Posted by
Gaurav Dua on November 26th, 2009 |
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Yes! you can now choose from 40 new colors on how you want your orkut profile to look like. Orkut has introduced a new feature which allows users to choose from 40 Profile Colors.
If you wish to change to a color of your choice, just navigate to the small color boxes just above your profile section (please refer screenshot) and choose from your favorite color.
What do you think of this update? Cool...
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Posted by
Gautam on November 21st, 2009 |
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Orkut is really taking fast steps these days to improve itself. And why shouldn’t it? There’s a lot of competition these days, especially from Facebook. You might have noticed the new log out page when you sign out of Orkut.
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Posted by
Gaurav Dua on November 20th, 2009 |
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Twitter does it that’s why they probably don’t get sued for Half a Million Dollars for allowing fake profiles to survive on their site. Facebook doesn’t have it, so this might be orkut’s big chance to get one step ahead of facebook and start mass verification of orkut profiles to kill impersonation forever.
I am sure if you will ask women, why they prefer facebook over orkut...
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Posted by
Gaurav Dua on November 15th, 2009 |
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If you have received an email even from an email address that belongs to orkut, then wait a second before getting into some real mess. Yes! That email might be infected by a Malware. I caught one red handed and when analyzed the file, it turned out to be a Malware file which prompted me to install something on my PC.
Some interedting revelations were found. Let me discuss them in detail:
How this Fraudlent...
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Posted by
Gaurav Dua on November 14th, 2009 |
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Brazilian Court in Sao Paulo has ordered Google to pay a sum of $500,000 to F1 Racer Rubens Barrichello because the racer had filed a civil case in 2006 complaining about hundreds of his fake orkut profiles imersonating him on orkut.
India Server, Washington Post covers the Story
The fake profiles of Formula One racer Rubens Barrichello in Orkut have earned him $500,000. Internet giant Google has been...
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Posted by
Gaurav Dua on November 7th, 2009 |
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Update Log:
19.11.2009 – 3 more invites issued. Giveaway still on ..Lot of invites to be given!
17.11.2009 – 1 more invite issued
14.11.2009 – 1 more invite issued
13.11.2009 – 2 more invites issued
12.11.2009 – 1 more invite issued
11.11.2009 – 3 more invites issued
10.11.2009 – 16 more invites issued
09.11.2009 – 4 invites issued
After one successful...
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Posted by
Gaurav Dua on November 3rd, 2009 |
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Update: 07.11.2009 – New Giveaway is Under way. Win your invites..HURRY!
We had a fabulous competition with outstanding participation figures and we are happy to announce Competition #1 – Winners.
First – How Did I Chose The Winners?
Random.org (awesome website) provides all of us with a free awesome tool called as list randomizer. We put in the fields and the list is randomized...
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Posted by
Gaurav Dua on October 30th, 2009 |
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Update: 07.11.2009 – New Giveaway is Under way. Win your invites..HURRY!
Update: 03.11.2009 – The competition is now closed. No more comments on this post will be entertained. Please check the succeeding post for the winners.
As we announced yesterday, that we will be organising a small competition for the invites to new orkut, which starts just now.
Oh! Don’t have a clue of what...
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Posted by
Gaurav Dua on October 29th, 2009 |
37 Comments
Yes! I have access to the new orkut interface as these screenshots confirm and i do have the privilege to invite 10 of my friends to view this new orkut
Good News – I am Giving it to Orkut Plus! Readers
Get Your Invite from Orkut Plus!
A Small Competition Starts Tomorrow
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Posted by
Gaurav Dua on October 29th, 2009 |
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Yes! We got it spot on last week when we shared the news that orkut might be working on a new interface and today we come up with the proof of it’s existence.
Orkut has indeed worked on a new interface and I do have access to that new interface.
For now, You can look at some of the screenshots of this new interface as will be reviewing the new interface in detail in coming posts.
The New Orkut
Did...
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