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Time Warner agrees to acquire Orkut

Time Warner Inc. said yesterday that it had agreed to acquire Orkut in a stock deal valued at $5.0 billion, giving Myspace a close rival for the title of the nation's largest operator of social networks. The move is the latest in an a [...]

Posted On : May, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Viximo Adds Orkut To Social Games Distribution Network

Viximo, a platform distributing games and apps to social networks beyond Facebook, has added Google's Orkut community to its partner network, and will soon launch three titles on the site including LOLapps' Ravenwood Fair. B [...]

Posted On : Apr, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Youth held for defaming girl on Orkut

The Cyber Crime Police, Cyberabad, on Wednesday arrested a 25-year-old youth, S Praveen Kumar, for creating a fake account in the name of a girl on social networking site Orkut and posting vulgar messages and pictures. Praveen Kumar [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Why Has Orkut Launched Orkut Box Office?

Seems like Orkut is still alive and wants to pull in the crowd by throwing in some free movie tickets as the bait: Orkut has launched a new community page, Orkut Box Office, where it asks users to post on the open discussions, a comment, [...]

Posted On : Feb, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Orkut Integrates with Picnik–Edit Your Pics

After Picasa, Orkut has been integrated with Picnik enabling users to edit photos in their Orkut albums. Just open any photo in your orkut photo albums and click on the “Edit in Picnik” button above it. Picnik will load right [...]

Posted On : Dec, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

How to video chat in orkut

Orkut recently announced the launch of orkut video chat, an easy way to get in touch with your family and friends that to face-to-face, directly from your orkut pages. To chat face to face with your family and friends you just need to ha [...]

Posted On : Nov, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

Diwali Images, SMS, Orkut Scraps And Greetings

If you are looking for Diwali sms, greeting, images or orkut scrap so you are at right place.On this special occassion dont forget to greet your love ones, freinds and family. People around the world are really looking forward to greet t [...]

Posted On : Nov, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Orkut continues to lead Brazil's social networking market

Score Inc has released a study on social media usage in Brazil during the month of August 2010. The study found that Orkut continued to lead Brazil's social networking market, reaching more than 36 million unique visitors (15+ years [...]

Posted On : Oct, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

Send Happy Navratri 2010 Orkut Scraps: Navratri Scraps

Send Navratri Orkut Scraps, Graphics and Glitters for Orkut, Myspace, Facebook, Hi5, Blogs, friendster to Wish Your Friends. Time for you to get into the festive spirit and enjoy. Navratri scraps for Orkut. To send a scrap, click o [...]

Posted On : Oct, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

Orkut might be losing its mojo in Brazil

Orkut remains a mystery to most analysts when it comes to its popularity in the Brazilian market. While Orkut has started to lose to Facebook in India, it remains the dominant social networking service in Brazil. However, things are chan [...]

Posted On : Oct, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Man held for posting fake Orkut profile of his wife

A Delhi-based IT engineer was today arrested for allegedly posting a fake Orkut profile of his wife with obscene remarks, police said.Bharat Vats, a resident of Vasant Kunj, has been taken into custody following investigations into a com [...]

Posted On : Oct, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Denied dowry, man attempts to defame wife on Orkut

In a shocking incident, a vengeful man created his former wife's Orkut profile, complete with her mobile number and her parent's address, where she is currently residing, to defame her. The matter came to light, when the unassumi [...]

Posted On : Oct, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

Ban SNSes like Facebook, Orkut, demands Goa Chief Minister

In the backdrop of fake accounts of ministers being created, Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat has demanded a ban on social networking sites (SNSes) including Facebook. The Chief Minister has recently written a letter to the Indian Compu [...]

Posted On : Oct, 02 2010 | Comments : 1

A Quick Navigation through Google

A new function called keyboard navigation has been introduced by Google in its Instant search. Users will now be able to quickly navigate by using the up/down/left/right arrow and the Enter key. By scrolling through these keys on their k [...]