As we discussed before in the case of Google Wave, Google’s social networking initiatives seem to be in a complete free–fall. Google's Social Networking trend, Orkut which has always been successful only in the Indian and Brazilian markets, had over the past year or so stagnated in its growth. According to comScore, Facebook has finally surpassed Orkut to become the number 1 networking site in ... Full story

Orkut launched a new orkut application in Google Labs called People Hopper that lets you take your profile image and "morph" it into your friend's photo, using publicly available images from other orkut users along the way. Full story

If you happen to hate any Politician or You are against one Religious leader or You hate any actor or actress, You now have space to vent your emotions. Hate communities or hate clubs are becoming increasingly popular on social networking Web sites like Google-owned Orkut in India. Full story

6 years ago, on January 22, 2004, Google employee Orkut Büyükkökten creates a small concept of global social networking and site designed in such a way that it help users meet new friends and maintain existing relationships with slogan of ‘who do you know?’ As of December 2009, Orkut has more than 80 million active users worldwide. Most of the Orkut users are from Brazil ... Full story