Amid Facebook data theft row, Orkut says 'Hello' to India in a new avatar

At a time when there have been calls for #DeleteFacebook, amid the Cambridge Analytica scandal and data theft concerns, Orkut Buyukkokten, an ex-Googler and founder of the once-popular Orkut.com, has launched ‘Hello’, a new mobile-first social network.

Based on the concept of building networks around communities, ‘Hello’ forms interest groups of people synced by what they like and are passionate about. The app, fully operational only in Brazil at present, was in the beta-testing mode in India until its launch on April 11.

How ‘Hello’ works: When you sign up on the Hello app, you are asked to choose 5