Remember Orkut? Maybe this post about its demise is also your introduction to Google’s first foray into social networking.Started in 2004, Orkut saw impressive early growth and has been popular in
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I barely remember Orkut being around, and it was long forgotten until I read the press release that it was going to be discontinued. Heck, I thought it was long dead already! But Google+ still fails to picque my interest much–I still can’t completely figure it out. But hey–it just goes to show that Google has been in the social media game for a while now. Now, Google Wave I remember. I did that for a little bit, and that one should’ve caught on. That was MUCH better than Google +. Oh well, we live and learn. Read Ken’s article in the meantime. It’s good.
–techcommgeekmom
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