Pinch iMesenger, Affle announced the winners for the Pinch iPad Global Contest for week 1, with 3 out of the top 25 Pinchers for the first week being from India. The Top 25 Pinchers received US$30 iTunes gift cards each and the chance to play further for the Prize of the Month and the Year.

"Pinch is gaining significant momentum and critical mass. We are scaling up our cloud infrastructure to ensure the highest levels of service for our users across 10 countries." said Anuj Khanna, CEO of Affle.

Affle is running a global contest for Pinch to reward Pinchers for over 30 different achievements which users can unlock while using Pinch app. There are three categories of prizes based on the points earned by every Pinch user.