize many popular apps for Turkey.

“Google’s OpenSocial initiative and the community involved in Shindig provide an ideal application platform for social networks like ours. We are certain that this will provide a more engaging user experience and provide a great opportunity for new and established application developers interested in the Turkish market.” said Andreas Oesterer, CTO of Yonja.

About Yonja.com
Yonja is leading Turkish online social network and biggest youth portal. Launched in late 2003, Yonja has acquired over 5 million of registered users. Yonja connects people to new people through friends, and friends of friends for: dating, sharing, jobs, activities, entertainment and more.

About Globant
Globant is the Latin American leader in software product development, R&D, and maintenance outsourcing. Globant utilizes a rational blend of Open Source combined with proprietary software, which brings flexibility, mitigates risk and further reduces costs. Globant’s proprietary SmartStaffing Technology™ yields high performance teams that enable companies to quickly develop their software products and gain an edge in the competitive landscape with the lowest total cost. Globant is a privately held, privately funded company headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina with offices in Tandil, Córdoba and La Plata in Argentina, Palo Alto, Austin and Boston in the United States, Mexico City, Bogota, Santiago de Chile and London. For more information, visit www.globant.com.