Topic: orkut.com LLC

Technology: The Talk About Google's OpenSocial

And everyone thought that Microsoft had punked Google by investing $240 million in Facebook for 1.6 of the social-networking site, when all the while Google had a plan for Orkut, that being OpenSocial -- a set of common APIs for ...READ»

Going Global... Accidentally

In today's New York Times, there's a piece in the business section about the surprising international adoption and success of Google's social network service, Orkut. The story is interesting at two levels. One, Orkut wasn't designed ...READ»

Social Purposes of Social Networking Sites

Who would have thought that the police would use social networking sites to solve murder cases? Well, that’s exactly what happened in Mumbai, India recently. Mumbai Police used Orkut profiles to nab the alleged killer of a young ...READ»

The Aesthetics of Social Networks

Danah Boyd is an information management PhD student at the University of California, where she researches how people negotiate their presentation of self in online communities and other social contexts. Jon Lebkowsky serves as CEO of ...READ»

Marketing Via Voicemail

In the April issue, Scott Kirsner looks at a new form of spam: "snam," the deluge of impersonal -- though connected -- emails brought on by social networking services such as Orkut. This morning, FC Now reader Joseph price emailed ...READ»

Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places

Are you interested in sex? Would you say that publicly? One of the things that has proven most problematic for people to experience -- and most interesting to observe -- as we collectively explore social networking online is the ...READ»

5 New Social Media Jobs You Will Fill In The Next 5 Years

Social media has already changed business profoundly. If yours hasn’t, you are already behind the curve. If you have customers, their expectations regarding how they interact with businesses has likely already shifted dramatically. So how will you deal with these changes in your business? They will surely impact marketing and legal, perhaps even I.T. But what else is on the horizon?READ»

Google, Innovation, and the Web

Marissa Mayer works as director of consumer Web products at Google and has spearheaded almost every user-interface change to the Google Web site for the past four years. She also teaches computer programming at Stanford. In her ...READ»

Tips to successful online dating

Online dating is the best way to meet people across the globe. In fact, because of its anonymous nature, people get to know each other first (likes, dislikes, tastes, ideals, etc) before actually thinking of the pleasures of the flesh. READ»

Blizzard of Ozz

While Microsoft may have trouble innovating, the company's acquisition of Ray Ozzie's Groove Networks clearly indicates that it can buy the innovations -- and perhaps innovators -- it needs to compete. Like Google's purchase of ...READ»

Will Google Keep Growing?

In the blog Venturpreneur, Gordon Smith takes Google to task for its IPO prospectus. His major criticism: Google doesn't tell a growth story. With the acquisition of Blogger, the release of Orkut and Gmail, it seems that Google has ...READ»

Careers: How Many Social Networks Are Enough?

When Groucho Marx famously told the Friars that he "didn't want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member" he notified them via telegram. If Groucho were on e-mail today he would be spammed by invitations from friends, ...READ»

Indonesia Tries Honesty Policy to Rebuild Trust

Years ago, I heard about an unusual doughnut vendor who asked people to pay what they owed, and make change for themselves, says Dov Seidman. The practice told his customers that he trusted them to be honest. Indonesia’s cashier-free “honesty cafes” do the same thing. The best way to rebuild trust is to extend trust to others.READ»

For Recruiting on the Social Web - add some innovation!

For Recruiting on the Social Web - add some innovation! This post has a twist. It's not so much about advise for recruiters, 'cause I'm not a recruiter. It's about engaging in relationships with others and letting our ...READ»

Widgets: From Hype to Hits

Last year, Newsweek predicted that 2007 would be "the year of the widget." This July, developers gathered in New York for Widgetcon, a conference devoted exclusively to widgets. Whether or not Widgetcon fulfilled Newsweek's prediction, it signaled that widgets were more than a passing fad on the Web.READ»

Web Smackdown

An addictive tool reveals who's watching what.READ»

Social Networks Are More Than Networking

Social networks, there's a lot of them out there and you're being invited to participate in new ones every day. There's MySpace, FaceBook, LinkedIn. There's eCademy, Plaxo, Ning, Bebo, Friendster. Jaiku, Orkut, Tumblr, and moore ...READ»

Will Everything Be Wired to a Social Net? Even Google's Doing It

You've got to credit Google for trying to be the one-stop shop for everything online: It just grabbed hold of the craze for social networking, and built it right into Google users' homepages. Will everything soon be social ...READ»

Next Generation Interaction: Are Virtual Worlds Waiting in the Wings?

About: This is the revised transcript of the Fast Company.com Call-In titled, Next Generation Interaction: Are Virtual Worlds Waiting in the Wings? that took place on November 2008. Portions of the dialogue have been re-written ...READ»

Blogging Next

Danah Boyd is an information management PhD student at the University of California, where she researches how people negotiate their presentation of self in online communities and other social contexts. Anil Dash works as VP of ...READ»

Evolution of a Facebook-Killer

Plenty of people have been wondering about which company might come along and dethrone Facebook. What if the answer is so obvious that you wouldn't notice until all the pieces came together?READ»

Google's Game Show: All About Facebook?

When Google threw a party at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco last Wednesday, the question that seemed to bedevil the press and analysts gathered was, "Why is Google throwing a party at the Game Developers ...READ»

What the Heck Is Social Networking?

Jonathan Abrams is founder and CEO of Friendster, one of the leading online social network services. With more than 4 million members, the company attracted $13 million in VC money last year. In his well-attended SXSW Interactive ...READ»

Most Influential Women in Web 2.0

We've heard the stats before -- only a quarter of those involved in computer and mathematical occupations are women. And yet, in the ever-evolving world of Web 2.0, women have often been pioneers, redefining the way we interact online. We tracked down the most influential of these. Our list wasn't chosen by star power, nor by career altitude. Rather, we feature the biggest innovators.READ»

• The Most Influential Women in Web 2.0
• Marissa Mayer: The 2008 Fast 50
• Gina Bianchini: Ning's Infinite Ambition