December 20th, 2010 | by Ariel | published in Google Orkut, Uncategorized
Isn’t it great when you don’t have to do work twice? The new feature Groups of Friends in orkut is one way of saving you a little extra effort. Once you group your friends into appropriate groups, such as “family”, “college” or “best friends”, you ca…
December 20th, 2010 | by Ariel | published in Google Orkut, Uncategorized
Isn’t it great when you don’t have to do work twice? The new feature Groups of Friends in orkut is one way of saving you a little extra effort. Once you group your friends into appropriate groups, such as “family”, “college” or “best friends”, you ca…
December 16th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Orkut
Yep, it’s that time of the year again when everyone takes a break to celebrate the traditional holidays with their family and friends. At Google it’s no different. Despite our constant work to launch new improvements for you every month, we like to…
December 13th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Orkut
As an orkut user, I always considered orkut communities the best place to find the latest information about my favorite games or my football team. Members of these communities share amazing tips, they know exactly who the best players are, and make gre…
November 30th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Orkut
You might have noticed something new in orkut. Some of your friends may have little icons on their profile pages, and you may start seeing some updates from friends as well. These are our new orkut badges!Badges are another way for you to express yours…
November 24th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Orkut
Today is Thanksgiving, a holiday dedicated to showing your appreciation for all of the positive things in your life. If you’d like to read more about the holiday, check out last year’s post.On the orkut team, we’re thankful for a lot of things. We’re t…
October 30th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Orkut
Boo! We’ve been getting some strange reports recently. Bat sightings, ghosts appearing out of thin air, wolves howling in the night. Oh, and don’t even get us started on the number of zombies that have been seen lurching around. Even the orkut logo…
October 28th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Orkut
We all like to have fun online, but it’s important to be wary of security threats like fake websites or emails, and misleading messages and links. Losing your account is no fun, so to help keep you from falling into a virtual trap, here are some impo…
October 8th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Orkut
Since we launched Groups of Friends, you’ve likely been using the groups management page to quickly rename, remove and create your groups. So, we’d like to let you know about two improvements we just added to that page.Remove suggested groupsSee a …
September 20th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Orkut
Orkut is available in more than 40 languages and brings together people from everywhere in the world. If you make friends abroad, sometimes they may post updates or comments in a language you don’t understand. If you’ve ever wanted to find out what the…
September 17th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Orkut
Today is the kick-off ceremony of Oktoberfest, a traditional German celebration of food, drink, music, dance, and culture that has become so popular that it has spread all around the world.The world’s largest Oktoberfest celebration takes place in Mu…
September 17th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Orkut
If you use video chat in orkut, you might be interested in a new feature we just rolled out: now you can video chat with your friends in high-resolution! It’s like talking face-to-face with them, directly from your orkut pages.To enable it, click “Op…
September 14th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Orkut
One year after launching orkut promote, we’re happy to bring you a new page for your promotions. Now it’s easier to create and to review all your promotions, ‘coz they’re all in a single page. Check how many people re-promoted them, how many clicks, …
September 8th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Orkut
One thing that many new orkut users missed is back at last: your daily fortune! Now, when you sign into orkut for the first time each day you’ll get a new fortune generated for you! Pretty sweet, huh?Your fortunes are only visible to you, and if you do…
September 3rd, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Orkut
Like you, the Google Chrome team was pretty excited last week to see all the new features debut on orkut. The improved page rendering and image loading on orkut really take advantage of the speed and functionality of modern web browsers like Chrome.It …
