Orkut: OpenSocial Apps to Launch in India

Last week, I was a little envious because Okrut decided to skip Brazil, India and launch OpenSocial Apps in Estonia first. Orkut Developer Blog has now revealed that OpenSocial Apps will be available to millions of users in India in about a week.

OpenSocial App

If you take a look at Orkut’s demographics, 16.90% of all Orkut users are Indians. I’m a little puzzled because Amar Gandhi wrote "OpenSocial apps available to millions of users in India, corresponding to 10% of all orkut users". I’m wondering if they’ll open-up OpenSocial for everyone in India or just until they fulfill their quota. Nonetheless, you can always change your country to Estonia to experience OpenSocial Apps in Orkut. I think it was just about time, they launched OpenSocial worldwide.

For OpenSocial developers, they’ve created a new app submission page. App developers must submit their apps through this page to be included in the app directory. If you have submitted your app already, you have to resubmit your app through this page.

In other Orkut related news, Orkut search bar at the upper right corner (near the logout link) now has a Google Suggest like feature.

Orkut Search Suggest

As you type the name in the search bar, you’ll see a drop down which will lists Orkut members that match your search query.

Thanks for the tip, Sankar.

This post was published by on April 12, 2008

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  • http://technodorm.com Fahad

    When will this service be available for people here in pakistan?

  • http://tech-buzz.net Thilak

    Fahad: No clue buddy, but something makes me feel that the worldwide release of OpenSocial is just around the corner.

  • http://green-flamingo.com Nathaniel

    Orkut coming out with a world wide release, a big step. I do not use Orkut myself, though I probably should join, but it is very exciting to others.

  • http://tech-buzz.net Thilak

    Nathaniel: Oh, nothing surprising about you not being a member of Orkut. Actually, Orkut isn’t wildly popular outside India and Brazil.

  • http://www.seoresults.co.za SEO Man

    Have to concur that the worldwide launch of OpenSocial must be close at hand. Anything that has Google backing it is guaranteed some measure of success, and the luxury of having capital backing it until it becomes a viable entity in its own right.

  • http://www.gadgets4nowt.co.uk Wii

    Apologies for my lack of knowledge but is it fair to say that Orkut is somethign along the same lines as Facebook, Myspace etc?

  • http://tech-buzz.net Thilak

    Wii: Yes, it’s a social network just like Facebook and MySpace. Hugely popular in India and Brazil.