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Brazil Overtakes India To Become Number 2 In The Facebook World

Brazil with more than 46+m Facebook user base has overtaken India as the second biggest country on Facebook. According to a report by a social analytical firm “Social Bakers” Brazil has registered...
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Google India’s Name Cleared; Facebook Still Under The Spotlight

The Delhi High Court has let off Google India from the suit for trial of various social networking websites. The law suit was for allegedly hosting offending contents. Google’s lawyer successfully...
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‘We Don’t Host Objectionable Content’, Says Yahoo. Court Denies Reprieve

Yahoo India, which is currently facing criminal court proceedings for allegedly hosting objectionable content, along with 20 other Internet Giants, was refused interim relief by the Delhi High Court. At...
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Orkut Still A Contender Reveals Facebook’s IPO Filing!

Facebook feels that Orkut is still a worthy adversary for it in India. One of the largest, Facebook’s IPO filling keeps revealing many interesting tidbits. We recently wrote about how Facebook actually...
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Facebook Nears The 700 Million Users Milestone

Facebook is approaching the 700 million users milestone according to SocialBaker, a Facebook tracking site. SociaiBaker reported that the Palo Alto based social network had mustered 200 million new members...
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Content Rich Portals & Social Networking Sites Dominate Mobile Web Space: Opera

The mobile web space in India is growing at an incredible pace and with the advent of 3G it is poised to grow even more. Majority of the phones have at least a WAP browser to access basic information...
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Janrain Includes Support For Orkut To Help Brands Tap Indian Market

Janrain allows brands to provide third party sign in facility to its users. The company’s flagship product, Janrain Engage is used by over 350,000. The latest quarterly report from Janrain showed...
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Google Ramps Up Monetisation Strategy For Indian Market

In India, the number of internet users is growing in an inexorably high rate and currently stands at over a 100 million. Google, the search engine giant can’t afford to miss the chance to cash in on...
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Google Launches Marketing Campaign For Display Advertising In India

Even a few years back, advertising agencies, business houses and marketers in India weren’t that familiar with all the technicalities upon which Google Adwords was based. But, the scenario is changing...
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Orkut Trying To Become Facebook? Adds “Like?” Button

Remember the last visual revamp that Orkut received earlier this month and we told you that it resembles the design of Facebook…we were wrong. Orkut is becoming Facebook. Neither Google is selling...
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Google Profiles Gets A Facelift, Is Google +1 Coming Soon?

After the revamp of Orkut, Google has turned its attention to its centralised Profiles feature. Google Profiles was launched in 2007 and allows Gmail users to establish their own public online profile...
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Orkut Revamp & Badges, An Attempt To Gain Lost Ground?

Are you an Orkut Graduate? You can surely become one, now that the social network has announced that they have “launched a new badge for users that have “Graduated” from many of Orkut’s experiences.”...
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RockeTalk Launches An App For Samsung’s Bada Platform

For those of you unaware of Bada, it is a smartphone platform developed by Samsung for its Wave Series of Mobile Phones. Mobile Social Network RockeTalk just got in touch with us to tell us about their...
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Orkut Promote Gets An Overhaul Even As Facebook Continues To Rule In India

For those uninitiated, Orkut Promote is a free tool, offered by Google that helps users to spread news on anything to their friends. According to the official Orkut blog, this tool offers the following...
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Social Networking On Mobile Expected To Keep Growing In 2011?

Social Networking has seen a sudden boom in India during 2010. A lot of this is due to the use of social networking services through smartphones. Analysis Mason has revealed that the number of users in...
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Orkut Lets You Edit Your Pics With Picnik

Google has added a new feature to its once popular social networking platform: Orkut. The new feature enables users to edit photos in Orkut photo albums using Picnik, the online photo editing tool. The...
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