Posted by Nishant Redkar, Software EngineerA wise man once said “Privacy is the condition of being left alone, out of public view, and in control of information that is known about you.” Here at orkut, we’re keeping up with your requests for additional…
Posted by Orkut Buyukkokten Orkut isn’t the same social networking site that it used to be. When I created the site, there was less information to share and there were fewer sharing controls. Since, we’ve added ways for users to upload photo…
Posted by Natalie Schwartz, Associate Product Marketing Manager You may have noticed that the orkut logo looked a little different when you signed in today — and if the four candles on the cake didn’t give it away already, it’s our fourth birthday. T…
Posted by Ellen Spertus, Research Scientist and Torsten Nelson, Software Engineer When orkut launched, we had no idea that scrapbooks would be the primary way members would interact. Billions of scraps later, we’ve learned that scraps are a huge hit, …
Posted by Natalie Schwartz, orkut TeamAs we started the new year, we took some time to look back on the year for orkut. Sometimes we get so caught up looking forward to all the new features we want to launch, we forget to look back at what we have acco…
Chen Xiao and Anisha Malhotra, Software Engineers Now that you can have 100 photos, we thought you might want to organize them into multiple albums to make it easier for you and others to enjoy. We were looking for ways to group all of our photos on …
Posted by Dharmesh Mokani, Software Engineer orkut is an online community designed to help people connect, build relationships and create engaging communities around common interests. We love orkut just as much as you do, and we want to keep it fun and…
Posted by Sergio Marti, Software EngineerThis week, the orkut team discovered that a user had exploited a bug in our scrapbook feature. As a result, many of you likely received scraps from friends of yours that they actually didn’t send, and friends ma…
Posted by the orkut team It’s that time of the year again-when many of you may be hosting friends and family for a holiday party. While catching up is wonderful, planning a party can be a pain. Here’s how orkut can help: Scraps make easy invitations: P…
Posted by Viviana Agostinho, orkut Operations Team2007 was a really good year for orkut. So many new features were launched! But where did these new ideas come from? Well, mostly from you. Yes, it was all of you who sent us the enormous amount of sugge…
Posted by Jude Britto, Software Engineer There’s nothing quite like the feeling you get when you find someone on orkut that you’ve lost touch with for a while. We’ve been working on ways to make this a more common occurrence. One of the nice things …
Posted by Zachary John, Business Product ManagerRecently, we wrote about the new functionality that allows you to chose whether to let everyone or just your friends view your testimonials, videos and photos. And now, we’re announcing that we’ve expande…
Posted by Keyla Ribeiro, orkut Operations Team We all love orkut, but no one likes to come accross profiles or communities of questionable content. It’s important to keep in mind that orkut is a place for people to communicate freely about all sorts o…
Posted by Eduardo Cordeiro, Software Engineer Are you a fan of soccer? Heroes? Britney Spears? Formula One? Whatever your passion, you’ve probably found a community around it on orkut. And when you’re not on orkut, chances are you also visit a favorit…
Posted by Vlad Patryshev, Software EngineerHave you desperately wanted to show off photos from a recent romanitc getaway or from friends’ really “colorful” party? Or have you wanted to put up videos that feature your family & friends but held back …