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Social media has changed how we consume content, how we engage with our friends and work networks and the dissemination of news. It’s tough to imagine even Mark Zuckerberg could have envisioned this in 2004.

Orkut founder & JetSynthesys to launch 'Jet Hello' in India

Under the strategic partnership, JetSynthesys as a hands-on local partner will be responsible for larger business strategy and operations, marketing and monetisation for Hello to strengthen its reach in the Indian market, while the Hello Network team will continue to develop innovative technologies.

Hello! Orkut founder announces new platform's entry into Indian market

hello has been set up by Orkut Buyukkokten, who was the founder of Orkut that once was a leading social networking site in India and Brazil

Google+ testing social sharing bar on websites

Google seems to be testing a social side bar on certain websites that will allow users to chat directly on the page...

Google+ now has 'Communities'

Google+ is making it easier to connect with strangers who have similar interests by introducing a Communities feature.

India's requests for web content removal, user details rise

Indicating a growing trend of the government surveillance of internet activities of people and organisations, India sought confidential web user details in as many as 2,319 cases from Google in the first six months of 2012.

10 Tips to Optimising Social Media For Your Business

When social media sites like Orkut, Facebook and Twitter debuted, the paradigm of communication and public relations changed forever.

Facebook: The new battlefield in Bengal politics

With the Who's Who of West Bengal's politics swearing by the appeal of Facebook, it seems the social networking site is rapidly turning into ...

In Brazil, Google paves Facebook's path to the top

Facebook's popularity in Brazil has exploded over the past year, and the company may have its biggest competitor to thank for it.

Orkut app comes to iOS App Store

All you Orkut social networkers out there, you can now use the service on your iOS devices via an app. The much ...

Court polices anti-religious content on social networks

Social networking sites operational in the country have been, off late, bearing the brunt of a double-edged sword.

Google Transparency report reveals Govt. demanded omission of 358 items

Whether freedom to speech and expression really exists in the online space in India, is now debatable, after ...

Govt wanted 358 items removed from Google between Jan-June

Google has received government requests for the removal of 358 items from its services, including YouTube and Orkut, during the January-June period, according to a report by the Internet search giant.

Googling for 13 years and counting

Thirteen years ago, that is on 27th of September, 1998 Google Inc was registered as a company. As it turns an awkward teen, we look at the growth ...

Google sees huge potential in India cloud services market

In an interview with Siddharth Zarabi of CNBC-TV18, Shailesh Rao the managing director of the media business for the Asia Pacific region for Google and Rajan Anandan, managing director of Google in India spoke about the future of the internet and Google in India.