Google Shutting Down Orkut Social Network

Google on Monday said it is shutting down Orkut, its "first foray into social networking", to focus on YouTube, Blogger, and Google Plus services that have proven more popular. The California technology titan will pull the plug on 10-year-old Orkut at the end of September. "Over the past decade, YouTube, Blogger and Google+ have taken off," Google engineering director Paul Golgher said in a blog post. "Because the growth o...