December 3rd, 2009 |
by A Googler |
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Google Orkut
While you’re staying busy on orkut, we wanted to give you an update on how to smoothly get into the new orkut. If you’re not yet using the new orkut, the best thing to do is ask a friend who’s already using it to share an invite. If you visit your friend’s profile page and see this icon 
next to their name, they probably have an invitation to share — so be bold, and ask for one!
Another way to get invites is to join the official community. Remember that these are the only two ways of getting invites currently, so beware of fake links, spreadsheets, scripts (“copy and paste a code to your browser”) and other phishing activities.
And if you see a special button on the top of your orkut homepage, that means you’ve already been invited to the new orkut. Just click this button to get started:
Everyone who’s on the new orkut will eventually receive invitations to share with friends. When you receive yours, you’ll see a counter on your homepage, below the friends box, indicating how many invitations you have to share. To invite friends, simply click “invite your friends” and choose who you want to invite. Only friends who aren’t yet using the new orkut will appear on the list. As you invite friends, your counter will reflect your remaining number of invitations.
We enjoy reading your comments and reactions to the new orkut. So far, we’ve heard that you “liked the ability to comment on… updates,” loved “the fast photo uploads” and the “faster interface.” But we’re also interested in the stuff you’re not so excited about, or want to see that hasn’t shown up yet. Our users are our inspiration, so keep your comments coming. Make sure you tell us what’s on your mind through the orkut Help Forum or the official community polls.
As we close, here’s a video we hope you’ll enjoy about the new orkut:
Posted by Poppy, orkut operations team
November 26th, 2009 |
by A Googler |
published in
Google Orkut
Remember when we mentioned that the orkut team would celebrate festive dates around the world? Well, it’s time for Thanksgiving!
Lots of food, football games, parades and plenty of time to spend with the people you cherish most in your life. These things are all inescapable parts of Thanksgiving day. But who would want to escape from them anyway?
Thanksgiving is one of the most traditional holidays in the United States, having taken place since 1621. Celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November each year, this holiday is about expressing gratitude for all of the positive things in your life.
Over time, Thanksgiving has become increasingly important in countries outside of the US. If you’d like to participate in the fun, you can use the Superscrap Open Social application to send messages to your friends and loved ones on orkut.
If you haven’t logged into orkut yet today, make sure you do so that you can check out our special Thanksgiving doodle in action:
And, oh, be sure to prepare your stomach— Thanksgiving is filled with plenty of food and culinary treats. So much so that in the US, it’s known as Turkey Day!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
Posted by Ariel, orkut operations team
November 25th, 2009 |
by A Googler |
published in
Google Orkut
When we launched the new orkut, we thought you’d enjoy changing your profile color with a single click. It was great to discover how much you liked this new feature!
In fact, you seem to have liked it so much that we decided five colors aren’t nearly enough. So we’ve added a range of new colors for your palette:
And since not all colors play nicely with our standard blue background, the orkut background color now also changes to match the new hue you choose:
Have fun coloring with orkut! And remember to keep telling us what you think.
Posted by Eduardo Thuler, orkut product manager
November 23rd, 2009 |
by Rahul Kulkarni, Product Manager |
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Google Orkut
Posted by Srikanth Belwadi and Siddharth Naidu, orkut teamAs part of our continous efforts towards giving orkut users more ways to share interesting content with their friends, we are happy to announce the launch of the orkut Share API. The API allows …
November 23rd, 2009 |
by Rahul Kulkarni, Product Manager |
published in
Google Orkut
Posted by Srikanth Belwadi and Siddharth Naidu, orkut teamAs part of our continous efforts towards giving orkut users more ways to share interesting content with their friends, we are happy to announce the launch of the orkut Share API. The API allows …
November 17th, 2009 |
by A Googler |
published in
Google Orkut
The new orkut was launched and it seems like people are really enjoying it! We’re handing out more invitations so you can enjoy what’s new in this version, but in the meantime we also created a video summing up the key changes: If you can’t access the …
November 3rd, 2009 |
by Rahul Kulkarni, Product Manager |
published in
Google Orkut
Posted by Ridhima Kedia and Shishir Birmiwal, Software Engineers We just launched a faster, richer and more intuitive experience on the new orkut. You need an invite to see the new orkut – we will send out invites to developers this week. OpenSocial ap…
November 3rd, 2009 |
by Rahul Kulkarni, Product Manager |
published in
Google Orkut
Posted by Ridhima Kedia and Shishir Birmiwal, Software Engineers We just launched a faster, richer and more intuitive experience on the new orkut. You need an invite to see the new orkut – we will send out invites to developers this week. OpenSocial ap…
October 28th, 2009 |
by A Googler |
published in
Google Orkut
Today is a very special day for the orkut team (and hopefully for you as well). After months of hard work, we are thrilled to announce the launch of a brand spanking new version of orkut. We’ve been listening carefully to all of the feedback that you…
October 28th, 2009 |
by A Googler |
published in
Google Orkut
The orkut team is constantly working to keep orkut a fun and safe place for everyone. We’ve previously posted some tips on staying secure on orkut — if you haven’t seen them yet, take a look! — but I want to share one more security tip with you: th…
October 21st, 2009 |
by A Googler |
published in
Google Orkut
Posted by Moishe Lettvin, Software EngineerToday we’re enabling “Chat Gadgets” in the orkut sandbox. This feature allows you to share gadgets with your friends and interact in real time in the gadget itself. The gadget will appear in a window in the lo…
October 21st, 2009 |
by Miles Johnson |
published in
Google Orkut, Uncategorized
Posted by Moishe Lettvin, Software EngineerToday we’re enabling “Chat Gadgets” in the orkut sandbox. This feature allows you to share gadgets with your friends and interact in real time in the gadget itself. The gadget will appear in a window in the lo…
October 19th, 2009 |
by A Googler |
published in
Google Orkut
With it’s tens of millions of active users and innumerable communities and Open Social applications, it can sometimes be tough to stay on top of everything that’s happening on orkut. While we do our best to keep you posted via the official orkut blog, …
October 16th, 2009 |
by A Googler |
published in
Google Orkut
It’s time to turn on the lights, paint the house with fresh colors, wear new clothes and gather with family and friends to share in the festive cheer. Diwali is one of the largest holidays in India and has a simple and very important meaning: celebrate…
September 24th, 2009 |
by A Googler |
published in
Google Orkut
What happens when one man uses his favorite social networking site to share his dreams, inspirations, and ideas? In the case of Pawandheer, it snowballs into a community of over 3000 members that hosts more than 40,000 photos and boasts hundreds of top…
