Archive for the ‘New Features’ Category

Orkut is known as a social networking site to make new friends and stay connected with old pals. But with the increasing number of it’s users, you will find several inappropriate contents on Orkut. These inappropriate contents are, but not limited to adult photos, hate or abusive words, adult communities, offensive comments etc. These inappropriate contents are not suitable for minors who love to use Orkut and hence Orkut started Orkut safety filter. Orkut safety filter hides all inappropriate and offensive contents from your profile, you just see what are suitable for general viewing. Now you won’t get ashamed of opening Orkut in office or home. Read the rest of this entry »

After the launch of Orkut’s mobile version, Google is trying to optimize  it’s mobile web service for various phone models. Google, the search giant, is known to release it’s products in beta stage first and then works on further development. Initially there were a lots of flaws, limitations in m.orkut.com, but later they managed to make it more optimized and stable to work with all mobile versions. And now, Google designed Orkut’s mobile version to be more smooth and friendly on Symbian S60 series mobile phones. Read the rest of this entry »

If you are an Orkut community owner, you can feel the headache of spamming activities in communities. Using different spamming tools like, Orkut poll flooder, Orkut topic flooder etc, spammers can create hundreds of topics in your communities, making your community a spam center. Eventually it becomes very hard for community owners and moderators to manage a community full of spam topics. Read the rest of this entry »

Since the launch of Orkut applications, we are noticing some cool applications getting added to Orkut applications list every other day. Most of them are designed to add some extra fun and make your orkutting experience larger than before. One of those applications is Orkut Mosaic Creator. This application creates a mosaic surface using your friend’s display photos. Let’s know more about it. Read the rest of this entry »

Now you can find and locate any friend’s location on orkut using Google map. Google map, a high end technology, will uses a graphical interface to tell you the exact location of your friends. This feature will show you the location of all your friends at a time.

If you are not familiar with this, then simply log in to your Orkut profile page. You can see a notification there telling you about this new feature. Read the rest of this entry »

Great news for those Orkut lovers. Now you don’t need a computer with internet connection to access your Orkut profile. Now you can scrap your friends, send testimonials, add friends from your Orkut profile on your mobile. Yes, Orkut goes mobile! All you need is a Orkut login and a GPRS enabled mobile handset. Few months back Orkut launched their mobile version on m.orkut.com. Let’s know about this in details. Read the rest of this entry »