orkut

Orkut is Google's own social networking site, somewhat similar to Facebook, Bebo and MySpace.

It was named after its creator, Orkut Büyükkökten, a Google staffer. The site is very popular in Brazil, reputedly because the name is easy to pronounce in Portugese. It is also very popular in India, where in late 2008 it was the second most-visited website.

Its "soft launch" was on January 22, 2004, with entry by invitation only, and it was only opened to anyone in October 2006.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “orkut”

• Alert – ‘Convite Oficial – Novo Orkut (New Orkut Invite)’ Email Spreading Virus

  
  Orkut Plus! — Authority: 412
  If you have received an email even from an email address that belongs to orkut, then wait a second before getting into some real mess. Yes! That email might be infected by a Malware. I caught one red handed and when analyzed the file, it turned out to be a Malware file which prompted me [...]
  6 hours ago

• Social media in South America: Orkut & Brazil

  
  media/anthropology — Authority: 512
  The first in a series of posts on social media in South America by Raquel Recuero for DMLcentral.net , University of California Humanities Research Institute. To start my participation here in DMLcentral, I want to write about social media outside the U.S., specifically in South America. Let’s take ...
  13 hours ago

• How To HacK Orkut

  
  Hack-Genius — Authority: 141
  Fake logins are pages which are actually not the server files but a file which is created to mislead people to get passwords and personal Data.So with this you can get people by leading them to your site and then they give their e-mail and password and will get hacked. First download it and then follow the ...
  19 hours ago

• Orkut To Pay $500,000 Penalty Because of Fake Orkut Profiles

  
  Orkut Plus! — Authority: 412
  Brazilian Court in Sao Paulo has ordered Google to pay a sum of $500,000 to F1 Racer Rubens Barrichello because the racer had filed a civil case in 2006 complaining about hundreds of his fake orkut profiles imersonating him on orkut.India Server, Washington Post covers the StoryThe fake profiles...
  1 day ago

• How to get New Orkut invite

  
  Techno Life @ tothepc.com — Authority: 544
  Orkut is hugely popular social networking website in India and Brazil. This Google service just had a refreshing makeover. New Orkut is fresh, crisp and super quick while you access friend scraps, testimonials, photos and much more. Are you still stuck with old Orkut interface? Join Official community for New ...
  1 day ago

• Woman violated on Orkut in Ahmedabad

  
  Ahmedabad India - Ahmedabad News, Hotels, Flights, History Information Gujarat — Authority: 136
  Ahmedabad: The Detection of Crime Branch (DCB), Ahmedabad, has arrested a senior executive in human resource department of a city-based marketing company for allegedly posting fake profile of his female colleague and inviting readers for physical relationships with her. The accused posted contact details of the woman ...
  1 day ago

• Orkut fined half a million dollar for fake profile

  
  pluGGd.in — Authority: 510
  Brazilian court has fined Orkut $500,000 for allowing fake profile on the site. Civil court case, filed by race car driver Rubens Barrichello in 2006 has his fake profile depicted him as a toy turtle. In another India incident, Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) arrested a man for allegedly posting obscene (morphed) ...
  1 day ago

• Get Sky Mobile TV App Free !

  
  vhxn.com — Authority: 440
  Now you can get Sky Mobile TV App on the App Store with live streaming TV via WiFi. The TV channels are Sky Sport Channels, Sky Sport News, Sky News, ESPN and At The Races. In addition, the app lets you browse the Sky Mobile TV electronic program guide free to know what is on over the next 24 hours. If you want to ...
  1 day ago

• Seven Annoying Social Networking Habits

  
  ShoutMeloud — Authority: 506
  Social Networks have been a boon to us. They allow us to stay in touch with friends staying far and wide. However, we also walk into some irritating people who make us wonder how jobless they are. This article is about some annoying habits I have observed while browsing Orkut and Facebook. Social Networking ...
  2 days ago

• Unknown blogger posts list of love rats in small town. Town goes berzerk.

  
  The Next Web — Authority: 772
  It’s difficult not to grin mischievously about this story, but for the partners involved it must be an awfully trying time. An unknown Brazilian blogger has begun a crusade against unfaithful men and women by posting, on Google’s social network Orkut , a list of names of people he/she claims have been ...
  2 days ago

• New orkut invitations : Is anybody left ...!!!

  
  Hack-Genius — Authority: 141
  What is new in NEW ORKUT? Fewer pages, faster browsing A clean, simple interface: Greater personalization: There are two ways to Get an invite: Join Poppy and Shashi on the official community   or Find a friend whos already using the new version of orkut and ...
  3 days ago

• New Message for Morning Blessings

  
  SMSnShayari.com — Authority: 131
  This is a message which is suitable to send in morning to your friends and dear ones. Send it to give them blessings for a wonderful day, for a wonderful start. Use it as sms or as facebook wall message or any other way, its free to use.   A Morning is a Wonderful Blessing, Either Cloudy or Sunny. It stands for ...
  3 days ago

• How to Use Google Friend Connecet to Get Google Wave or New Orkut Invitation?

  
  SAJITHAPRAMOD — Authority: 129
  I really want to help some of my friends to get their Google wave or New Orkut invitation . I have a few invitation left for my friends. But I wont get be satisfied to send invitation to a selected friends only. I value all my friends are equal. So I dont like to conduct a competition among my friends. I will never ...
  3 days ago

• F1 Pilot Barrichello Wins $500,000 Libel Suit Against Google

  
  TechCrunch — Authority: 900
  Google has been ordered by a Brazilian court to pay Formula One racing driver Rubens Barrichello $500,000 in damages for the presence of fake online profiles of the driver on its social network Orkut , which is hugely popular in the man’s home country. The civil case, which was filed in July 2006, related to ...
  4 days ago

• Orkut Revamps its Interface - New Orkut

  
  CoA - Your Daily Tech Digest — Authority: 92
  So today I had an opportunity to try out the new Orkut , with credits to Sanchit . The hyped new interface of Orkut was pretty much a charm. To be frank it has got a lot of its looks from Facebook , so users who have migrated to facebook or use facebook regularly, would surely love the new avatar of Orkut . ...
  5 days ago

• Sun Microsystems Kills Social Programming Project Zembly

  
  Technology Pundit — Authority: 164
  Sun Microsystems sure had some very nice things to say about the zembly project when it was introduced a couple of years ago: We like to say that zembly is the development environment for Sun’s bold vision—an application development environment that not only targets the web as its native platform, but uses ...
  5 days ago

• Confirmed: Playfire Gaming Social Network Secures $2.1m Series A

  
  Technology Pundit — Authority: 164
  Playfire , a social network for gamers, has secured $2.1m of Series A funding. The news was first reported this weekend in the Sunday Times newspaper but, as is their usual form, with key details missing, including the full list of investors. What else do you expect from a newspaper that doesn’t even use Twitter ...
  5 days ago

• Latest Moral of Love- A message for new lovers

  
  SMSnShayari.com — Authority: 131
  Here is a story of love. What love can do can be seen here. Share it using email, using orkut, facebook or anywhere you want and let people know about love. Enjoy!   A Sparrow Was In Love With White Rose. One Fine Day This Sparrow Proposed White Rose. The White Rose Told When She Turns To Red, She’ll Love HiM. ...
  5 days ago

• Phone Day - Mobile Phone Day Message-Scrap

  
  SMSnShayari.com — Authority: 131
  Here is a scrap / message which you can use on facebook, orkut and other social network site. Its about to make people fool. It says its Phone Day today ie. like you have friendship day, mothers day, cancer day.. we have phone day too. Rest is total humour and shock.   Today Is Phone Day It Is A Day To Worship ...
  5 days ago

• You have a worth and You are important(An inspirational Message)

  
  SMSnShayari.com — Authority: 131
  Below is a message which you can send to those who are frustrated and lost all hopes. You can send them this message to remind their values and tell them that there is a reason for their existence and existence of everyone one is important.   Each Person CoMes Into This World With A Specific Destiny: He Has ...
  5 days ago

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