Google announced plans to shut down Orkut after 10 years, its first attempt at building a social network closed on September 30, after which users will be unable to log in or export their photo albums to Google+.
Now for new vistor is it not possible to create a new Orkut account. Existing users can access the service as normal, however; Google says the three-month period should “give the community time to manage the transition.” Orkut enthusiasts can also export their profile data , community posts and photos using Google Takeout.

“It’s been a great 10 years, and we apologize to those still actively using the service,”  Paulo Golgher, an engineering director at Google said.
The Orkut app will be removed from Google Play and the App Store later today.
Google+ was recently updated with a new photo editor, Auto-Awesome Effects and photo albums called Google+ Stories.

Orkut is planning to change the interface of Orkut.based on user feedback, They’ve worked on some simple changes to Orkut’s look and feel.They will roll these changes out gradually to all users, in approximately two weeks from now. No invitation will be required as everyone will get the update -- so if you don’t see anything right away, just sit tight and you’ll see them soon!
Orkut has done such implementation in view of Facebook. I did n't liked the recent new interafce of orkut,but this new change that Orkut is planing in week time is somewhat good. This look reminds the Facebook view

Here are some of the new enhancements that you’ll begin to see in a few weeks:

• Left navigation, to help you get to the most popular features more easily.
• A new larger profile photo, a popular request. Be sure to upload a higher resolution photo of yourself!
• New full profile view, which lets you and your friends see your info, interests, badges, testimonials and recent photos and videos.
• New fullscreen slideshow for photos.

Now a days Right Click Not Working In Orkut Friend Album Photos Dont worry Orkut have introduced its privacy Feature by disabling right click inside yours friend album ,This feature is introduced for orkut users to protect them from any illegal activites

Enable Right click in orkut

These feature is introduced only in single photo view in which you can view only the photo but not able to save it into yours system , but there are many other ways by which you can save all such pictures into yours computer .

To Re-Enable Click on yrs Friend AlbumPhotos Go to Tools > Page Info > Media and Scroll up or down to get the protected photo image Url ,Or Click Save as Directly from there to save that picture from orkut album.




This Trick will help you Getting URL of that Picture , Then simply paste that url in Address Bar and Hit Enter from there you can save yours Friends Image In Yours System

Method 2(Easiest one)

# Drag and Drop To Save Photos - Another cool and easiest ways to save orkut album images using firefox browser,Internet Explorer, google chrome just by dragging and dropping album picture in address bar.

Method 3
# Download orkut album Page – If above two trick fails to work then you can follow third trick that is via save whole album page by right click outside the images on album page this will save folder along with the page and you can easyly retrive images from that folder.

Method 4

Save Photos using Keyboard – Another way to save orkut picture from orkut is Keyboard ,This trick is generally used when all above trick fails to work as this trick will take some of yours time .You can press print screen button from orkut album page and paste this copied screen in paint ,and saving this picture from paint


If you have some more hack to save picture photos and images from orkut album then you can share with us using comment section.

Orkut's 6th birthday!



It may not have popped up in your birthdays list, but today is orkut's big day: the site is now 6 years old! In the past 6 years we've learned to walk, talk, and color inside the lines, among many other achievements. We've even shaken things up and reinvented ourselves not once but twice!

More importantly, we've made a ton of great friends along the way (over 80 million worldwide), and are happy to include you among them.

The orkut team has been working hard on building a new, fast and exciting experience. We've added lots of features and updated others - and we hope that existing and new users alike will enjoy this next generation of orkut. To start using the new orkut, check out the get started section. See you there!

Given the large number of orkut users, we've decided to gradually roll out the new orkut through an invitation-only system for the next few months. Here's how to get an invitation, and what to expect when you do...


Get an invite, get started!
Want to see the new orkut now? Find a friend who has an invitation and ask him! Those who are using the new orkut will sometimes receive invitations to share with their friends, so they can share the orkut love.

Another way to get an invite is to join Poppy and Shashi on the official community for cool insights into the new orkut and to participate in one of the many activities that will be taking place there. Be sure to check back often as the owners will be regularly announcing new ways to get an invite.

Users must have an invitation before they can access the new version of orkut. If they have invitations to share, they can send them to their friends on orkut; when those friends receive the invitations, they'll see a special icon at the top of their homepage.

To accept the invitation, they just click the icon and they'll then see the new version of orkut. Once they've accepted the invitation, they'll be eligible to receive invitations that they can share with their friends on orkut... and that's how more and more people will be able to get on board the new version. To see how many invitations you have to share with friends, simply look below the friends box on your homepage.

Invite your friends
Are you already on the new orkut, and want your friends to join you? Well, orkut eventually will give you some invitations and you will have the power to invite your favorite friends. When that happens, look below the friends box for the counter that shows how many invitations you can share. Click "invite your friends" to see a list of your friends who aren't using the new orkut yet - then pick the friends you want to invite and click "send". If you don't see a specific friend in this list then your friend was already invited by someone else.



Get more invites
We'll periodically give you more invitations to share with friends. No need to ask - we'll keep an eye on the number of invitations you've sent, and give you a few more when you seem to need them.

Is this the same orkut my friends are still using?
Yes (sort of). You can still interact with all your friends who are using the old orkut, but you'll be seeing orkut in a whole new light. Both versions share the same information, so anything you do on one version of orkut will be visible to your friends on the other. You can even click at the top of the page to go back and forth between the two versions of orkut to be sure nothing got lost in translation. Or you can just trust us :)

Can't find an invitation, what do I do?
Hmmm, so you really want to see the new orkut? Well, the best way to get an invitation is to visit your friends profile pages. If you see this icon on their profile next to their name, they probably have an invitation they can share with others - so be bold, and ask them for one!

Want to invite someone who's not on orkut yet?
First, your friend needs to sign up for orkut. Simply use the friend finder "invite" feature and send a note inviting your friend to create an orkut account. Once your request is accepted, you'll see your pal on your friends list. Then, just send your new friend an invitation to try the new orkut.

Steps to Create SMS alerts

1)Login to your Orkut account and move to your scrapbook or Community
Copy the URL of Scrapbook or Community (e.g. http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Community.aspx?cmm=1XXXXXX
http://www.orkut.com/Scrapbook.aspx?uid=20XXXXXX
http://www.orkut.com/CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=19587001&tid=25XXXXXXX

2)Now Create Feeds for your Scrapbook URL or Community URL with www.orkutfeeds.com

3)Burn your Orkut feeds URL with Feedburner(http://www.feedburner.google.com) or
add “#both” at the end of the above URL that you get generating from www.OrkutFeed.com

4)Create an SMS Channel with burned Feedburner URL for your Scrapbook or Community with Google Sms Channel
Fill all the required details and feed URL of your Orkut page (refer step 2) on the ‘RSS/Atom feed’ form and finally hit the ‘create channel’ button.

That’s it! Now you’ll be getting scrap notifications via SMS for life

Well here comes another orkut hack to find email id of any orkut profile. Note that old trick to send friend
request to view their email id on friends page is not working any more!Only thing it works for only orkut members who simultaneously use GoogleTalk. By GoogleTalk I mean you need to have GoogleTalk installed!

Here is the trick…

1. Go to any members profile who is not your friend. (Because you can always view your friends email id by going to friends page!)
2. Select ignore user option which is on left side.
3. Now log into GoogleTalk and go to Settings >> Blocked.
4. You will get all ignored peoples name and email id there!