Google to Shut Down Orkut on Sept 30

Google published today that it is shutting down its first social network, Orkut, on September 30.

Orkut, launched in 2004 and named after Google engineer Orkut Büyükkökten, who made it, was extremely well known in Brazil, where for quite a long time it was the leading social network. Facebook at last surpassed it the country in January 2012.

Orkut was widely utilized within India, however never picked up footing in the U.S. also with the production of Google+ three years back, the end of Orkut was just a matter of time.

"It's been an incredible 10 years, and we apologize to those still energetically utilizing the administration," engineering chief Paulo Golgher wrote in a blog entry. "We trust individuals will discover other online groups to start more discussions and fabricate considerably more associations for the following decade and past."

Orkut grew out of Google's 20 percent activity, which permitted representatives to utilize a fifth of their working week on side undertakings. Obviously, the social network has since been supplanted by Google+, a more driven administration that ties into a large number of Google's different items. The choice to close Orkut is consequently scarcely amazing – the reality it took so long is most likely all the more a stun.

Beginning today, it will be imposible for newcomers to make another Orkut account. Existing clients can get to the administration as ordinary, nonetheless; Google (Orkut Team) says the three-month period ought to "give the community time to deal with the move." Orkut fans can likewise send out their profile data , community posts and photos utilizing Google Takeout.

The Orkut application will be expelled from Google Play and the App Store later today. You can discover all the more about the progressions and how its client base will be influenced in the advancing months here.

Orkut users will have the capacity to continue to utilize the network until Sept. 30, however no new account could be made begun today. Orkut profile data, community posts and photos might be sent out with Google Takeout (which will be conceivable under September 2016).