This article is basically written for the users who are not so familiar with the latest happenings in the social networking space and for non-technical users of Orkut.

I am simplifying the things to the most basic level and assuming few things as there is no official confirmation and documentation available from Google at the time of writing this article.

When Google opens up Orkut Platform through a set of application programming interfaces (APIs) and services, these will allow outside developers to inject new features and content into the Orkut user experience.

Let me present you with two real world scenarios to understand these terms and technologies from the bottom up.

Scenario 1:

Imagine, you want to get opinions on a specific topic or an answer for a question from your friends in orkut. Will you scrap everyone in your friends list or will you send an email to everyone? They are not flexible and it will be a heck to sort out all the emails and scraps. So, wouldn’t it be great if this kind of functionality is built into Orkut where you ask a question on your profile page and people can answer then and there without moving out of the page. Your friends can see the list of answers given by others and there are all possibilities that you can get an answer to a question or an opinion on a topic/idea. Rating the quality of the answers can also be included.

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