In the wake of the blasphemy controversy and the Facebook ban in Pakistan and Bangladesh, many Muslims set out en masse to discover new social networking websites such as MillatFacebook and Sal.am to fulfill their online needs. Some of these websites turned out to be Facebook clones, while others were just plain useless.

While many local users resorted to using proxies to access Facebook, I opted to return to my original stalking grounds, Orkut. A short background For those who may have missed the craze in 2004-05, Orkut was an invite only website with a personalized profile where you have all your friends, pictures, testimonials in one place; a strong community-based system where discussions can take place based on the purpose of the community.

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I just had a look over what was happening with Google’s Orkut which was one of the most popular social networks in India and Brazil. It seems like things have changed and it has lost its majority user base to the largest social network  Facebook.According to Alexa  Orkut is almost dead as compared to it was an year back. It has lost a massive number of users who previously used to keep visiting the website after every few minutes.

But still they are in the game, the website still receives millions of pageviews every day which is enormous and it is still one of the top rankings websites in the world. Also we have not seen Google placing more importance over its social network.

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Hi friends, I know how crazy you are about orkut. Hmm ofcourse i know that you are also very much interested in new features of orkut. Here i will tell you, how to add images (pictures, photos) in Orkut About Me. Old Orkut don't have this feature, still you can enable this feature in your old Orkut. Follow simple steps as i explained below:

Login to your Orkut Account, after loggin in Pl. Switch to New orkut by clicking on "try the new orkut!" button which appears at the top of your profile. After switching to New Orkut, simply goto your profile page & edit it. After clicking on edit option you can find an option to Add Images, with that option you can upload your photo/picture directly toyour profile about me. After Uploading the picture Pl.

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Staying connected while travelling on train may soon be a reality. The Passenger Amenities Committee of Indian railways is mulling over various solutions for infotainment on board, amongst which is a touch-screen based computer unit that would allow you to access social networking sites, shopping sites etc. It is not yet clear whether this would be a pure browser based .

The service could be available in flagship trains like Shatabdi Express with shorter daytime journey, having mostly business-class passengers. The computer units could be placed behind the seats much like what we have in aircraft, which could also double up as a movie screen. The touch screen would also allow you to order your meals and access on-train freight capacity auction site in real time. Research Design and Standards Organisation is working on this and a few more things so expect a lot more from Indian Railways in coming days.

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Social networking sites are not just about staying in touch. A government officer is busy exposing corruption in a government hospital through Orkut. Dr Ketan Ranpariya has challenged the health department to look into the irregularities at Khambhalia General Hospital (KGH) of Khambhaliya in Jamnagar district, where he was posted, by putting up around 400 photographs on his Orkut page.

And in a typical reaction higher ups in health department believed that by transferring and then terminating Ranpariya the issue could be tackled. But Ranpariya decided to spread his message and to support him he has around 350 members in his community who regularly visit his Orkut page.

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Facebook might have overtaken Orkut globally in terms of the number of users, but Google’s social networking offering still remains the favourite in India, according to the England-based online traffic tracking firm comScore.

In its latest report on social networking activity in the Asia-Pacific region, comScore says the Google-owned Orkut is ranked as the top social networking site.

In India, with 46.8 per cent of the nation’s web population using the website. Facebook, on the other hand, ranks numero uno in Singapore, the Philippines, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Vietnam.

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Facebook may be the global leader in the sphere of social networking but when it comes to India, Google's Orkut overtakes Facebook, says a new study.As per the new study conducted by UK-based internet traffic tracking firm comScore titled 'Social Networking Habits Vary Considerably Across Asia-Pacific Markets', Orkut heads the popularity list of social networking sites in India.

46.8 per cent of the Indian internet users log on Google's social networking site, comScore said. Facebook, however, is still the most favorite in countries such as Philippines (84.5 pc), Australia (69.4 pc), Indonesia (84.9 pc), Malaysia (77.5 pc), Singapore (72.1 pc), New Zealand (63.6 pc), Hong Kong (62.6 pc) and Vietnam (18.4 pc).

Other three social networking sites which figured on the list of top social networking sites in Asia Pacific markets included Wretch.cc with 62.5 per cent hold in Taiwan, CyWorld with 54.2 per cent users logging into it in South Korea, and Mixi.jp with 18.9 per cent strength in Japan.

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Arsenal vs Barcelona live streaming is being searched as the match of European Football League is scheduled. The Avid Football fans from various parts of the Europe enjoy the EFL matches and people at distant places want to enjot the Football League matches through internet by live online streaming.

April fool orkut scraps are also available at the www.Orkut.org.in where one can find the scraps for the Orkut which is an social networking website. The April Fool Images, April Fool Scraps can be send to the friends in your list of Orkut Friends. Utkal divas is connected to Orriya people are Orissa. The Utkal Diwas is festival or celebration day for the people of Orissa.

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Google has finally added one of the biggest omissions to the Web-based version of its Google Talk service: size limit-free, P2P file transfers.

The feature, which has been a part of the service's desktop software since mid-2006, went live on the Google Talk widgets inside of iGoogle and Orkut on Monday.

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We earlier published data from Google trends depicting the fall of Orkut in India [against the rise of Facebook] and while the blip seemed like a momentary lapse of traffic for Orkut, the truth is that it is not.

A month later, Facebook is still going strong, while Orkut is heading southwards.

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