As I'm sure you all know by now, orkut is jam packed with fun and quirky OpenSocial apps that allow you to do just about anything you can imagine. From time to time, we stumble across an app that everybody in the office can't seem to get enough of. Whenever this happens, our first move is always to pass it on to you guys. In that spirit, I'm excited to share with you the newest app to take over my personal life: iFan.
iFan lets you to choose your favorite celebrities and access the latest videos, news and blog postings about them in one central place, making it easy for you to talk to and share with other fans. You can also find out which celebs your friends are into by looking at who they've labeled as their favorites (I discovered that Rahul, one of the Product Managers on the orkut team, loves the Beatles even more than I do. Who knew?).
Check out a screenshot of some of my favorite celebs here:
For all of you who are as celebrity crazed as I am, you'll be happy to know that iFan also lets you jazz up your profile by displaying the pictures of your favorite celebrities for everyone who visits to see.
Here's a page dedicated to one of my favorite musical artists, Justin Timberlake, full of up-to-date info, news articles, and videos from YouTube:
Not only does iFan make it easy for you to find information about your favorite stars, it also keeps a running tab on each celeb's popularity based on the number of users who've added him/her to their favorites list. These celebrity rankings are updated every 5 minutes, helping you stay "in the know" about whether your idols are in or out.
Check out this video the iFan developers made showing off their app in action:
Is there an app that you love and think should be featured on the orkut blog? Send us a note and let us know what it is and why you love it so much.
Source Orkut Blog
Showing posts with label Google. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Google. Show all posts
Thursday, January 22, 2009
iFan Application
Prizes for Panchayats– using orkut to reward grassroots innovation
We here at Google.org are excited to announce a contest that we hope many of you orkuteers are able to get involved in: the Google.org Gram Panchayat Puraskar (GGPP). For those of you who don't already know, Panchayats were Mahatma Gandhi’s original vision for a free India – an India made up of thousands of “little Republics” where people meet their needs through self-reliance. Today, panchayats are responsible for implementing development programs. They often create positive change at the grassroots level, but we think that their success stories aren’t always as well known as they should be.
To help celebrate innovative panchayats and encourage more innovation in local governance throughout India, we've created the first Google.org Gram Panchayat Puraskar (GGPP). We'll reward the top five panchayats in two states, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, with a cash prize of Rs.5 lakhs (approximately $10,000 USD) which they can use to do more good in their communities.
The prize will be awarded in one of six areas: education, health and nutrition, water supply, rural infrastructure, rural electrification, and resource mobilization. The winning payanchat must include a wide variety of social and income groups, share information with villagers, respond to citizen feedback, and track the quality of programs.
Think your gram panchayat has what it takes to win? Sign up for the contest now and tell us why! To enter, you can either visit the contest website at www.google.org/ggpp.html, or pick-up an application at your district or block panchayat office in Karnataka or Andhra Pradesh. The contest is only open for applications through January 25, 2009 though, so don't waste any time!
Wanna learn more? Be sure to check out the official GGPP page that we've created for this contest, and of course join the GGPP orkut community. With our orkut community, you can ask questions, read related news, and most importantly, get to know other people interested in fostering social change in their local region.
Check out what Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyar, the Union Minister of Panchayat Raj had to say about the competition:
Hope to see you on orkut and hear about all of the great innovations that your panchayats have come up with soon!
Source: Orkut Blog.
To help celebrate innovative panchayats and encourage more innovation in local governance throughout India, we've created the first Google.org Gram Panchayat Puraskar (GGPP). We'll reward the top five panchayats in two states, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, with a cash prize of Rs.5 lakhs (approximately $10,000 USD) which they can use to do more good in their communities.
The prize will be awarded in one of six areas: education, health and nutrition, water supply, rural infrastructure, rural electrification, and resource mobilization. The winning payanchat must include a wide variety of social and income groups, share information with villagers, respond to citizen feedback, and track the quality of programs.
Think your gram panchayat has what it takes to win? Sign up for the contest now and tell us why! To enter, you can either visit the contest website at www.google.org/ggpp.html, or pick-up an application at your district or block panchayat office in Karnataka or Andhra Pradesh. The contest is only open for applications through January 25, 2009 though, so don't waste any time!
Wanna learn more? Be sure to check out the official GGPP page that we've created for this contest, and of course join the GGPP orkut community. With our orkut community, you can ask questions, read related news, and most importantly, get to know other people interested in fostering social change in their local region.
Check out what Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyar, the Union Minister of Panchayat Raj had to say about the competition:
Hope to see you on orkut and hear about all of the great innovations that your panchayats have come up with soon!
Source: Orkut Blog.
Friday, November 21, 2008
With the new Google Toolbar, orkut's never more than a click away
If you're anything like me, you probably spend a lot of time on orkut. It seems like no matter what I set out to do online, I always end up remembering a friend that I desperately need to scrap, finding a new set of photos that I absolutely need to check out, or getting an invite to an event on orkut that I simply can't miss. Whatever the reason, I'm usually busted by my coworkers with orkut open in at least two different windows at any given time. Thankfully, using orkut is a pretty important part of my job, so they usually let it slide. ;-)
With orkuteers like myself in mind, the Google Toolbar team has created a new version of Toolbar for Internet Explorer that makes it even easier to access orkut. With this new version, you can quickly and easily search orkut no matter what website you happen to be visiting.
To get started searching orkut from anywhere on the web, just go to the "Search" pull-down menu on the upper left-hand side of your screen and select "orkut". Now anytime you want to search for a term on orkut, you can just type it into the search box on your toolbar and voilà!, you'll go straight to the orkut search results page.
Google Toolbar also lets you add a custom orkut button to your toolbar that gives you one-click access to the orkut sign-in page.
To add an orkut button to your toolbar, just go to the Button Gallery and select 'orkut'.
For those times when I manage to use the Internet for things other than hanging out on orkut (it's a constant battle for me), I've found that Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer and for Firefox has a number of other cool new features worth checking out. Here are a few of my favorite features:
- Add gadgets to your Toolbar for easy access to content from your favorite websites
- Synchronize your settings online so you can use your Toolbar from any computer
- Create multiple profiles in AutoFill to keep your business and personal information separate
To learn about all of the different features that the new version of Toolbar offers, check out the Toolbar website: toolbar.google.com/features
Have a Google Toolbar story that you want to share? Send the team a quick note, I'm sure they'd love to hear from you.
Hope this makes accessing orkut even easier and more fun!
Source Orkut Blog.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Google Fight
cuil vs google. ... Google Fight · Last Fights · Top Fights. keyword-1:. keyword -2:. Alexa Fight · Site Meter · Last 500 fights | Alexa fight.
www.googlefight.net
Friday, September 26, 2008
Few Funny Tricks About Google.
1.)
-Go to "www.google.com"
-type in "French Military Victories" and press "I'm feeling lucky"
-Look at the question "Did you mean:...".
2.)
-Type in adress bar "www.google.com/unclesam"
-This is a google function which search will list only .gov(governamental) ending sites.
3.)
-Type in adress bar "http://www.google.com/Easter/feature_easter.html"
-Here you can find an hidden game,offered by Google
Enjoy!
4.)
-Type in adressbar "http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en" for language tool
-Translate "The Girl's mom is very nice" from English to Spanish
-Copy the translated text and translate it back from Spanish to English
What do you see?
5.)
-Go to "www.google.com"
-Type in search field:"elgoog"
-Go to first link finded!
Enjoy!
Thursday, September 25, 2008
A new look for orkut emails
We are constantly working to make your orkut experience better, and while this includes adding new, useful features on the site, like new search features and support for applications, it also includes improving your experience when you are not logged-in to orkut.com. Recently we released a better orkut experience for your smartphone, and now you'll see snazzier emails from orkut.
We decided it was time to change our emails to give them a look and feel more like orkut.com pages. We started by giving a new look to the emails that are associated with orkut's most popular features: scrap alerts, testimonials, friend requests, photo tagging, crushes and teaser alerts, as well as the emails for social events, which is a brand new feature.
Now, you will be able to feel like you're inside orkut even before you click the links sent in our e-mails.
We decided it was time to change our emails to give them a look and feel more like orkut.com pages. We started by giving a new look to the emails that are associated with orkut's most popular features: scrap alerts, testimonials, friend requests, photo tagging, crushes and teaser alerts, as well as the emails for social events, which is a brand new feature.
Now, you will be able to feel like you're inside orkut even before you click the links sent in our e-mails.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Google Chrome - A Web Browser
Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.
One box for everything
Type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and web pages.
Thumbnails of your top sites
Access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab.
Shortcuts for your apps
Get desktop shortcuts to launch your favorite web applications.
Download Links:
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Friday, August 29, 2008
Google Tricks
GOOGLE is the biggest search engine on the entire world wide web. Everyone have used it at least once, but not everyone knows the true power of Google search. Generally we use Google for getting info about a product , for finding cheap cellphones/laptops/deals etc. or for finding some pr0n pictures/movies etc.
Some great hackers tried their hands on Google for finding some juicy info , they start using Google queries for hacking . .. ya its true.
Google hacking is mainly used by hackers to get information related to computer security. In its malicious format it can be used to detect websites that are vulnerable to numerous exploits and vulnerabilities as well as locate private, sensitive information about others , such as credit card numbers, social security numbers, and passwords.
Basic Google search is simple by putting up some keyword in Google search page and press enter. But hackers try to do something more than that, for this they use some extra operators (advance Google search). Although hacking by using search engine is mainly done on Google but many hacks are valid for other search engines like MSN Search and Yahoo too.
Google Hacking Involves Google operators to locate specific strings of text within search results. Following are some advance operators for Google search.
cache: If you include other words in the query, Google will highlight those words within the cached document. For instance, [cache: web] will show the cached content with the word “web” highlighted.
This functionality is also accessible by clicking on the “Cached” link on Google’s main results page. The query [cache:] will show the version of the web page that Google has in its cache. For instance, [cache: will show Google’s cache of the Google homepage. Note there can be no space between the “cache:” and the web page url.
link: The query [link:] will list web pages that have links to the specified web page. For instance, [link: will list web pages that have links pointing to the Google homepage. Note there can be no space between the “link:” and the web page url.
This functionality is also accessible from the Advanced Search page, under Page Specific Search > Links.
related: The query [related:] will list web pages that are “similar” to a specified web page. For instance, [related: will list web pages that are similar to the Google homepage. Note there can be no space between the “related:” and the web page url.
This functionality is also accessible by clicking on the “Similar Pages” link on Google’s main results page, and from the Advanced Search page, under Page Specific Search > Similar.
info: The query [info:] will present some information that Google has about that web page. For instance, [info: will show information about the Google homepage. Note there can be no space between the “info:” and the web page url. This functionality is also accessible by typing the web page url directly into a Google search box.
define: The query [define:] will provide a definition of the words you enter
after it, gathered from various online sources. The definition will be for the entire phrase entered (i.e., it will include all the words in the exact order you typed them).
stocks: If you begin a query with the [stocks:] operator, Google will treat the rest of the query terms as stock ticker symbols, and will link to a page showing stock information for those symbols. For instance, [stocks: intc yhoo] will show information about Intel and Yahoo. (Note you must type the ticker symbols, not the company name.) This functionality is also available if you search just on the stock symbols (e.g. [ intc yhoo ]) and then click on the “Show stock quotes” link on the results page.
site: If you include [site:] in your query, Google will restrict the results to those websites in the given domain. For instance, [help site: will find pages about help within . [help site:com] will find pages about help within .com urls. Note there can be no space between the “site:” and the domain.This functionality is also available through Advanced Search page, under
allintitle: If you start a query with [allintitle:], Google will restrict the results to those with all of the query words in the title. For instance, [allintitle: google search] will return only documents that have both “google” and “search” in the title. This functionality is also available through Advanced Search page, under
intitle: If you include [intitle:] in your query, Google will restrict the results to documents containing that word in the title. For instance, [intitle:google search] will return documents that mention the word “google” in their title, and mention the word “search” anywhere in the document (title or no). Note there can be no space between the “intitle:” and the following word.
Putting [intitle:] in front of every word in your query is equivalent to putting [allintitle:] at the front of your query: [intitle:google intitle:search] is the same as [allintitle: google search].
allinurl: If you start a query with [allinurl:], Google will restrict the results to those with all of the query words in the url. For instance, [allinurl: google search] will return only documents that have both “google” and “search” in the url. Note that [allinurl:] works on words, not url components. In particular, it ignores punctuation. Thus, [allinurl: foo/bar] will restrict the results to page with the words “foo” and “bar” in the url, but won’t require that they be separated by a slash within that url, that they be adjacent, or that they be in that particular word order. There is currently no way to enforce these constraints. This functionality is also available through Advanced Search page, under
__________________Some great hackers tried their hands on Google for finding some juicy info , they start using Google queries for hacking . .. ya its true.
Google hacking is mainly used by hackers to get information related to computer security. In its malicious format it can be used to detect websites that are vulnerable to numerous exploits and vulnerabilities as well as locate private, sensitive information about others , such as credit card numbers, social security numbers, and passwords.
Basic Google search is simple by putting up some keyword in Google search page and press enter. But hackers try to do something more than that, for this they use some extra operators (advance Google search). Although hacking by using search engine is mainly done on Google but many hacks are valid for other search engines like MSN Search and Yahoo too.
Google Hacking Involves Google operators to locate specific strings of text within search results. Following are some advance operators for Google search.
cache: If you include other words in the query, Google will highlight those words within the cached document. For instance, [cache:
Code:
www.google.com
This functionality is also accessible by clicking on the “Cached” link on Google’s main results page. The query [cache:] will show the version of the web page that Google has in its cache. For instance, [cache:
Code:
www.Google.com
link: The query [link:] will list web pages that have links to the specified web page. For instance, [link:
Code:
www.google.com
This functionality is also accessible from the Advanced Search page, under Page Specific Search > Links.
related: The query [related:] will list web pages that are “similar” to a specified web page. For instance, [related:
Code:
www.google.com
This functionality is also accessible by clicking on the “Similar Pages” link on Google’s main results page, and from the Advanced Search page, under Page Specific Search > Similar.
info: The query [info:] will present some information that Google has about that web page. For instance, [info:
Code:
www.google.com
define: The query [define:] will provide a definition of the words you enter
after it, gathered from various online sources. The definition will be for the entire phrase entered (i.e., it will include all the words in the exact order you typed them).
stocks: If you begin a query with the [stocks:] operator, Google will treat the rest of the query terms as stock ticker symbols, and will link to a page showing stock information for those symbols. For instance, [stocks: intc yhoo] will show information about Intel and Yahoo. (Note you must type the ticker symbols, not the company name.) This functionality is also available if you search just on the stock symbols (e.g. [ intc yhoo ]) and then click on the “Show stock quotes” link on the results page.
site: If you include [site:] in your query, Google will restrict the results to those websites in the given domain. For instance, [help site:
Code:
www.google.com
Code:
www.google.com
allintitle: If you start a query with [allintitle:], Google will restrict the results to those with all of the query words in the title. For instance, [allintitle: google search] will return only documents that have both “google” and “search” in the title. This functionality is also available through Advanced Search page, under
intitle: If you include [intitle:] in your query, Google will restrict the results to documents containing that word in the title. For instance, [intitle:google search] will return documents that mention the word “google” in their title, and mention the word “search” anywhere in the document (title or no). Note there can be no space between the “intitle:” and the following word.
Putting [intitle:] in front of every word in your query is equivalent to putting [allintitle:] at the front of your query: [intitle:google intitle:search] is the same as [allintitle: google search].
allinurl: If you start a query with [allinurl:], Google will restrict the results to those with all of the query words in the url. For instance, [allinurl: google search] will return only documents that have both “google” and “search” in the url. Note that [allinurl:] works on words, not url components. In particular, it ignores punctuation. Thus, [allinurl: foo/bar] will restrict the results to page with the words “foo” and “bar” in the url, but won’t require that they be separated by a slash within that url, that they be adjacent, or that they be in that particular word order. There is currently no way to enforce these constraints. This functionality is also available through Advanced Search page, under
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Monday, August 25, 2008
orkut SMS Scrap Available In India, Silly Bugs Found
Some time ago, orkut launched their mobile version http://m.orkut.com and recently they added SMS as a way to communicate in India. Though orkut has launched the SMS feature in India, it does not include Airtel, Vodafone and BSNL that eat up the bigger pie in the mobile market.
( TRAI Report for quarter ending January-March 2008)
Now, when you try to register your mobile in the settings page,
it asks you to verify your mobile number by sending the verification code to 56555.
But, when you click on "Having problems?" link, guess what it displays!
It says - "Currently orkut SMS works only in Brazil". That's bug #1. But, it guides you to the orkut help section where it tells about the pricing details for your carrier in India.
Despite of having a Vodafone connection, I tried to register selecting MTNL as carrier and sent the verification code to 56555, I received an SMS saying "This service is not enabled yet" and the very next message was
"Congrats, you now have orkut SMS. Reply with help for more info. Standard charges apply. Reply with "off" to turn off SMS notifications." That's bug #2.
I tried whether it works or not and it does, as I received an SMS notification for a new scrap in my scrapbook as under:-
Following is the screenshot of the mobile settings page after successfully setting up my mobile number:-
Previously, I had blogged about accessing orkut on mobile (when the xhtml version was not available) and receiving SMS notification for your email (selected operators) before this feature was available.
With these bugs, it seems like a half-baked cake. Moreover, the official orkut blog is silent. Any orkut folk listening?
Update Aug 23, 2008: orkut Team replied on this issue
This Article Was Published At fundubytes.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Google Image Labeler
http://images.google.com/imagelabeler/
You'll be randomly paired with a partner who's online and using the feature. Over a 90-second period, you and your partner will be shown the same set of images and asked to provide as many labels as possible to describe each image you see. When your label matches your partner's label, you'll earn some points and move on to the next image until time runs out. After time expires, you can explore the images you've seen and the websites where those images were found. And we'll show you the points you've earned throughout the session.
For example, this image can be described by the labels: bird, sky, soaring, or frigate bird.
What is required to participate?
Just an interest in helping Google improve the relevance of image search results for users like yourself. Although you do not have to log in to your Google account to help, logging in will allow you to keep track of your points. You can also choose to provide a nickname, or you can remain anonymous.
You'll be randomly paired with a partner who's online and using the feature. Over a 90-second period, you and your partner will be shown the same set of images and asked to provide as many labels as possible to describe each image you see. When your label matches your partner's label, you'll earn some points and move on to the next image until time runs out. After time expires, you can explore the images you've seen and the websites where those images were found. And we'll show you the points you've earned throughout the session.
For example, this image can be described by the labels: bird, sky, soaring, or frigate bird.
What is required to participate?
Just an interest in helping Google improve the relevance of image search results for users like yourself. Although you do not have to log in to your Google account to help, logging in will allow you to keep track of your points. You can also choose to provide a nickname, or you can remain anonymous.
Googles New Word Processor
Check out googles new addition, www.writely.com !!!!
This is one more google milestone. Past few months they introduced lot of new features like http://spreadsheet.google.com (Free online spreadsheet like excel ), online stores, merchant account (now open to US citizens only). Now Online Word processor.....
But all these new features are in beta!? (including gmail). Anyway Now google is not only a search engine.
Google Friend Connect
I've found it very interesting and may be you are interested... It's "Google Friend Connect", see how Google explains their new service ...
"Google Friend Connect lets you grow traffic by easily adding social features to your website. With just a few snippets of code, you get more people engaging more deeply with your site."
"Websites that are not social networks may still want to be social. But the barriers to offering social applications on the site have been considerable. Google Friend Connect changes this by enabling any site to offer dozens of social gadgets created by Google and OpenSocial developers to their visitors. This means more visitors spending more time on a more engaging website — with absolutely no programming required to make it happen."
You can read here for more information.
http://www.google.com/friendconnect/
Please note: this "Google Friend Connect" is a beta preview release.
Hope this useful.
"Google Friend Connect lets you grow traffic by easily adding social features to your website. With just a few snippets of code, you get more people engaging more deeply with your site."
"Websites that are not social networks may still want to be social. But the barriers to offering social applications on the site have been considerable. Google Friend Connect changes this by enabling any site to offer dozens of social gadgets created by Google and OpenSocial developers to their visitors. This means more visitors spending more time on a more engaging website — with absolutely no programming required to make it happen."
You can read here for more information.
http://www.google.com/friendconnect/
Please note: this "Google Friend Connect" is a beta preview release.
Hope this useful.
Google Trick
got awesome pages of google...... which are rare
this links are not found in any indexing this pages are all unique it may help you to find new thing jus add google.co.in before every link and see the magic
/news?output=xhtml&
/news?output=xhtml
/search
/groups
/images
/catalogs
/catalogues
/news
/nwshp
/news?btcid=
/news?btcid=*&
/news?btaid=
/news?btaid=*&
/setnewsprefs?
/index.html?
/?
/addurl/image?
/pagead/
/relpage/
/relcontent
/sorry/
/imgres
/keyword/
/u/
/univ/
/cobrand
/custom
/advanced_group_search
/googlesite
/preferences
/setprefs
/swr
/url
/default
/m?
/m/?
/m/lcb
/m/news?
/m/setnewsprefs?
/m/search?
/wml?
/wml/?
/wml/search?
/xhtml?
/xhtml/?
/xhtml/search?
/xml?
/imode?
/imode/?
/imode/search?
/jsky?
/jsky/?
/jsky/search?
/pda?
/pda/?
/pda/search?
/sprint_xhtml
/sprint_wml
/pqa
/palm
/gwt/
/purchases
/hws
/bsd?
/linux?
/mac?
/microsoft?
/unclesam?
/answers/search?q=
/local?
/local_url
/froogle?
/products?
/froogle_
/product_
/products_
/print
/books
/patents?
/scholar?
/complete
/sponsoredlinks
/videosearch?
/videopreview?
/videoprograminfo?
/maps?
/mapstt?
/mapslt?
/maps/stk/
/mapabcpoi?
/translate?
/center
/ie?
/sms/demo?
/bl
/news?output=xhtml&
/news?output=xhtml
/search
/groups
/images
/
/catalogues
/news
/nwshp
/news?btci
/news?btcid=*&
/news?btaid=
/news?bt
/setnewsprefs?
/index.html?
/?
/addurl/image?
/pagead/
/relpage/
/relcon
/sorry/
/imgres
/keyword/
/u/
/univ/
/cob
/custom
/advanced_group_search
/preferences
/setprefs
/swr
/url
/defaul
/m?
/m/?
/m/lcb
/m/news?
/m/setnewsprefs?
/m
/wml?
/wml/?
/wml/search?
/xhtml?
/x
/xhtml/search?
/xml?
/imode?
/imode/?
/jsky?
/jsky/?
/jsky/search?
/pda/?
/pda/search?
/sprint_xhtml
/spr
/pqa
/palm
/gwt/
/purchases
/hws
/bsd?
/mac?
/microsoft?
/unclesam?
/answer
/local?
/local_url
/froogle?
/pr
/froogle_
/product_
/products_
/prin
/books
/patents?
/scholar?
/complete
/spons
/videosearch?
/videopreview?
/vid
/maps?
/mapstt?
/mapslt?
/map
/mapabcpoi?
/translate?
/center
/ie?
/
/bl
Thursday, August 7, 2008
New Feature: Orkut SMS
Let us help find and configure this feature for you…
Go To mobile setting page in your orkut profile settings in order to configure this feature for your orkut profile. This new feature is available in India and Brazil only. (Also Not All Network Operators For Both Countries)
Please Note - You will have to pay for this feature (sms charges).
SMS numbers
Pricing
Please note: orkut SMS is a premium service and you will be charged by your mobile provider. These prices are subject to change by the provider at any time.
SMS commands
This Article Was Published Partially At Orkut Plus.
What is orkut SMS?
orkut SMS allows you to stay in touch with your orkut friends using text messages from your mobile phone.
| 1. | Register your phone on the orkut website. |
| 2. | Send SMS commands from your phone to the appropriate orkut SMS number. |
SMS numbers
| Brazil: | 67588 (Amazônia Celular, Brasil Telecom, Claro, Oi, Telemig Celular, TIM, and Vivo only) |
| India: | Please check the mobile tab on your orkut settings page. |
| Other countries: | Not Available |
Pricing
| Messages sent | 2 INR (all carriers except MTNL, which is 1 INR) |
| Notifications received | Free up to your monthly limit |
Please note: orkut SMS is a premium service and you will be charged by your mobile provider. These prices are subject to change by the provider at any time.
SMS commands
| on or off | Turn on/off SMS notifications of new scraps | on |
| reset | Reset your quota limit | reset |
| unregister | Unregister SMS service | unregister |
| scrap | Send a scrap to one of your orkut friends | scrap bob smith Have a nice day!! |
| contact | View the contact information (phone number, email, IM, and address) of an orkut friend | contact bob smith |
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Worlds Biggest Search Engine Launched
3 Times Bigger Than Google http://www.cuil.com
Former Google search experts have revealed what they hope will be a threat to their previous employer's dominant search service. The new engine is named Cuil, after the Gaelic word for "wisdom." It's perhaps not the catchiest name ever, but neither was Google, before it became a household name. The people at Cuil claim the new search engine uses far fewer servers than the search leader, yet indexes a much larger chunk of the Web. It also purports to produce more relevant search results, because the information it returns in response to queries is based on organization of ideas rather than link popularity. A final—and important—differentiator from Google is that Cuil, according to the company, doesn't collect information on its users' search histories or IP addresses. Of course, that last advantage is significant only if the product is worth using.
The home page, which is mostly a black, open space, is even more minimalist than Google's. There are no menu options for Images, Maps, News, Shopping and so on, but if you're simply looking for Web results, that's not really a problem. Just below the search-text entry box, Cuil touts the number of pages it claims to have indexed—over 121 billion at this point, which cofounder (and former Google index architect) Anna Patterson claims is the most comprehensive index of any search engine and more than three times the size of Google's. The company plans to index the entire Web with its Twiceler crawler. Depending on whose figures you believe, Cuil is less than 20 billion pages away from getting the whole 141 billion shebang under its belt. But a recent Google blog post counters that number, stating that its engineers had noted a total Web page population of over 1 trillion, adding that their index was still the biggest—without actually stating how many pages it contains.
The Cuil site was occasionally unresponsive when I tested it on the first day of its availability. I even had readers tell me they encountered no results for obvious queries, such as large city names. Later in my testing, however, the result pages appeared populated and accurate.
As with Yahoo! (but not Google or Microsoft Live Search), when you start entering a search term, suggestions appear in a drop-down list. This can speed the process, especially if you're not sure how to spell the full phrase. Don't confuse this with the auto-complete feature of browsers, which produces suggestions based on your history in a browser. I have one issue with Cuil's implementation, though: The first suggestion often seemed to be more of a marketing link than a useful suggestion. You can, however, turn off the feature in the Preferences menu.
Another thing I missed when searching in Cuil was spelling correction suggestions: Most modern search sites will suggest fixes for your typos, but Cuil presents results for whatever you type, even if you've misspelled it. When I searched for "south americe" I did get a couple of results on South America, but no indication that I ought to try again
Worlds 1st Human Powered Search Engines
http://www.stumpedia.com/instantanswers.html
yes this one n only search engine witch have live help desk when you search any thing there it connect to there chat server and they provide you a best live chat answers (-:
so no more waiting ab8 quires eat there Bheja...
another 1 is
http://www.searchme.com
gr8 & Cool Look.....may be old for Mac User but still a Cool Sites
You Want Lots Of Music, Appz, Anything?, Try Dex Hunting
So what's this Dex Hunting, anyway?
See: lots of people post files of any kind on their websites to share them with friends. Those files are "protected" by not mentioning them. There's no visible link given, and for literally hundreds of thousands this seems to be enough.
What they don't know: There are many nice techniques to locate the invisible stuff.
I don't want to get in too deep - and as I'm rather new here it's possible some of the tricks might have been posted elsewhere.
But if you want to find lots of music the way I described it - and want other people doing the "dirty" work I recommend:
STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
A free message board - gathering place of the best "dex hunters" in the universe. There you will find loads of *fresh* (!) mp3 links. Not only this - they update with lightspeed. This is a site you won't visit once a month or once a week. I visit them hourly, and I know why.
CODE
http://www.fionasforum.com/Stairway/
Remember: as soon as a fresh dex is posted there, it will be invaded and can die within hours. But I swear there will be enough left for your needs.
Curious?
Wanna try it for yourself?
Try this one. It's a search bot, and instead typing complicated data strings for Dex Hunting just type what you're looking for, and the bot does the rest for you. Sounds nice, huh?
http://www.exploseek.com
not very sexy at first sight - but very effective.
Hope you'll like it!
yes this one n only search engine witch have live help desk when you search any thing there it connect to there chat server and they provide you a best live chat answers (-:
so no more waiting ab8 quires eat there Bheja...
another 1 is
http://www.searchme.com
gr8 & Cool Look.....may be old for Mac User but still a Cool Sites
You Want Lots Of Music, Appz, Anything?, Try Dex Hunting
So what's this Dex Hunting, anyway?
See: lots of people post files of any kind on their websites to share them with friends. Those files are "protected" by not mentioning them. There's no visible link given, and for literally hundreds of thousands this seems to be enough.
What they don't know: There are many nice techniques to locate the invisible stuff.
I don't want to get in too deep - and as I'm rather new here it's possible some of the tricks might have been posted elsewhere.
But if you want to find lots of music the way I described it - and want other people doing the "dirty" work I recommend:
STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
A free message board - gathering place of the best "dex hunters" in the universe. There you will find loads of *fresh* (!) mp3 links. Not only this - they update with lightspeed. This is a site you won't visit once a month or once a week. I visit them hourly, and I know why.
CODE
http://www.fionasforum.com/Stairway/
Remember: as soon as a fresh dex is posted there, it will be invaded and can die within hours. But I swear there will be enough left for your needs.
Curious?
Wanna try it for yourself?
Try this one. It's a search bot, and instead typing complicated data strings for Dex Hunting just type what you're looking for, and the bot does the rest for you. Sounds nice, huh?
http://www.exploseek.com
not very sexy at first sight - but very effective.
Hope you'll like it!
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Orkut Application JogaTV
JogaTV by Nike is a great place to discover and share your favorite soccer videos on the web. Search the world of soccer videos by most viewed (day, week, month, or all-time), top rated, most discussed, most recent, teams, and players. Pick your favorite videos and then show your top 5 to the world on your orkut profile. Easily view and comment on your friends selections. Use JogaTV to showcase your love for the world’s most beautiful game.
Monday, July 7, 2008
Make Orkut Free From Google Ads
Internet is a vast place for people like us who like to surf from one site to another. Social networking sites are just one more place to surf. These sites such as Orkut, MySpace, Hi5 or FaceBook have penetrated so deep into our lives that the moment we start surfing, we logon to these sites first.
Orkut is one of social networking sites owned by Google. Though it's only popular in Brazil and India, but for some reason, Alexa says Orkut is the 9th most visited site in Ireland.
One thing which I have been annoyed of lately is the Google Ads shown by Google in the community homepage as this one.
But applying my hack you can free yourself from these ads
Hack
First and foremost requirement of this hack is that you should be using Mozilla Firefox. This Open Source piece of software is best software I've ever came across.
Fire your Firefox and proceed to this addon link -> AdBlock Plus . According to their developers
"Ever been annoyed by all those ads and banners on the internet that often take longer to download than everything else on the page? Install Adblock Plus now and get rid of them."
Click "Add to Firefox" and install the addon for your browser. Next step is restart your browser. Now everyone must be thinking how this can be called a hack when it comes to just installing a simple addon. Wait!!!
Whenever you want to block an ad, just right click it and click "AdBlock Image". But clicking all the ads inside Orkut is an impossible task because for that you have to search each and every community. But ever noticed that what is common with all these ads, their command format is
http://www.orkut.co.in/AdsIframe.aspx?x
This page is responsible for generating the Adsense code and placement of ads on pages.
Follow the next step and block all the Google ads. Right click any Google ads and click "Adblock Image". A box will popup and just enter "http://www.orkut.co.in/AdsIframe.aspx"
Bingo !!! You will blocked that ADS Page
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
orkuteers visit Google Bangalore
A few months ago, we invited our Portuguese orkuteers to visit Google's Belo Horizonte office. But we weren't going to rest until we'd given our orkuteers in India the same chance to meet the orkut team and share their feedback about orkut in person. On June 6, three of our Indian superusers from throughout India met at the Google office in the Garden City (aka Bangalore), where they told us what they loved about orkut, shared suggestions for improvement, and sampled Google cuisine (and chai tea, of course). On hand to talk with them were a group of Googlers from the orkut team including product managers, engineers, operations staff, user experience researchers and HR reps.
Even at the end of a long day, there was still excitement in the air at the Bangalore office. The orkuteers gave first-hand feedback of some soon-to-be-launched features, and they also shared some common user pain points that the team can start working to remedy. The orkut team was happy to have Rakesh, Prashant and Gaurav share their perspectives, and the orkuteers were thrilled to meet the Google guides and engineers. Here's what they had to say:
"It was the most memorable day in my life because it helped me to meet the guides, orkuteers and engineers.”
"The invitation was really surprising for me…That day became the historic landmark for me. I will never ever forget that day that I spent there with Google. Google people are so careful about users and that day they cared a lot of me and my mates. I feel lucky that I'm a superuser. This was the first time for me that when anyone was asking question, I was listening with my full concentration.”
"The best thing about being an orkuteers is to receive the recognition from Google for doing something that I just love, helping people on orkut. The recognition I'm talking about is not just gifts, but to know that Google wants to hear from me about problems and suggestions for orkut and the orkut Help Group."
The orkuteers were happy to serve as reps for many orkut users, and would like to thank all members from INDIA community and OUG community for feedback to help prepare for the orkuteer Day in Bangalore.
We're glad they enjoyed the day, and many thanks to them again for their continued support in serving as wonderful guides in the orkut help group!
Even at the end of a long day, there was still excitement in the air at the Bangalore office. The orkuteers gave first-hand feedback of some soon-to-be-launched features, and they also shared some common user pain points that the team can start working to remedy. The orkut team was happy to have Rakesh, Prashant and Gaurav share their perspectives, and the orkuteers were thrilled to meet the Google guides and engineers. Here's what they had to say:
"It was the most memorable day in my life because it helped me to meet the guides, orkuteers and engineers.”
"The invitation was really surprising for me…That day became the historic landmark for me. I will never ever forget that day that I spent there with Google. Google people are so careful about users and that day they cared a lot of me and my mates. I feel lucky that I'm a superuser. This was the first time for me that when anyone was asking question, I was listening with my full concentration.”
"The best thing about being an orkuteers is to receive the recognition from Google for doing something that I just love, helping people on orkut. The recognition I'm talking about is not just gifts, but to know that Google wants to hear from me about problems and suggestions for orkut and the orkut Help Group."
The orkuteers were happy to serve as reps for many orkut users, and would like to thank all members from INDIA community and OUG community for feedback to help prepare for the orkuteer Day in Bangalore.
We're glad they enjoyed the day, and many thanks to them again for their continued support in serving as wonderful guides in the orkut help group!
Sunday, April 27, 2008
IPL Fever Comes To Orkut - Incredible Cricket Applications
» 22Yardz
» Playing 22 Yards
22Yardz gives you 5000 Points to choose up to 6 Batsmen, 5 Bowlers, 3 All-rounders, and 2 Wicket Keepers from the available players. To buy each player, you need to shed some points. You should also not pick more than 8 international players in your team. You must use your balance wisely to build a winning team.
» All Set? Let's Get it started
» CricXchange
» What is CricXchange?
CricXchange is the first ever cricket trading game, in which you can trade stocks, bonds and mutual funds of cricket players, with virtual cash.Play smart, play hard, play with attitude and you may as well make a quick buck (real, of course) for yourself. CricXchange offers a new and exciting obsession for sports' fanatics and promises to be a great experience-an opportunity to prepare oneself for the real markets. Ofcourse, It is free of cost.
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