Google Offers Free Websites to All Indian SMBs under ‘India Get Your Business Online’

Google Offers Free Websites to All Indian SMBs under ‘India Get Your Business Online’

Google India has announcing ‘India Get Your Business Online’, a first-of-its kind program to offer free websites, domain & hosting services to any Indian small medium businesses. Anyone can get a free full functional domain and website with this.

And same time you also can get a free coupon of worth Rs. 2500 INR advertising from Google AdWords to help promote your site. This mean its a full solution of question like how to get a free domain, hosting and full free website to any Indian user. And you really no need to have a business, you (anyone) can register to this and can get a free website in minutes.

India Get Your Business Online by Google

This program is designed with local partners and provides Indian businesses the tools and resources to establish a website, find new customers, and grow their businesses. The initiative aims to break down the barriers that stop small businesses from getting online - by offering a quick, easy and free tool to set up and host a website.
Google India has goal to help 500,000 small medium businesses in India to get online in next three years through this program and they partner with HostGator to provide hosting. Small business owners in India can logon to www.indiagetonline.in and use the tool to get a free, easy-to-build website and web hosting for one year powered by HostGator. Businesses will also get a customized domain .in name and free tools, training and resources to succeed online.

According to Rajan Anandan, MD & Vice President, Sales & Operations, Google India, "While India is home to an estimated 8 million small medium businesses, only about 5% have a website. This program is designed to bridge the information gap that exists online due to the lack of presence of local Indian businesses on the Internet. Businesses often believe that getting online is too complex, costly and time-consuming; this perception prevents many SMBs from taking the first step towards building an online presence. Google India and HostGator plan to change that through this initiative. In addition, HostGator will also offer free support in creating, hosting and managing the website for a period of one year without any cost through its toll free call centers 1800-266-3000".

The Main Features You'll Got with This Program:
~It’s free to set up your website. The domain is free for 1 year, and it’s free to maintain your website for 12 months.
~The website tool takes 15 minutes from sitting down to being found online
~You don’t need to be a tech whiz to get started. All you need to start is your address, phone number, TAN/CIN or PAN to verify you as a business
~The website is simple because customers are looking for simple information online
~Gives you your own .in domain
~Other features include photos/logos, integration with social media platforms
~You get a Google Apps account - free personalised email ids
~If you want to make your website work harder, you’ll have access to steady stream of free tips and tools from the Getting Indian Business Online team and a free coupon of worth Rs. 2500 INR advertising trial from Google AdWords to help promote your site.
~After the first year, SMBs can choose to pay a monthly pay-as-you-go to maintain their website using hostgator.
~At the end of the first year, they’ll have to pay a nominal charge if they wish to renew their domain name. They can cancel their website at any time.

India get your business online program is also supported by Federation of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), popularly known as FISME. FISME, the non-profit organisation will work with Google India to help SMBs get online through direct customer outreach and events.
Don't wait, just log on to www.indiagetonline.in and create your website in 15 minutes.

Apple's refurbished iPhone 4 now available in India for Rs. 22,500

 

While all eyes are set on the long-awaited iPhone 4S, Apple's refurbished iPhone 4 (16GB variant) units are now reportedly available in India for Rs. 22,500. According to reports, Apple is also offering a one-year warranty with these refurbished iPhone 4 units.

The refurbished units should not be confused with the used second-hand devices. These refurbished units were previously sent back to the company for the repair. After repairing and assembling the components, these units are now available for selling purpose. For the first time, refurbished iPhones have arrived in India.

Apple's refurbished units seem pretty good deal, as you save more than Rs. 10,000. Aircel currently offers the iPhone 4 (16 GB variant) for Rs. 34,500, while the 32GB variant is available for Rs. 40,900. Since Apple sells such refurbished devices in other nations as well, user can rest on Apple's services.

Meanwhile, rumors are Apple is going to discontinue its 16GB and 32GB variants of the iPhone 4 in India after the launch of the iPhone 4S. However, Apple is likely to continue selling its iPhone 3GS.

The refurbished units are amazing option for people who have waited long for the prices of iPhones to come down. With one year warranty and bill, Apple's refurbished units certainly does not appear a bad deal.

 

Android 4.0 is now officially open source

Finally the dark closed source chapter in the history of Android is closed, as the Android 4.0 source code has been made available.

With the release of Android 3.0 Google decided withhold the source code of Android, and promised that Android source code would be available in a future release. That future release would not be in the 3.x series.

Because all the Android source code is stored in a Git repository, it is possible to look back in the history of the code to get the Android 3.0 "Honeycomb" code. According to the Google's own Android Open-Source Project engineer Jean-Baptiste M. "JBQ" Queru, Honeycomb was a "little incomplete" and developers should focus on "Ice Cream Sandwich". There aren't any tags demarcating any particular state of the Android source code repository as Android 3.0.

However with the history intact, this does mean that the Android 3.x code is open source as well, and can probably be used for Android hacks such as CyanogenMod.

You can find instruction for downloading and building the Android source code here, and can read the original announcement about the availability of the source code on the official Google Grouphere. Beware though, compiling the Android source code is not for everyone, even if the procedure is straightforward; the source code itself is a 6GB download, needs upwards of 25GB for building (over 80GB for a full set of builds), and needs 16GB of RAM.

Smartphone OS Comparison

Every OS in the market has its own share of strengths and weaknesses. I believe in the "whatever floats your boat" school of thought when it comes to choosing a smartphone. Still, evaluating the popular platforms looked like a good idea to me. I have given points to each platform based on the following factors:

Features - The rating in this section is based on the support offered to technologies such as NFC, USB-OTG (On The Go), FM transmitter, and stereoscopic display.

User Interface - Here, the contenders get points for user friendliness. Lesser the magajmaari, better the score.

Aesthetics - It's all about eye-candy these days. An uncluttered and seamless look helps in getting a better score. Originality wins brownie points as well.

Optimisation - If the OS is optimised, it runs smoothly even on a CPU under 800 MHz and with 256 MB of RAM. If not, it requires dual cores and a gigabyte of RAM.

Battery Life - Do I really have to explain this one?

Apps - This is about the number of apps available for each platform.

Freedom - Includes aspects such as file sharing, customisation, file management, and the availability of mass storage mode.

Here's the scorecard. Note that all scores are on a scale of 1 to 5. The top scorer in each category has been circled in red.

From left: Android, iOS, WP, Symbian, and BlackBerry OS.

As you can see, there's no clear winner. However, BlackBerry has lost the contest by a big margin because of its average performance across the board. Android is good, but suffers badly from dismal battery performance and due to its resource-hungry nature. Surprisingly, the black sheep of the OS family, Symbian, turns out to be the most mature OS by virtue of getting the basics right - all thanks to the Belle update. Its fans need not celebrate though, as it has no future.