ApnaCircle.com launches app for BlackBerry smartphones

Jan. 23, 2012 - PRLog -- New Delhi, January 23’ 2012 – ApnaCircle, India’s pioneer in the Business & Career networking space today announced the launch of ApnaCircle for BlackBerry® smartphones. The app allows BlackBerry smartphone users to easily connect and manage their professional network on ApnaCircle, while they are on the move.

The new application provides many handy tools to users that will help them increase their online visibility and give them a more convenient way of connecting with their professional network on ApnaCircle.com. The application includes a robust address book, and allows users to read and reply to messages. The application leverages BlackBerry Push Services to give users instant updates on industry happenings and news, and lets users immediately view, accept or decline requests to connect from other users. BlackBerry users can also easily share links with their ApnaCircle contacts directly from the BlackBerry browser.

Mr. Yogesh Bansal, Founder and CEO, ApnaCircle.com said, “With more and more professionals using BlackBerry smartphones, launching our BlackBerry application was quite imperative. This application helps ApnaCircle users conveniently access their professional network while mobile, and we plan to add additional features beyond this first release,”

Ms. Annie Mathew, Head of Alliances and Developer Relations in India for Research In Motion said, “We are pleased to support ApnaCircle in bringing their app to the BlackBerry platform. Features such as BlackBerry Push Services, and the ability to easily integrate with core BlackBerry applications, give developers the means to create richer and more robust application experiences for customers.”

ApnaCircle.com started with 20 thousand users in 2007 and today consists of more than 3.6 million users in India. Post the merger with Viadeo, ApnaCircle becomes a part of the second biggest professional networking site in the world with over 36 million users globally.

To download the app , type in ‘d.apnacircle.com’ from your BlackBerry browser.

About ApnaCircle.com

Founded in the year 2006, ApnaCircle is India’s first and leading Business and Career networking site. ApnaCircle is one of the pioneers in the Indian networking space. It connects professionals all across India and gives them a platform to brand themselves and build the right contacts.

The company was founded by Mr. Yogesh Bansal in December 2006.ApnaCircle merged with Viadeo, the leading professional networking site in Europe and with Tianji, the leading professional networking site in China in 2009 to form the leading global entity. With more than 36 million members worldwide, including CEOs, Senior Managers, Entrepreneurs, Consultants and professionals from various fields like Finance, Communications & Media, Production & Engineering, Marketing & Sales, ApnaCircle today is the world's second largest professional network on the Internet.

These mergers have enabled the Indian users at ApnaCircle to interact with vast consumers from Europe, China and other parts of the globe. Also, ApnaCircle – Viadeo - Tianji acquired Unyk, a Canadian social networking site to grow the Indian market organically.