ORKUT UPDATE : Badges for your profile

Orkut has just added a few feature -- Badges.

These badges are displayed on your profile pages as small icons. Users can get badges for various things. For Example: If you are user of Orkut for more than 5 years, then you can get the Early User Badge. If you have created a community of more than million members, then you can get Millionaire Community Badge and so on.

The users are also allowed to manage badges on their profile ( i.e., whether to show/hide badges that they have got)

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ORKUT: New Layout and New Features

The Orkut Team has made some nice updates and has made few slight changes to its layout.

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ORKUT UPDATE: Send Private Scraps

This is a very nice update by Orkut. You can choose the privacy level of scraps you send to your friends. See the image below:

OFFICIAL Announcement: http://en.blog.orkut.com/2010/07/private-scraps-on-orkut.html

News: Google Pays $500,000 Fine For Fake Profiles on Orkut

Google has been ordered to pay a fine of about $500,000 because of fake profiles on its Social Networking Site, Orkut. Google will have to pay formula one driver Rubens Barrichello half a million dollars in damages because it hosted fake profiles of him on social networking site, Orkut. According to motorsport.com a court in Sao Paolo, Brazil, ordered Google - which owns Orkut - to pay $500,000 damages but this could rise to $700,000, because there could be an extra daily fine. Along with the half-million, Google was ordered to pay a daily fine of about $590 until the fake pages were removed from the social network. Media said there were more than 300 fake profiles under Mr Barrichelo's name on Orkut. The case began in July 2006. 

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[TUTORIAL] Add Music To Your Orkut Profile

Follow the below steps to Add Music into the about me of your Orkut Profile.

1. Convert Your MP3 File to SWF File.

I have used the hootech MP3 to SWF Converter to Convert the file.

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Orkut - New Version

Orkut Team has introduced the new version of Orkut with exciting new features. You can try this new version only if u get an invite from the Orkut Team or a friend of yours who is using the new version of Orkut. And, now this new version is available only to a few users.

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Bug: You can save photos from Orkut Albums

Orkut has disabled the right click on photos and has taken measures to prevent the misuse of photos. Then some people uses the printscreen method to save the photos from Orkut. But there is a small bug in Orkut Albums, so you can save the photos without using the printscreen method, and this bug makes it very simple to save photos from Orkut Albums than the printscreen method. This bug has been reported many months ago, still the Orkut Team has not fixed it yet. This bug is nothing but the Drag and Drop. That is, when you drag and drop a photo from Orkut Albums on to your desktop, then the photo gets saved on the desktop. (Note: This bug is only in Orkut Albums, so that this Drag and Drop will not work for profile photos).

Security Tip: Share your photos only with persons who you trust.

Update: " Orkut Promote " - Feature on Orkut

Orkut Promote is a new tool to promote your stuffs to your friends. You can create announcements and send them to your friends in a single click. In case if you want to spread something to your friends, then Orkut Promote is the best tool for you. You can easily create promotions using text, photos from your orkut albums, and your original YouTube videos. You can also use Orkut Promote to spread your community to your friends.Orkut now has replaced the invite friends option in the communities with Orkut Promote.

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The Most Beautiful Orkut Community

Checkout the Official Google Internet Bus Community on Orkut. This community has its own beautiful theme. If you have not visited this community yet, checkout now itself.

Community Link : http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Community?cmm=58492626