Posted by Natalie Schwartz, orkut teamWe noticed the other day, after we added yet another link to the right-hand nav of our blog, that there is quite a lot going on over there. We thought it might be helpful to provide a short description for each it…
Posted by the orkut teamTo honor the thousands of mothers and mothers-to-be that we have on orkut, we’ve put this special doodle on the login page today. We expect that you’ve already called home, seen your mom, or at least sent her a scrap, and if you…
Posted by Luiz Genoves, Software EngineerAre you headed off on a big trip? Want to share your excitement about a favorite sports team’s recent championship? Inviting your friends to a party you’re having tonight? Recently we launched status messages on…
Posted by Natalie Schwartz, orkut TeamSince photo sharing is one of the most popular ways to use orkut, we are constantly working to add more functionality to our photo albums. Last week we launched a feature that lets you rearrange your photos within …
Posted by Hadi Partovi, iLike[Since apps recently went live on orkut, we're excited to invite orkut developers to guest blog and tell us about their apps here.] iLike is an app that lets you share lists of your favorite videos, artists and music…
Posted by the orkut teamOn Apr 18, the Google office in Belo Horizonte hosted a special event for some VIP guests: the orkut super users from the Portuguese Help Group. By bringing together these orkut experts and enthusiasts, we got some critical fe…
Author: Sanjay AggarwalCompany: Minglebox[Since apps recently went live on orkut, we're excited to invite orkut developers to guest blog and tell us about their apps here.] The Minglebox team is excited to develop applications that are tailored for the…
Posted by Abhishek Surana, Software EngineerNow that we have more capacity for you to upload your photos (if you haven’t tested the limit lately, you can now upload up to 10,000 pictures), we’ve also upgraded our photo album features. For example, unti…
Posted by Vlad Patryshev, Software EngineerThanks for all the great feedback on privacy, and we’re glad to hear that so many of you appreciate our continued work to make orkut a place that allows you to be as public or private with your information as …
Posted by Ekalavya Bhattacharya, Contests2win.com[Since apps recently went live on orkut, we're excited to invite orkut developers to guest blog and tell us about their apps here.] myHangman lets you play the classic game of Ha…
Posted by Hazel Mary, Software Engineer Have you ever wanted to check if your buddy responded to your scrap about this evening’s plans, but not been close to a computer? Do you wish you could pass the time on your long commute home by browsing through…
Posted by Manu Rekhi, Product ManagerToday we began rolling out applications (apps for short) on orkut to everyone in India and will roll out apps to all orkuteers, in local languages, over the next few weeks.Apps are integrated directly into your ork…
Posted by Tim O’Shaughnessy, LivingSocial [As we get ready for apps to go live on orkut, we're excited to invite orkut developers to guest blog and preview their apps here.] Ha…
Posted by Alex Epshteyn, TypeRacer [As we get ready for apps to go live on orkut, we're excited to invite orkut developers to guest blog and preview their apps here.] TypeRacer is a typing game that lets you r…
Posted by Michael Marth, Viibee [As we get ready for apps to go live on orkut, we're excited to invite orkut developers to guest blog and preview their apps here.] Viibee is a dating app that lets you watch videos -…