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Dear Fitagians,
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12th edition of FITAG
times is delayed by 15
days and is being published
on 1st of August due to two
valid reasons.
1. FITAG Times is complet-
ing 12 months i.e. 1 year
of publication is com-
plete.
2. New Body has taken over
FITAG leadership on
24th July.
1st edition of Fitag times was
published on 15h August
2013 and since then we have
been coming out with
monthly e-editions of FITAG
Times. With this latest 12th
edition, we will complete 12
splendid months of a wide
spreading Information
Technology monthly maga-
zine. It has happened for the
first time that such a maga-
zine is being published by an
association body without
help of any outside agency
from publication world.
FITAG Times is completely
designed, developed and
published by the members of
FITAG. I, as editor of FITAG
Times, am extremely happy
to present the 12th edition of
FITAG Times to the readers.
It is my humble request to
promote this magazine to the
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Information Technology (IT)
has made possible information
access at gigabit speeds. It has
created a level playing
field among nations
and created has a
positive impact on
the lives of millions.
Today, a
country’s
IT poten-
tial is
paramount
for its march
towards global competi-
tiveness, healthy gross
domestic product (GDP) and
meeting up the energy and envi-
ronmental challenges.
The Indian IT and
Information Technology enabled
Services (ITeS) sectors go hand-
in-hand in every aspect. The
industry has not only trans-
formed India’s image on the
global platform, but also fuelled
economic growth by energising
the higher education sector
(especially in engineering and
computer science). The industry
has employed almost 10 million
Indians and, hence, has con-
tributed significantly to social
transformation in the country.
India is one of the fastest-
growing IT services markets in
the world. It is also the world’s
largest
s o u r c i n g
des t ina t ion ,
accounting for approxi-
mately 52 per cent of the US$
124–130 billion market. The
country’s cost competitiveness
in providing IT services contin-
ues to be its USP in the global
sourcing market.
India has the potential to
build a US$ 100 billion software
product industry by 2025,
according to Indian Software
Product Industry Roundtable
(iSPIRT). The software products
market in India, which includes
accounting software and cloud
computing-based telephony
services, is expected to grow at
14 per cent in 2014.
The Department of
Electronics and Information
Technology
is coordinating
strategic activities, promoting
skill development programmes,
enhancing infrastructure capa-
bilities and supporting research
and development (R&D) for
India’s leadership position in IT
and ITeS.
Indian IT and ITeS industry
is divided into four major seg-
ments – IT services, business
process management (BPM),
software products and engineer-
ing services, and hardware. The
IT services sector accounted for
the largest share of the IT and
ITeS industry, with a total
market size of US$
56.3 billion during
FY13, followed by
BPM sector (US$
20.9 bil-
lion), and
s o f t w a r e
products and
e n g i n e e r i n g
services (US$ 17.9
billion); the market size
for hardware was US$ 13.3 bil-
lion during FY12.
The Indian IT-BPM industry
is expected to add revenues of
US$ 13–14 billion to the exist-
ing revenues by FY15, accord-
ing to National Association of
Software and Services
Companies (NASSCOM).
The industry grew at a com-
pound annual growth rate
(CAGR) of 13.1 per cent during
FY08–13.Total exports from the
Market Size
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hardware) were estimated at
US$ 76 billion during FY13,
Export of IT services has been
the major contributor, account-
ing for 57.9 per cent of total IT
exports (excluding hardware) in
FY13. BPM accounted for 23.5
per cent of total IT exports dur-
ing the same fiscal. The IT out-
sourcing sector is expected to
see exports growing by 13–15
per cent during FY15.
The technology industry of
India will have a US$ 37 billion
of CMO opportunity by 2020,
according to a report titled
'Marketing, Disrupted:
Opportunities for the Indian
technology industry' by NASS-
COM and SapientNitro.
Indian IT's core competen-
cies and strengths have placed it
on the international canvas,
attracting investments from
major countries.
According to data released
by the Department of Industrial
Policy and Promotion (DIPP),
the computer software and hard-
ware sector attracted foreign
direct investment (FDI) worth
Rs 59,381.64 crore (US$ 9.89
billion) between April 2000 and
February 2014.
Some of the major invest-
ments in Indian IT and ITeS sec-
tor are as follows:
Tata Consultancy Services
(TCS) plans to merge its two
units in Japan with Mitsubishi
Corp’s IT subsidiary to create a
joint venture (JV) company with
a revenue base of US$ 600 mil-
lion in the world’s second-
largest market for software serv-
ices.
Private equity (PE) firm TPG
Growth and India's Smile Group
will jointly invest US$ 100 mil-
lion to help internet and e-com-
merce companies build and
scale their businesses across the
Asia–Pacific region and West
Asia.
Synechron plans to invest
US$ 30–35 million on the
expansion of its Hyderabad and
Bengaluru facilities. “We have
decided to expand our presence
in India by setting up facilities in
Hyderabad and Bangalore. The
idea is to get closer to the bigger
talent pool and clients,” said Mr
Faisal Husain, Founder and
Global CEO, Synechron.
Bharti Airtel, India's largest
telecom operator, has renewed
its technology outsourcing con-
tract with software major IBM
for a period of five years.
Infosys has partnered with
telecom company Orange to
provide Internet TV to its cus-
tomers. Infosys will deliver a
portfolio of interactive TV apps
on the Orange Livebox Play.
The TV apps will be powered by
Infosys DigitizeEdge, a digital
asset and experience platform
for TV operators, media compa-
nies, advertisers and content
publishers.
The Government of India
played a key role with public
funding of a large, well trained
pool of engineers and manage-
ment personnel who could
forge the Indian IT industry.
The Central Government
and the respective State
Governments are expected to
collectively spend US$ 6.4 bil-
lion on IT products and servic-
es in 2014, an increase of 4.3
per cent over 2013, according
to a study by Gartner.
Some of the major initia-
tives taken by the Government
to promote IT and ITeS sector
in India are as follows:
The Government of Bihar
has unveiled 20 km free Wi-Fi
zone in Patna, the longest
across the planet, making a
strong impression on the
world's infotech map.
The Government of India
has given an in-principle
approval for setting up of the
first electronic system design
and manufacturing (ESDM)
cluster development in
Electronics City, Bengaluru.
The ESDM project will come
up on a 1.16 acre of land at an
investment of approximately
Rs 85 crore (US$ 14.16 mil-
lion).
More than 20 small and
medium enterprises (SMEs) in
the IT sector have recently
received land allotment letters
from the Government of
Punjab to set up their units
with an investment of Rs 500
crore (US$ 83.24 million).
The Government of India is
planning to announce a nation-
al policy on cloud computing,
as per Mr Kapil Sibal, Minister
of Communications and
Information Technology.
The Governments of
Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu
are in talks with NASSCOM
to set up ‘start-up warehouses’
for incubation of start-ups. The
centres are expected to come
up in Mumbai and Chennai
and are likely to be operational
by December 2014.
Road Ahead
India is the most preferred
location for engineering off-
shoring, according to a cus-
tomer poll conducted by Booz
and Co. Companies are now
offshoring complete product
responsibility. Increased focus
on R&D by IT firms in India
has resulted in rising number
of patents filed by them.
India’s IT sector is gradual-
ly moving from linear models
(rising headcount to increase
revenue) to non-linear ones.
In line with this, IT compa-
nies in the country are focus-
ing on new models such as
platform-based BPM services
and creation of intellectual
property.
Tier II and III cities are
increasingly gaining traction
among IT companies aiming
to establish business in India.
Cheap labour, affordable
real estate, favourable gov-
ernment regulations, tax
breaks and special economic
zone (SEZ) schemes are
facilitating their emergence
as new IT destinations.
Indian insurance compa-
nies also plan to spend Rs
12,100 crore (US$ 2.01 bil-
lion) on IT products and serv-
ices in 2014, a 12 per cent
rise over 2013, according to
Gartner. This forecast
includes spending by insurers
on internal IT (including per-
sonnel), software, hardware,
external IT services and
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more and more popular.
On the other hand FITAG's
new body has taken over dur-
ing the AGM held on 24th July,
2014. Few very important
things were resolved in this
AGM which I think I must
mention and elaborate here.
< In spite of continuous rain18 associations have
reached to Ahmedabad to
participate in the meeting.
This shows the level of
integrity amongst
FITAGIANs as well as their
eagerness to come forward
for FITAG. There were
many people who showed
their willingness to work
for FITAG either with cen-
tral body or at regional
level. Therefore, current
body has announced few
new posts of regional coor-
dinators who will work
within their region as a
node between member
associations as well as the
governing body of FITAG.
< Six years has been passedsince the inception of
FITAG on 16th July 2008.
FITAG is now an estab-
lished and one and the only
of its kind of body in entire
India. We must capitalise
and focus on the possibility
of expanding FITAG as a
regional body of western
India.
< We did our first con-vention on 19th December
2009. On this day actually all
the FITAGIANs came together
on a common platform for the
first time. About 400 - 450 peo-
ple remained present in this
convention and made it a grand
success. I propose 19th
December to be celebrated as
"FITAG Day" and some com-
mon activity should take place
across the state by all the asso-
ciations to endorse any of the
five point agenda of FITAG i.e.
Flourish, Knowledge,
Networking, Strength and
Protection.
< New committee formationand selection of its mem-
bers by the President is
expressing maturity as
well as boldness at the
same time. Combination
of these newly elected
team members will deliv-
er the metal, onus lies
upon us also to make them
a success by supporting
them in all the desired
manner. My personal
wishes are always with
them.
Lastly, in my personal
capacity I have worked for
FITAG for continuous six
years. I am retiring myself
from day to day activities of
FITAG. Although I will con-
tinue to work as an editor of
FITAG Times till I find an
individual from the communi-
ty who can handle this. I wel-
come people from member
associations who can work
dedicatedly for FITAG Times.
In this edition of FITAG
Times we have included
information related to the
new body of FITAG as well as
glimpses of all the 11 earlier
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Resilience is our ability to regain original form and to thrive and
fulfill potential in spite of adversity or difficult circumstances.
When life situations get out of kilter, it is the one quality and
skill we need most to get us through the difficult times. To be resilient
means we are able to remain stable and function in the face of disrup-
tion and chaos.It means we can continue with every day tasks, remain
balanced, and bounce back quickly from hard times.Resilience can be
described as an emotional muscle which we all posses to some degree.
With determination and practice we can develop and strengthen it
even further. Being aware of why we need it and how important it is
can encourage us to work on increasing it.
You can Build
Resilience by:8 Maintaining balance and
flexibility in your life
8 Taking care of your physi-
cal and mental health; nur-
turing yourself
8 Learning to deal with prob-
lems and stressful situations
8 Maintaining good relation-
ships with loved ones for
support and encouragement
Examples of adversity
that require resilience:
8 Being diagnosed with a
serious illness
8 Losing your job
8 Recovering from a failed
relationship
8 Maintaining a balance
between work and family
life
8 Dealing with difficult peo-
ple
When we are resilient we are
optimistic , confident, proac-
tive and we know we have con-
trol of our lives.
We know that when we
exercise faith, perseverance
and diligence, things
change for the better.
Let s apply these
tested principles on our
IT BUSINESS. We
have been experiencing a
breakdown in our business
for some time now.
Using these tips , we can
elevate our IT business &
FLOURISH.
Resilience
What is it?
4A function of brain activity
4A personal journey
4A learned behavior
4An action PlanService members returning
from a combat zone can reduce
their risk of long term effects
such as Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder, depression and anxi-
ety. This is done by doing an
honest assessment of your cur-
rent mental health, recognizing
and using your strengths and
researching and utilizing com-
mon skills to build resilience:
Make connectionsGood relationships are
important. Accepting help and
support from others strength-
ens resilience.
Avoid seeing crises
as insurmountable
problemsYou can't change stressful
events, but you can control
how you respond to these
events.
Accept change is a
part of livingAccepting circumstances
that cannot be changed can
help you focus on circum-
stances that you can alter.
Move towards your
(realistic) goals
"What's one
thing I can accom-
plish today that
helps me move
in the direction I
want to go?"
Take decisive actionsAct rather than detach from
problems. Wishing won't make
them go away.
Look for opportunities
for self-discovery
After experiencing loss,
many people report better rela-
tionships, personal growth and
increased self-worth.
Nurture a positive
view of yourselfDeveloping confidence in
problem-solving abilities and
trusting your instincts helps to
build resilience.
Keep things in
perspectiveAvoid blowing events out
of proportion and keep a long-
term perspective.
Maintain a hopeful
outlookThis enables you to expect
that good things will happen.
Visualize what you want,
rather than worrying about
what you fear.
Take care of yourselfPay attention to your own
needs and feelings. Engage in
enjoyable, relaxing activities.
Exercise. Keep your mind and
body primed to deal with situa-
tions that require resilience.
Researchers have
developed 7 fac-
tors to
Resilience:1. Develop Core
Values and
Principles
2. Life's Mission
3. Form support systems with
family, friends, community
4. Humor
5. Spirituality
6. Training - in all forms
7. Intellectual flexibility - use
your left brain to alter how
you perceive an event
There are 7 skills of
Resilience:1. Learning Your ABCs
When confronted with a
problem or challenge, are you
ever surprised by how you
react or wish you could
respond differently? Do you
ever assume that you know the
facts of a situation, only to find
out later that you misinterpret-
ed them? If the thoughts run-
ning through your head when
you're faced with adversity are
inaccurate, your ability to
respond effectively to that
adversity will be severely com-
promised. SO…."listen" to
your thoughts, to identify what
you say to yourself when faced
with a challenge, and to under-
stand how your thoughts affect
your feelings and behavior.
2. Avoiding Thinking Traps
When things go wrong, do
you automatically blame your-
self? Do you blame others? Do
you jump to conclusions? Do
you assume that you know
what another person is think-
ing? When faced with adversi-
ty, people regularly make eight
mistakes that undermine
resilience. SO… identify the
ones you habitually make and
how to correct them.
3. Detecting Icebergs
Everyone has deeply held
beliefs about how people and
the world should operate and
who they are and want to be.
We call these iceberg beliefs
because they often "float"
beneath the surface of our con-
sciousness so we're not even
aware of them. Often these
beliefs guide us to behave in
ways that are true to our val-
ues. Sometimes, however,
these deep beliefs interfere
with our ability to live the kind
of life we want, and they
explain why we overreact to
seemingly minor issues or have
a hard time making what seem
like simple decisions. SO…
identify your deep beliefs and
determine when they are work-
ing for you and when they are
working against you.
4. Challenging Beliefs
A key component of
resilience is problem solving.
How effective are you at solv-
ing the problems that you
encounter day to day? Do you
waste time pursuing solutions
that don't work? Do you feel
helpless to change situations?
Do you persist on one prob-
lem-solving path even when
you see that it's not getting
you where you want to be? It's
your thinking style that often
leads you to misinterpret the
causes of a problem, which
then leads you to pursue the
wrong solutions. SO… test the
accuracy of your beliefs about
problems and how to find solu-
tions that work.
5. Putting It in Perspective
Do you get caught in what-
if thinking in which you turn
every failure or problem into a
catastrophe? Do you waste
valuable time and energy wor-
rying yourself into a state of
paralyzing anxiety about
events that have not even
occurred?. SO… stop the what-
ifs so that you're better pre-
pared to deal with problems
that really do exist or are most
likely to occur.
6. Calming and Focusing
Do you feel overwhelmed
by stress? Do your emotions
sometimes come on so quickly
and fiercely that you can't seem
to think straight? Do "off-task"
thoughts make it hard for you
to concentrate?. SO… to stay
calm and focused when you're
overwhelmed by emotion or
stress so you can concentrate
on the task at hand
7. Real-time Resilience
Are there times when coun-
terproductive thoughts make it
hard for you to stay engaged
and in the moment? Do certain
negative thoughts tend to recur
over and over again?. SO…
quickly change your counter-
productive thoughts into more
resilient ones - with immediate
results.
Let s Achieve the PEAK
OF IT business again.
After all, We DESERVE the
BOOMING BUSINESS !!!<
RESILIENCERESILIENCE
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Aslowdown in the growth
rate for tablet and mobile
phone sales and economic
uncertainty in emerging mar-
kets are putting a damper on
global IT spending, according
to IDC.
Worldwide IT spending
will increase 4.1 percent in
constant currency this year, to
$3.7 trillion (about Rs 222)
lakh crore) said IDC. That’s
down from last year’s 4.5 per-
cent growth and from IDC’s
prior forecast of 4.6 percent
growth.
The move to cloud technol-
ogy and pent-up demand to
replace old servers, storage and
network gear provides a solid
foundation for IT Spending,
according to IDC. Especially
in the latter half of the year,
enterprises may end up doing
some catch-up spending to
replace old equipment.
But “wild cards” in the
economy for Europe and Asia,
an erosion of mobile phone
prices, and a slowdown in the
tablet market caused IDC to
cut expectations for IT spend-
ing. Part of the problem is that
it is difficult for smart phone
and tablet vendors to maintain
the extraordinary sales growth
they experienced over the past
years.
“As smart phone growth
continues to cool from the phe-
nomenal expansion of the past
few years, tablet shipments
have performed weaker than
expected over the past couple
of quarters,” said Stephen
Minton, vice president in
IDC’s Global Technology &
Industry Research
Organization, in a statement.
In March, IDC forecast the
total tablet market, including
tablets and 2-in-1 devices, to
grow 19.4 percent in 2014,
down from a growth rate of
51.6 percent last year. IDC also
said earlier this year that
worldwide smartphone ship-
ments would be 1.2 billion
units- that’s a 19.3 percent
jump over last year, but repre-
sents a smaller increase in
terms of 2013’s 39.2 percent
rise.
Otherwise, the crisis in
Ukraine has provoked a sense
of uncertainty in Eurpoe, and
IDC expects IT spending in
Russia to decline by almost 1
percent this year. The slow-
down in Russia will have an
impact on other countries in
the region, IDC said.
In Asis, “China remains a
wild card,” IDC said in its
report. Demand for IT spend-
ing after the slowdown of 2013
could help buoy IT spending in
the country. However, IDC
noted that some econo mists
are forecasting that chinese
GDP growth could slump
below 7 perent in 2014 and
2015.
Based on exchange rates in
the first quarter, the 4.1 percent
growth in constant currency
terms translates to just 3.4 per-
cent growth in US dollars, as
currency volatility hits US-
based vendors,
IDC noted.-By Marc
Ferranti
IDC Cuts ITSpend Forecast
4.1%The increase in global
IT spending this year-
that’s down from last
year’s 4.5 percent
growth.
Researchers discover first true
Ransomware that attacks Android users!A new Android mal-
ware has been discov-
ered that can launch a
full-blown ranosom
attack on a user’s
device. According to
reports, security firm
ESET has discovered
what is being called the
first ever malware
capable of encrypt-
ing data files on an
Android smart-
phone, launching a
ransom attack.
The malware,
known as
Simplocker, is a
Russian- language
Trojan that reportedly
scans the SD card of a
user’s device or its
internal storage, and
encrypts data files with
a range of extensions.
This includes files with
extensions. doc, .jpg,
.avi and.mp4. It uses
stron 256-bit AES
encryption to lock the
files.
Reports say that the
splash screen from the
malware states, as
translated from
Russian, “WARNING!
Your phone is locked!
The device is locked
for viewing and distri-
bution of child pornog-
raphy, zoophilia and
other perversions.” The
malware then demands
260 Ukrainian Hryvnia
(which is about 13 pr
$9) that can be paid
using MoneXy, in
exchange for the
stolen data.
According to
ESET, the Current
prevalence of the
malware is ‘very
low’. It is reportedly
targeting Android in
R u s s i a n - s p e a k i n g
countries, where the
virus is contracted after
downloading an app
called ‘Sex xionix’
from a third party app
store.
Google releases Android 4.4.3A new version of Android, 4.4.3, has been released by Google
recently, While, the latest version of Android KitKat will be available
via over-the- air roll- outs, the Android maker has released the factory
images for Nexus 5, Nexus 7 (2013), Nexus 10, Nexus 4 and Nexus 10,
Nexus 4 and Nexus 7 (2012) devices.
Google has shard the source code of the Android 4.4.3 release at
Android Open Source Project (AOSP). If the claims of US telecom
operator T-Mobile are to be believed, Android 4.4.3 packs in loads of
security enhancements and bug fixes. Google has included an all new
Google Dialler with Android 4.4.3 on Nexus 5. The updated version of
Google Dialler offers a tweaked user-interface and other changes.
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What you can do with “Google”What you can do with “Google”Blogger is a blog-publishing
service that allows multi-user
blogs with time-stamped entries.
It was developed by Pyra Labs,
which was bought by Google in
2003. Generally, the blogs are
hosted by Google at a subdomain
of blogspot.com. A user can have
up to 100 blogs per account.[3] Up
until May 1, 2010, Blogger
allowed users to publish blogs on
other hosts, via FTP. All such
blogs had (or still have) to be
moved to Google's own servers,
with domains other than
blogspot.com allowed via custom
URLs.[4] Unlike WordPress,
Blogger cannot be installed in
a web server. One has to use
DNS facilities to redirect a
custom URL to a blogspot
domain.
History
On August 23, 1999, Blogger
was launched by Pyra Labs. As
one of the earliest dedicated blog-
publishing tools, it is credited for
helping popularize the format. In
February 2003, Pyra Labs was
acquired by Google under undis-
closed terms. The acquisition
allowed premium features (for
which Pyra had charged) to
become free. In October 2004,
Pyra Labs' co-founder, Evan
Williams, left Google. In 2004,
Google purchased Picasa; it inte-
grated Picasa and its photo sharing
utility Hello into Blogger, allow-
ing users to post photos to their
blogs.
On May 9, 2004, Blogger
introduced a major redesign,
adding features such as web stan-
dards-compliant templates, indi-
vidual archive pages for posts,
comments, and posting by email.
On August 14, 2006, Blogger
launched its latest version in beta,
codenamed "Invader", alongside
the gold release. This migrated
users to Google servers and had
some new features, including
interface language in French,
Italian, German and Spanish.[6] In
December 2006, this new version
of Blogger was taken out of beta.
By May 2007, Blogger had com-
pletely moved over to Google-
operated servers. Blogger was
ranked 16 on the list of top 50
domains in terms of number of
unique visitors in 2007.
RedesignAs part of the Blogger
redesign in 2006, all blogs associ-
ated with a user's Google Account
were migrated to Google servers.
Blogger claims that the service is
now more reliable because of the
quality of the servers.[8]
Along with the migration to
Google servers, several new fea-
tures were introduced, including
label organization, a drag-and-
drop template editing interface,
reading permissions (to create pri-
vate blogs) and new Web feed
options. Furthermore, blogs are
updated dynamically, as opposed
to rewriting
HTML files.
In a version of the service
called Blogger in Draft,[9] new
features are tested before being
released to all users. New features
are discussed in the service's offi-
cial blog.[10]
Screenshot of blog post com-
pose window of Blogger, April
2012
In September 2009, Google
introduced new features into
Blogger as part of its tenth
anniversary celebration. The fea-
tures included a new interface for
post editing, improved image han-
dling, Raw HTML Conversion,
and other Google Docs-based
implementations, including:
= Adding location to posts viageotagging.
= Post time-stamping at publica-tion, not at original creation.
= Vertical re-sizing of the posteditor. The size is saved in a
per-user, per-blog preference.
= Link editing in composemode.
= Full Safari 3 support andfidelity on both Windows and
Mac OS.
= New Preview dialog thatshows posts in a width and
font size approximating what
is seen in the published view.
= Placeholder image for tags sothat embeds are movable in
compose mode.
= New toolbar with Google aes-
thetics, faster loading time,
and "undo" and "redo" but-
tons. Also added was the full
justification button, a strike-
through button, and an
expanded color palette.
= In 2010, Blogger introducednew templates and redesigned
its website. The new post edi-
tor was criticized for being
less reliable than its predeces-
sor.
Available languages
Blogger is avail-
able in these languages:
Arabic, Bengali, Indonesia,
Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese
(Simplified), Chinese
(Traditional), Croatian, Czech,
Danish, Dutch, English, Filipino,
Finnish, French, German, Greek,
Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi,
Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian,
Japanese, Kannada, Korean,
Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay,
Malayalam, Marathi, Norwegian,
Oriya, Persian, Polish, Portuguese
(Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal),
Romanian, Russian, Serbian,
Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish,
Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai,
Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu
Vietnamese. Nepali, Farashi.
Country-specific blog-
ger addressesStarting in February 2013,
Blogger began integrating user
blogs with multiple country-spe-
cific URLs. For example, exam-
pleuserblogname.blogspot.com
would be automatically redirected
to exampl euser blog name. blog
spot.ca in Canada, exampleuser
blogname.blogspot.co.uk in the
United Kingdom. Blogger
explained that by doing this they
could manage the blog content
more locally so if there was any
objectionable material that violat-
ed a particular country's laws they
could remove and block access to
that blog for that country through
the assigned ccTLD while retain-
ing access through other ccTLD
addresses and the default
Blogspot.com URL. However it
should be noted that if a blog
using a country-specific URL was
removed it is still technically pos-
sible to still access the blog
through Google's No Country
Redirect override by entering the
URL using the regular
Blogspot.com address and adding
/ncr after the.com.
Available designsBlogger allows its users to
choose from various templates
and then customize them.
Users may also
choose to
create their own tem-
plates using CSS. The new
design template, known as
"Dynamic View", was introduced
recently[when?]. It is built with
AJAX, HTML5, and CSS3. The
time for loading is 40 percent
shorter than traditional templates,
and allows user to present blog in
seven different ways: classic, flip-
card, magazine, mosaic, sidebar,
snapshot, and timeslide. Readers
still have the option to choose
preferable views when the blog
owner has set a default view.[13]
Some of the widgets (e.g., Labels,
Profile, Link List, Subscription
Links, Followers and Blog
Archive etc.) are available for
Dynamic Views; other templates
are chosen by the blogger.
In April 2013, Blogger updat-
ed its HTML template editor that
has some improvements to make it
easy for the users to edit the blog's
source code. The editor was
updated with syntax highlight,
number line and jump-to-widget
button for ease of editing the code.
For over half a year dynamic
views users were suffering from a
bug causing custom CSS and page
navigation often not to load prop-
erly. This happened because a
JavaScript routine rendered the
page before it was loaded. A blog-
ger user fixed the template and
published the fix.
IntegrationThe Google Toolbar has a fea-
ture called "BlogThis!" which
allows toolbar users with Blogger
accounts to post links directly to
their blogs.
"Blogger for Word" is an add-
in for Microsoft Word which
allows users to save a Microsoft
Word document directly to a
Blogger blog, as well as edit their
posts both on- and offline. As of
January 2007, Google says
"Blogger for Word is not currently
compatible with the new version
of Blogger", and they state no
decision has been made about sup-
porting it with the new
Blogger.[15] However, Microsoft
Office 2007 adds native support
for a variety of blogging systems,
including Blogger.
Blogger supports Google's
AdSense service as a way of gen-
erating revenue from running a
blog.
Blogger also started integra-
tion with Amazon Associates in
December 2009, as a service to
generate revenue.[16] It was not
publically announced, but by
September 2011 it appeared that
all integration options had been
removed and that the partnership
had ended.[17]
Blogger offers multiple author
support, making it possible to
establish group blogs.
Blogger offers a template-edit-
ing feature, which allows users to
customize the Blogger template.
Windows Live Writer, a stand-
alone app of the Windows Live
suite, publishes directly to
Blogger.
Blogger Private Blog: only
accessed by the author or invited
readers/authors or admins only.
Blogger can be optionally
integrated with Google+.
Google+ comments can be
integrated with blogger com-
ments.
Blogger on mobile
devicesBlogger has launched mobile
applications for users with mobile
devices. Users can post and edit blogs,
and also share photos and links on
Blogger through their mobile devices.
Not only advanced mobile devices,
such as smartphones, are being con-
sidered, since users can also post
blogs via traditional cell phones by
SMS and MMS.[18]
The major two mobile operation
systems that Blogger focuses on are
Android and iOS.[19][20] Blogger
allow users to edit blogs anywhere
through the app and either publish the
blogs or save them as drafts. Quick
navigation from posts and drafts is
accessible from a list. Users can attach
photos by taking a picture with a
Blogger app or selecting pictures from
their photo galleries. Sharing current
locations on posts is also possible by
tabbing My Location bar and adding
locations. Users can also share photos
and links directly to Blogger.<
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