12 April 2008
Orkut to Launch OpenSocial to 10% of Users in “About” the Next Week
I’m going to take this one with a grain of salt. The last time they made an announcement like this it was recalled, and more than a month later until we actually saw a launch. However, today Orkut announced that they would be launching to 10% of their users, in a gradual rollout within “about” the next week. It looks as though they will be launching to millions of users in India at first, corresponding to 10% of their user base. Is the time really coming? Orkut - we really do want to see you succeed! Release early and release often man!
Developers can submit their applications here, and those that submitted their applications on or before 2/15 (the Hackathon date) will have first priority in the new Application directory. I really hope this is the case and it will be coming. Most of us users, as we saw from Facebook, are used to flaws in the applications at first - we just want the new functionality! If Google can just get it to “Good Enough” state Orkut could be very successful, even in the United States. Is it really going to happen this time?
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