Indiatimes today announced the launch of Hibuddy, the first ever voice social networking and blogging service for mobile users. This is an unprecedented move in India, where millions of mobile users can now use this service for social networking and blogging. Following on from the success of social networking on internet, this service will revolutionize the ever increasing interest of Indians in social networking, on mobile phones.
The users just need to call 58888199 and create their voice channel, through which they can connect to millions of other users, with similar interests. Therefore, users looking for social networking, no longer need to be connected to the internet, and can easily find friends right from their mobile phones.
Another amazing offering for the users in this service, is ability to voice blog, wherein users can showcase their talent on voice, in terms of sharing jokes, shayari, astrology, stock tips or anything they feel they are good at. Now the others users, who are looking for this content, will be following these channels, to enjoy the content, making it a complete C2C continuum. All in all, users can do a host of activities like singing songs, listening to shayari, giving opinions on latest movies and join groups/forums of similar interests with friends and potential friends.
Speaking about Hibuddy, Rishi Khiani,CEO, Times Internet Limited(Indiatimes) said: “Social networking and blogging has seen rapid growth in India, this service will extend the growth, for mobile phone users. This will allow users to connect to one another in real-time through social interactions on voice, which is a more personal medium. I feel Hibuddy should be the 'next big thing' in social networking & voice blogging in India"
Hibuddy will offer channels like Shivani ki chatpati duniya where people can exchange instant recipes, Kabeer ka PJ world and share jokes and laughter, catch on all the gossip going around with Shweta ke gossip golgappe, get tips for your snazzy cars and bikes on the Sid ka Biking world and all those trying to find a date and have been unsuccessful can take help from Saurabh ki Love ki pathshala and get dating tips. Currently, the service is available with only Reliance mobile network, but soon it will be available on many more networks.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Need an answer to all your questions? Now personal astrology is just a call away!
Are you wondering whether your boss would be happy with your performance in your current project? Would you like to know whether you would lose weight this year? Are you anxious to know whether you would join that premier collage? Do you want to know whether that new composition of yours is going to be super hit? Do you wonder when would success and happiness
become your companion? Are you keen to test your luck, but are afraid of consequences? Do you want to know your future?
If you need answers to all such questions, just call 58888999! 58888 Voice proudly introduces Live Astrology service to Airtel mobile subscribers. Be it love, marriage, compatibility, wealth, employment security, profit in business, education, job change, lucky colour for an upcoming interview, auspicious dates and times or simply chances of travelling abroad, just call 58888999 and get all your questions answered from our panel of renowned astrologers.
Said service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, is available in Hindi and English and is priced at Rs. 7 per minute.
become your companion? Are you keen to test your luck, but are afraid of consequences? Do you want to know your future?
If you need answers to all such questions, just call 58888999! 58888 Voice proudly introduces Live Astrology service to Airtel mobile subscribers. Be it love, marriage, compatibility, wealth, employment security, profit in business, education, job change, lucky colour for an upcoming interview, auspicious dates and times or simply chances of travelling abroad, just call 58888999 and get all your questions answered from our panel of renowned astrologers.
Said service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, is available in Hindi and English and is priced at Rs. 7 per minute.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
RockeTalk collaborates exclusively with Indiatimes for MOBILE CONTENT & AD-SALES on Mobile Social Networking
With Internet fast replacing the television, social networking has become an integrated part of the Gen-X. Orkutting, Facebooking have become terms commonly used by one and all. RockeTalk tops it all by providing an easy-to-use Mobile 2.0, social application accessible on any GPRS-enabled mobile.
In a giant leap in the field of mobile social networking in terms of reaching out to the user and targeting the emerging user-oriented market, RockeTalk has tied up exclusively with Indiatimes, 58888 for ad sales & mobile content on its latest version, which provides photos, videos, send text & voice messages , multimedia content download for mobile,in addition to this Instant Messenger (IM) chat features with Yahoo, Google Talk, MSN and AIM. User can download the content by typing in m.rocketalk.com on their mobile browser.
Just SMS rtalk to 58888 from your GPRS enabled handset and download the application; start sharing photos, videos, send text & voice messages to friends, chat on yahoo/gtalk etc RockeTalk is the only mobile application in India that provides both IM chat and full-featured end-to-end mobile social network with voice, photo, video messaging, communities and user generated and multi-media content. The fact that Rocke Talk enables the user to access end-to-end social networking on any GPRS enabled mobile set may be potential challenge to the usage of Blackberry.
Terming the partnership different from other tie-ups, President & COO, TIL, Sunil Rajshekhar said, “In this strategic relationship both parties will leverage each others strengths . While RockeTalk can now reach out to the readymade pool of the vast Indiatimes network, the latter will have an add-on to its content sharing services.”About what TIL will gain from the deal, Rajshekhar said, Indiatimes will have the advantage of an alliance in next generation 3G services for Voice messages through data. The tie-up is all the more significant because Rocketalk is the only multi- media mobile social network.”
To begin with, TIL will provide both premium content (RT, Wall paper, Videos, Full length songs, Games, Packs, Photo Gallery) and text content (Jokes, Shaayari, News, Horoscopes, Cricket, Greetings, Search (Ask service). Subsequently, TIL will also provide content of Contests, Financial news, sports, Dating, Deals, Q&A, Search, Jobs, Simply marry, classifieds.
TIL will integrate all the content distribution on 58888 platform for content delivery and billing for TIL content & contests as well as Rock talk content & contests.Indiatimes being the market leader in Value-Addes Services (VAS) for mobiles and landlines and also on GPRS and WAP services, is bound to increase the revenue streams of RockeTalk by multiple folds. As RockeTalk being a platform for social networking on the move, will increase advertising spectrum of TIL there by also increasing the opportunity of the ads being noticed.
In a giant leap in the field of mobile social networking in terms of reaching out to the user and targeting the emerging user-oriented market, RockeTalk has tied up exclusively with Indiatimes, 58888 for ad sales & mobile content on its latest version, which provides photos, videos, send text & voice messages , multimedia content download for mobile,in addition to this Instant Messenger (IM) chat features with Yahoo, Google Talk, MSN and AIM. User can download the content by typing in m.rocketalk.com on their mobile browser.
Just SMS rtalk to 58888 from your GPRS enabled handset and download the application; start sharing photos, videos, send text & voice messages to friends, chat on yahoo/gtalk etc RockeTalk is the only mobile application in India that provides both IM chat and full-featured end-to-end mobile social network with voice, photo, video messaging, communities and user generated and multi-media content. The fact that Rocke Talk enables the user to access end-to-end social networking on any GPRS enabled mobile set may be potential challenge to the usage of Blackberry.
Terming the partnership different from other tie-ups, President & COO, TIL, Sunil Rajshekhar said, “In this strategic relationship both parties will leverage each others strengths . While RockeTalk can now reach out to the readymade pool of the vast Indiatimes network, the latter will have an add-on to its content sharing services.”About what TIL will gain from the deal, Rajshekhar said, Indiatimes will have the advantage of an alliance in next generation 3G services for Voice messages through data. The tie-up is all the more significant because Rocketalk is the only multi- media mobile social network.”
To begin with, TIL will provide both premium content (RT, Wall paper, Videos, Full length songs, Games, Packs, Photo Gallery) and text content (Jokes, Shaayari, News, Horoscopes, Cricket, Greetings, Search (Ask service). Subsequently, TIL will also provide content of Contests, Financial news, sports, Dating, Deals, Q&A, Search, Jobs, Simply marry, classifieds.
TIL will integrate all the content distribution on 58888 platform for content delivery and billing for TIL content & contests as well as Rock talk content & contests.Indiatimes being the market leader in Value-Addes Services (VAS) for mobiles and landlines and also on GPRS and WAP services, is bound to increase the revenue streams of RockeTalk by multiple folds. As RockeTalk being a platform for social networking on the move, will increase advertising spectrum of TIL there by also increasing the opportunity of the ads being noticed.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Election Day with 58888
As the world’s largest democracy goes to the polls, get ready for Election Day with the Indiatimes 58888 advantage. The mobile subscription service is offering a first-of-its-kind election pack which will give the subscriber precise, updated election news via SMS so you’ll know who’s sweeping and who’s weeping before anyone else. And that too, sitting anywhere in the country. Get daily updates on election trends, party news, poll trivia, neta natter—in essence everything to do with our preternatural dance of democracy.
The 58888 Election Packs
The election pack will serve as a real-time newspaper on the mobile in the coming Lok Sabha and State Assembly elections, providing national and state-wise election updates. The service will through two daily packs, worth Rs 99 or Rs 30 a month. There will be 5 alerts daily on the Rs 99 Pack (on result days 7-8 SMS alerts) and 3 alerts daily on the Rs 30 pack (on result days 5-6 SMS alerts).
The Rs 99 Pack will have election result updates, election news, trivia and election schedules, whereas the Rs 30 pack will have election result updates and election news.
Activation will be a simple procedure. For the Rs 30 price point pack just SMS SUB ELET to 58888. For the Rs 99 price point, send SUB ELECT to 58888 for activation. A welcome message generated for the subscriber will confirm his/her subscription. Activation and election alerts will start immediately.
Poll Toll
The Indiatimes 58888 election pack will be all-encompassing. As poll season starts, subscribers will get election schedules, daily updates from the particular state, candidate information, constituency- and seat-wise updates plus the happening news on the day. Other than this, there will be lots of poll trivia everyday. On results day, party and seat-wise results, national and state results will all come to you.
The 58888 Election Packs
The election pack will serve as a real-time newspaper on the mobile in the coming Lok Sabha and State Assembly elections, providing national and state-wise election updates. The service will through two daily packs, worth Rs 99 or Rs 30 a month. There will be 5 alerts daily on the Rs 99 Pack (on result days 7-8 SMS alerts) and 3 alerts daily on the Rs 30 pack (on result days 5-6 SMS alerts).
The Rs 99 Pack will have election result updates, election news, trivia and election schedules, whereas the Rs 30 pack will have election result updates and election news.
Activation will be a simple procedure. For the Rs 30 price point pack just SMS SUB ELET to 58888. For the Rs 99 price point, send SUB ELECT to 58888 for activation. A welcome message generated for the subscriber will confirm his/her subscription. Activation and election alerts will start immediately.
Poll Toll
The Indiatimes 58888 election pack will be all-encompassing. As poll season starts, subscribers will get election schedules, daily updates from the particular state, candidate information, constituency- and seat-wise updates plus the happening news on the day. Other than this, there will be lots of poll trivia everyday. On results day, party and seat-wise results, national and state results will all come to you.
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