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AdParlor Advertising Network Spans All Six Leading Social Ne...

AdParlor, a startup advertising network designed specifically for social networking sites, today announced the expansion of its platform into Orkut and Friendster. The addition of Orkut and Friendster complements AdParlor’s exi [...]

Posted On : Sep, 16 2008 | Comments : 0

Facebook, Orkut, LinkedIn enable small biz scale up

A small, pioneering group of entrepreneurs is proving that peer-to-peer networking sites can be fertile grounds for business. Sites like Facebook, Youtube, LinkedIn, Ryze, etc, which initially targeted young, urban crowds the world over, ha [...]

Posted On : Sep, 05 2008 | Comments : 0

New social network mychillpill launches for the unbalanced

new online networking platform was launched today to the rallying call of, "We've Got Issues - Social Networking for the Unbalanced." Geared towards those whose mental health, basic character or mere current state of m [...]

Posted On : Jul, 25 2008 | Comments : 0

A Glimpse of Things to Come

At a technical meetup in Santa Clara a few days ago, I met Dave Westwood, a talented developer and 3D engineer who told me a fascinating story about the phenomenal growth of his recent application, BuddyPoke, which witnessed an explosive su [...]

Posted On : Jul, 23 2008 | Comments : 0

Rediffmail Uses Orkut/ Facebook feeds

With this new addition, Rediff users will now be able to receive news feeds from these social networking sites without actually having to visit them. News feeds within the mailbox will help users to find interesting content like photos, vid [...]

Posted On : Jul, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

Yahoo Joins Google in Social Network Open Standard

Yahoo has agreed to work with Google and MySpace to promote a common set of software standards to make it easier to create applications for Internet social networks, the companies announced Tuesday. The companies said they are forming a n [...]

Posted On : Mar, 27 2008 | Comments : 1

A walk in cyberspace: 800 communities on Orkut related to Lu...

The city has not limited its interests just to cycles and hosiery. It seems Ludhiana has welcomed the internet bug with open arms. According to the latest data, there are nearly 800 communities on Orkut which are related to Ludhiana in so [...]

Posted On : Mar, 17 2008 | Comments : 2

Scrapkut worm fast targeting Orkut users

Online social networks have been a fad for some time now. But, before you leave some more smart scraps on the global social networks, beware of the bugs. The pesky malicious mails and spams have hit the social networking sites and could pot [...]

Posted On : Mar, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

Irfan's maiden kindles love, hate, jealousy on Orkut

"Hey, are you the same Shivangi di, who has bowled Irfan over? If you are, then listen. I am a great fan of his. Please, please take care of him. I guess you are lucky for him and I don't mind if you guys are together." And this [...]

Posted On : Mar, 11 2008 | Comments : 0

Orkut, the new agony aunt

While millions continue to log into social networking sites like Orkut and Facebook to make friends and socialise, a small but growing number of individuals are also logging on to share not only their personal problems but also to find solu [...]

Posted On : Mar, 10 2008 | Comments : 0

Orkut Gains One More Worm

You know you are one important social-networking site when hacker write a worm just for you. Judging by this logic, Orkut is more than special, with a second worm roaming now free between the site's users. Dubbed W32.Scrapkut, the worm uses [...]

Posted On : Mar, 04 2008 | Comments : 0

Life in a Metro: Living close by, loving on Orkut

Their paths crossed once in a while. Quick glances were exchanged. This trackside colony in busy Dadar (east) does not give two shy people much more leeway than that. Left to themselves, Gauri Sambrani and Ronil Sheth (names changed) would [...]

Posted On : Feb, 15 2008 | Comments : 0

'Orkut has become integral part of Indians lives'

Google's social networking site , Orkut.com has become an integral part of Indians' lives, a top official of the company said on Friday."We are quite pleased with what we have seen with both the loyalty and usage of Orkut in India.It [...]