Add New Applications to Orkut - Facebook Style

Now, you can add music, photos, and fun stuff to your Orkut profile. It’s simple as adding an application.

Mani Karthik has update on New Applications you can add to your Orkut Profile page - similar to adding Facebook Applications on your Facebook “page”.

Mani says there are a lot of Orkut applications which are hidden but you can activate them. Do they have an Indian connection ? Here is what he says -

“Book iRread” - iRead is a social book discovery application. With iRead you can organize your favorite books in bookshelves, rate and review them. You can browse what other iReaders and friends are reading. iRead learns from your book reading tastes and recommends books you will like and also users who read like you. Add application and join the social book discovery revolution!

India Dekha - India Dekha has been developed by Zoomtra.com in an effort to connect Indian Travel enthusiasts with one another. How much of India Have you traveled or plan to travel to in the future? Make your India Dekha! Map and share it with your friends.

Music iLike - Add music and videos to your profile, list your favorite artists, and test your skill in the Music Challenge! Join 23 million iLike users to share and discover music.

Photo Attack - Attack photos of your friends with cool animations! Slap them silly, send them a kiss, splash them with color balloons. No matter what your emotions are we have an animation that can help you to express yourself.

But how do you add these ? Here is Mani’s explanation

1. Go to your HOME.
2. Click Edit Profile (On the left hand side panel)
3. Scroll down to locate your “country”.
4. Change your country to “Estonia” (find it in the drop down list).
5. Now go back to the Home,
6. You’ll find a strip that allows you access to the entire list of orkut applications. (Below today’s fortune and profile views text)
7. Click on “Add applications and customize your profile”
8. You’ll get an entire list of available applications. Scroll down to the desired one (se their descriptions along side.)
9. Click on “Add application”
10. You’ll be asked a confirmation, click again on “Add application” - You’re done!