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Beware! Orkut Hackers Sending Fake eMails!

Beware! Orkut Hackers Sending Fake eMails!

Beware all Orkut users! Now hackers are sending friend request emails that look similar to any genuine Orkut email. Below are screen shots of emails sent by hackers: At first, you might find similarities in both the emails, but on …

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Get more control over your Orkut Community!

Get more control over your Orkut Community!

Orkut’s “Shiv-Sena Hate Community” fiasco ended up creating a lot of chaos and insecurity amongst many community owners on Orkut. In order to maintain a civil and cohesive overall experience, and encourage active and engaged community online, Orkut has now introduced more controls for community owners.

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Orkut’s “Shiv-Sena Hate Community” Busted!

Orkut’s “Shiv-Sena Hate Community” Busted!

What happened to the freedom of speech and expression, I wonder? Imagine running a community on Orkut, and being held accountable for every message posted. This is exactly what happened to Ajith D, a 19 year old computer student and …

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Chat on Orkut without a Gmail Account

Chat on Orkut without a Gmail Account

Most of you must have noticed that Google Talk was not available for chatting on Orkut for people who did not have a Gmail account. Thankfully, this will not be a hindrance for Orkut users any more. Now, Google’s chat …

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Google Latitude… Now on Orkut! A fun way to share your live location with friends!

Google Latitude… Now on Orkut! A fun way to share your live location with friends!

I’m sure most of you already know about Google Latitude through an earlier post on Orkut Diary.

It’s a feature of Google Maps for mobile, as well as an iGoogle gadget, that lets you share your live location with your friends (if you chose to share it with them) and also see their locations (if they choose to share it with you).

This fun application is now on Orkut too!

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How To Hide Scrapbook Completely From Your Friends on Orkut!

Ketan Goyal and few other readers are interested in hiding their Orkut scrapbook from their Orkut friends. Sometimes it happens that you get a friend request from a bully from your school or workplace. You love your privacy but you …

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[How To] Disable Google Talk Popup Chat Windows in Orkut

[How To] Disable Google Talk Popup Chat Windows in Orkut

Sometime back Orkut added complete support for Google-Talk popup chat windows. This is different than earlier Google Talk integration where your Orkut friends gets added to Google Talk chat list automatically. This recent integration opens all active Google Talk chat …

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Orkut Introduced Inline Photo Commenting in Activity Stream

Activity stream or updates from friends on your Orkut homepage shows among other things photo related updates from your friend. Earlier, if somebody post a comment on your friend’s you need to go to that photo to reply to it. …

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Google Gears for Offline Orkut Communities?

Google Gears for Offline Orkut Communities?

Recently, one of our reader Jo has emailed us asking, Is there anyway to save orkut topics or download topics/forums to view offline later when there is no internet connection? As a temporary and ugly workaround, I suggested him, You …

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Orkut Profile of Gabbar Singh [Funny]

Below is mock screenshot of Orkut profile of Gabbar Singh. Gabbar Singh is villain from famous bollywood film Sholay. (click on image to enlarge it) If you have more profiles like this, please share with us. Thanks Pradip.

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