Google's Orkut Radically Changes Discourse In Brazil

by Annie Murphy, NPR

Google's first foreign acquisition was in an obscure city in Brazil. Today it's the engine behind Google's social-networking site, Orkut. Though Orkut bombed in the U.S., it's a hit in Brazil -- and it's radically changing how low-income Brazilians communicate.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, November 18, 2010