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World's first socially integrated Web based Multi-service IM Launched

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Geodesic, a leading provider of award-winning innovative products in the information, communication and entertainment space and Indyarocks, a popular Indian Entertainment based Social network have announced the launch of the worlds first socially integrated Multi service instant messenger. 

Over 3.2 million users of Indyarocks will now be able to chat with their friends spread across different IM platforms, from any computer with a web browser and a basic Internet connection. 

While commenting on the launch, Kiran Kulkarni, Managing Director, Geodesic Limited, said, “We are thrilled to implement the world’s first socially integrated web based multi-service IM for Indyarocks. Our IM platform provides Indyarocks users with a comprehensive IM experience, including the ability to login to their Indyarocks, Yahoo, MSN, GTalk, ICQ, AIM, and Jabber networks simultaneously and chat with buddies across all accounts. We continue to see tremendous growth for our IM platform as more and more publishers & web developers are realizing the value of integrated real-time social interactions.” 

 

Kalyan Manyam, CEO, Indyarocks.com, said: “The integrated Multi-service IM will be a powerful way for our users to connect with their friends on and beyond Indyarocks.com. The chat feature will also enable our users to share their favorite Indyarocks content (photos, videos, blogs, movies, games etc) instantly with their friends across the world wide web.” 

The Multi-chat service is completely a browser based application and will not require any downloads. The chat feature will be available across all pages of Indyarocks.com to provide a seamless rich chatting and social networking experience. Members will be able to browse through Indyarocks without disturbing any chat instances. 

Indyarocks is a free to use service. People can register at www.indyarocks.com and enjoy the IM services. Once logged in, the screen names of their online friends from all IM services that users have accounts with are retrieved and displayed in one organized window within Indyarocks page. 

The service will be supported by non-intrusive ads providing a platform for Youth brands to reach out to millions of young Indians across the globe. 

About Indyarocks
Indyarocks is a niche social networking platform connecting users around Indian Entertainment. Launched in June 2007, it already serves the entertainment and communication needs of over 3.2 million Indians across the globe. 

About Geodesic
Geodesic is an innovator in software products focused on Information, Communication and Entertainment for mobile phones and desktop computers. Headquartered in Mumbai, India, Geodesic's Mundu suite of award-winning products includes solutions for Instant Messaging, Voice-over-IP and Internet Radio. The company is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India. Geodesic has offices in Mumbai and Bangalore in India, USA (Silicon Valley), UK, Sweden, Mauritius, Germany and Hong Kong.

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First Published: Jun 10 2009 | 6:05 PM IST

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