April 26th, 2012 | by Blog | published in Google Orkut
We are now making it super easy to find all the great content related to your favorite topics on Orkut. In select communities, you will find a new box that shows the communities similar to the one you are currently visiting. This makes it easier to explore the enormous amount of content available on Orkut.
Similar communities are those that have a significant amount of members in common, which usually flags topics of common interest.
Try it out, we are certain that you will find new communities that you didn’t even know existed!
Posted by Marco Wisniewski and Bruno Gusmão, Google Engineers
April 10th, 2012 | by Blog | published in Google Orkut
What could be better than listening to your favorite favorite music? Sharing the experience with your friends! Now you can do this directly from your Orkut page: just type in the artist or band name on the YouTube search bar while we select a playlist …
April 4th, 2012 | by Blog | published in Google Orkut
Hello Orkut Users!
If you use the old version of Orkut, you’ve noticed that some pages look different today. Your interface may be much cleaner and simpler. You may have noticed you have more options for personalization. You also may notice that moving around your profile may be much faster. That’s because starting today and over the next few months, we will begin rolling out the new version of the platform to all Orkut users.
You’ll remember that about 3 years ago, we announced that we were testing a new version of Orkut that would be faster and easier to use. We also gave you the option of choosing whether to stay with the version of Orkut that you were familiar with, or to move on to the adventure of the latest platform. Since then, we’ve continued to experiment and update Orkut based on your feedback so that we could offer the best experience possible. And you responded. Now most of you are using the newest version of Orkut, and over the next few months everyone will be using the new platform.
We realize that for some of you, this will take getting used to. However, we want to be able to offer everyone access to some of the exciting things we’re working on and will be bringing to Orkut in the future, at the same time. We look forward to your feedback! It will help us continue to make Orkut a place where you feel comfortable sharing with your friends and experiencing the best Google has to offer. If you have any questions or comments, find us on our Official Orkut Community! We look forward to hearing from you.
Posted by Hermes de Freitas, Bárbara Veloso, and Natália Duarte, Orkut team
March 30th, 2012 | by Blog | published in Google Orkut
Novelties and good news just keep coming on Orkut. We released a new theme upon the countless requests from those who are more than familiar with Bob Marley, who enjoy reggae music, and who knows, maybe even have dreads themselves. Another novelty is a…
March 29th, 2012 | by Blog | published in Google Orkut
With our eyes constantly on Orkut users, we’ve noticed that they love to customize their profiles. We are always trying to offer new and interesting themes since they are one of the most frequently requested options. We are happy to announce the introd…
March 14th, 2012 | by Blog | published in Google Orkut
Now you can tell your friends how you feel by using Orkut’s recently launched Vibes. We are happy to announce the return of a feature that was highly requested by long-time Orkut users. Yes, your fans are back and better than ever:
- It’s easy to become somebody’s fan, just go to the person’s profile and click on the star, it will change colors and you will be added to his/her fans list;
- Every time someone becomes your fan, there will be an update on Orkut where your friends can comment on and enjoy;
- Older fans will automatically appear in this updated version, in other words, your fan club can only grow!
Posted by Koji Pereira, Google Designer.
International Women’s Day
March 7th, 2012 | by Blog | published in Google Orkut
The creation of a specific date to recognize women started in the context of the Industrial Revolution and World War I, period when the female labor was introduced to the industrial field. The harsh and dangerous work conditions were frequently questioned by feminists groups aiming for equal rights.
The biggest and most important manifest was held in Russia when women went out on the streets to demand equality. Their action got traction and got stronger, and ended up anticipating the Russian Revolution in March 8th,1917.
On December of 1977 the International Women’s Day was made official by the United Nations in order to remember the feminine importance in the society, politics and economy.
To celebrate this amazing history, we created a doodle that represents the diversity and the worldwide importance of women from all countries and ethnics. They fought for and conquered fundamental changes for the world as we know it today. Congratulations to all women!
Posted by Maíra Nascimento, Google Engineer
March 7th, 2012 | by Blog | published in Google Orkut
Do you know that Orkut friend who you always wanted to show how cool you think he is? Now in Orkut you have 11 different ways to show how you feel about a person. To express your Vibe for someone, access your friend’s profile and click “Vibe?” in…
February 17th, 2012 | by Blog | published in Google Orkut
We’ve just launched a convenient way to reply to your friend’s scraps: simply reply to the scrap email notification and you’re done! This is very handy since you can quickly reply to Orkut scraps without ever leaving your email client.For security re…
February 9th, 2012 | by Blog | published in Google Orkut, Uncategorized
Once many of you enjoy sports and try to live a healthy life, we decided to create two new themes with an inspiration in sports. One of them brings up radical sports figures to your screen while the other one is fully illustrated with great soccer play…
February 6th, 2012 | by Blog | published in Google Orkut
Our team continues working hard to improve Orkut communities, and today we are introducing a new feature: support for hashtags.From now on, whenever you’re reading a topic, all hashtags will be automatically highlighted and will link to our improved se…
January 26th, 2012 | by Blog | published in Google Orkut, Uncategorized
We are excited with the feedback from our users about the new themes we have released lately. Because of this and following some suggestions from our users we now present another two new themes! For those who enjoy electronic music we have a great new …
January 23rd, 2012 | by Blog | published in Google Orkut, Uncategorized
Today is Orkut birthday! Brazil’s most loved social network is now 8 years old and in order to celebrate with you all, we created this Doodle which is grooming our page.Almost a decade after its creation, it is still growing and getting better with t…
January 20th, 2012 | by Blog | published in Google Orkut, Uncategorized
The orkut team in its quest to hear from the user community, continues its work and has news. Today we launched a theme for gamers and another one to encourage respect for diversity. Can you imagine that we would have so many surprises? Well, keep chec…
January 18th, 2012 | by Blog | published in Google Orkut, Uncategorized
If you have an iPhone or iPod touch, you’ll be happy with what we have for you today: a new Orkut app for your mobile iOS device.With this version, you can access your friends’ profiles, scraps, updates, birthdays, and even take pictures and send it di…
