Black Friday 2009
Deals, Ads, and more.

Google Launches Orkut to combat Friendster

Topic: Other Stuff

Posted on Fri, 23 Jan 2004 21:54:05 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Google Launches Orkut to combat Friendster

Sponsored Links

Related Stories

Other Stuff

Google launches Social Networks Service ala Friendster.

Google released orkut.com on Thursday. It is still in the test phase and membership is by invitation only.

The launch of Orkut comes after Friendster rejected late last year Google's offer to buy the site that has become known as an online venue for hooking up friends of friends.

It also arrives as new social networking sites are launching all over the web, financed by venture capital investments in companies like Friendster, LinkedIn and other business focused Social Networks Analytics tools.

See Story on Yahoo News.

See Also:
Google Ponders Open IPO
Biggest Digital Buzz was InfoBadge at CES 2003
Click2Asia partners with I4U News




Related Offers



blog comments powered by Disqus

Related Topics

Google IE


Actions


Posted on Fri, 23 Jan 2004 21:54:05 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

I4U News Product Reviews

All I4U News Categories