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Facebook Takes Off In Brazil, India

Facebook's scoring some big gains in the world's second- and fifth-most populous countries.  New stats indicate that the social network's growth rate has started imitating the upright angle of a hockey stick in both India and Brazil.

Orkut on the Go Just Got Easier

When I recently rambled on about integration being the key to Google as a social network, I talked about a lot of the social things Google has been doing. I failed to bring up the company's social network Orkut, however. Last year, Google released a mobile site for Orkut, and now they have released an Orkut Mobile App, which is available for most Java-enabled devices. Features of this app include:

Facebook Translates Itself Into Six Indian Languages

Here's an interesting fact for you: India is the world's second-largest country in terms of population.  And here's one more detail: by unveiling Bengali, Hindi, Malayalam, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu interfaces, Facebook has put itself in a good position to pursue India's citizens. 

Social Networks' Popularity As Determined By Search

MySpace is on top in the U.S., Facebook follows, and so on; we're all familiar with the usual social network rankings.  But here's some interesting news: Orkut seems better suited to Iran than America.  And Facebook, while successful here, should consider relocating its headquarters to Turkey.  Or so imply some new stats, anyway.

Orkut Captures Indian Developers' Interest

Many American software developers hang on Facebook's every word.  MySpace gets a fair amount of attention, too.  But Orkut is popular in other parts of the world, and it turns out that Indian developers are much more interested in it than in any potential competitor.

Brazil Gets Google To Fight Child Porn

According to Sergio Suiama, a Sao Paulo federal prosecutor, around 50,000 pedophilia-related complaints have been connected to Orkut.  By way of response, Google plans to implement a filtering system and retain information for a longer period, but still won't share problem profiles with authorities.

Google Preparing To Put Applications On Orkut

As with pretty much every tweak made to the social network, we're not sure this will get much attention in the U.S.  People in other countries may be interested, however, as starting this month, social applications will become available to Orkut users.

Orkut Has A Worm

Google's recent addition of an Orkut feature for writing messages containing HTML code allowed someone to send a pesky worm through the network.

Google's OpenSocial To Launch Tomorrow

Google is set to launch OpenSocial tomorrow a system that will allow developers to build applications for a number of social networks.

Orkut Promotes Insignificant Photo Capabilities

A lot of signs indicate that Google is preparing Orkut for something big; it may well want the service to compete with the likes of MySpace and Facebook.  But the latest update - allowing users to keep 100 photos in their “orkut albums” - isn’t impressing too many people.