Indyarocks is announcing the launch of Social IM service (goes live on June 11th) that will enable it’s members to chat with their buddies across different IM services. Indyarocks’ Social IM supports chat within it’s network as well as Gtalk, Yahoo, MSN and AOL. Of course, users can share Indyarocks content while while chatting with their...
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Recap of top articles published week ending May 31 2009 Startups Related askLaila introduces Chat bots for IM clients – Yahoo Messenger and GTalk Create Twitter Groups (Public/Private) using TweetKnot
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Indyarocks has partnered with Nautank.tv to offer 16 Free Premium video Channels including the likes of MTV, Channel , TimesNow, ZEE News, Colors, FTV and SimplyBhangra for free (link). This partnership will offer Indyarocks users free online access to premium video content from Youth Channels (MTV, Channel , FTV), News Channels (TimesNow, Zee News),
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IndyaRocks has partnered with Eros Entertainment enabling Eros to promote their movies by building a community around their brand. Given the fact that social networks are facing a tough time with monetization. branded communities is surely one of the ways to create some buzz. Aside, IndyaRocks started as a socionet with focus on entertainment as well...
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FXLabs has partnered with IndyaRocks to create a gaming platform with more than 5,000 online casual games. The platform will also allow independent game developer to upload games at IndyaRocks. Zapak recently announced focusing on merchandise sales in order to push growth, and has tied-up for Amitabh Bachchan starrer ‘Bhootnath’ to sell...
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IndyaRocks has launched the mobile version of social network, that can be accessed from http://m.indyarocks.com The mobile version is an optimized version of the site and has pretty much the same set of features as the website. IndyaRocks has been adding interesting features like online gaming community,social money, and very recently added friend updates feature. Give...
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Few words of thanks to our sponsors, who help run the show: PringOO – Pune based portal that lets you customize your t-shirts/coffee mugs and more. If you are a designer, you can set the selling price of your designs. Zook.in: Local search service by Ziva, Zook.in’s claim to fame is the interactivity...
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IndyaRocks (read our earlier interview with Kalyan Manyam) has launched online gaming community with more than 800 free casual games. The games are featured under various categories such as Action, Adventure, Sports, Racing, Word games, Indian, Puzzles and Strategy. The gaming section allows community to rate, review and share the games with members. IndyaRocks...
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Hutch is now Vodaphone The loyal dog switches loyalty and gets a swanky new house. Trai says mobile firms don’t need licence for TVservices In a move detrimental to the interests of cable distribution and media companies, TRAI has suggested that telecom operators can offer mobile television services to subscribers while others will...
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IndyaRocks has launched a cool way to reward it’s members users for their participation – Social Money. What is Social Money? Social Money program awards IndyaRocks members for their day to day interaction with friends and family and it is also a way to reward user generated content (UGC). As a member of...
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Kalyan Manyam, (founder of IndyaRocks), in our earlier podcast , hinted on IndyaRocks’ mobile and video aspirations; and am glad to see the first installment out of their factory. Tomorrow IndyaRocks is announcing the launch of Widescreen videos – their video platform to upload and share video content. What’s different about it?Why...
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I did an email interview with Kalyan Manyam and here is our podcast. I asked very candid questions to Kalyan Why another social network? Don’t we have enough of them? You guys are absorbing the operator cost - how sustainable is it? What’s your comment on BigAdda’s strategy etc.. and many more.. and am glad...
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Passion.Energy and Enthusiasm – this guy has loads of it, and is all set to rock the Indian Internet world with his startup- IndyaRocks, the new new social network. Meet Kalyan Manyam, one of the founders of IndyaRocks: Tell us more about Indyarocks. And the idea behind it? Indyarocks.com is owned by Phonelinx...
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