Something very interesting for web users who are active on both Facebook and Orkut.
You can now easily integrate your Orkut account with your Facebook profile courtesy a new Orkut app for Facebook that's not developed by Google but an Amazon employee - Jeetu Mirchandani.
The best part about the Orkut Application is that you need not supply your Google Account or password, just type the full URL of your Orkut Profile and that's sufficient to bring your Orkut data into Facebook.
Once you add the application, you can read the Orkut scrapbook of anyone, write new scraps, browse photos uploaded by other Orkut friends and more.
Add Orkut to Facebook here - you won't feel the need to visit Orkut.com as this Facebook app will let you do everything with Orkut without leaving Facebook.
And it's a good way to expose your community of Orkut friends to Facebook friends (and vice-versa). Facebook friends, who are not on Orkut, can know about your Orkut community without ever visiting that site. They can also view the Photos and Videos that you have shared on Orkut. How much fun.
Read some workarounds on how to access Orkut, Facebook and other restricted websites at school or work.
Imagine what happens to Facebook traffic if someone develops a similar Facebook app for the MySpace crowd. You can already check your GMail email message inside Facebook using FMail app.
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Find this article at: http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/10/access-orkut-from-facebook-leave-scraps.html
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Reader Comments
"The best part about the Orkut Application is that you need not supply your Google Account or password"
No, in fact its the worst part..Now anybody can write with my name by providing my profile URL...
Written on 5/10/07 8:28 PM
Ya even I m confused here. If we can scrap to any one by providing the url of our profile i think it is really a worst case.
Written on 6/10/07 10:53 AM
orkut without password?
LOL...
I guess standford guys are not as fool as iiteans.
Written on 6/10/07 11:19 PM
The best part now is that Orkut can be accessed from those companies that ban it and not facebook yet. There are many such companies in India. Infosys for example
Written on 7/10/07 11:16 PM
Well I think the apps changed a bit. I have to verify my account to send scraps. For verification it sent me an email to the email address in my Orkut account - I click on a link, and tada! I can write scraps - without password!
It writes a scrap form a "Facebook" account on Orkut, but puts my name and picture in the scrap so its fine.
Smart app!
Written on 13/10/07 4:29 PM
The recievers of the scraps will still have to trust the myOrkut application. A better way could be to allow an option where the user can digitally sign the application. THough most people dont care about scraps, this options security feature would help people trust my Orkut better !!
Parashuram
http://dy-verse.blogspot.com
Written on 18/10/07 9:04 AM