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Technology monthly magazine. It has happened for the first time that such a magazine 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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nformation 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 potential is paramount for its march towards global competitiveness, healthy gross domestic product (GDP) and meeting up the energy and environmental challenges. The Indian IT and Information Technology enabled Services (ITeS) sectors go handin-hand in every aspect. The industry has not only transformed 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 contributed significantly to social transformation in the country. India is one of the fastestgrowing IT services markets in the world. It is also the world’s
India largest sourcing destination, accounting for approximately 52 per cent of the US$ 124–130 billion market. The country’s cost competitiveness in providing IT services continues 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
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Technology is coordinating strategic activities, promoting skill development programmes, enhancing infrastructure capabilities and supporting research and development (R&D) for India’s leadership position in IT and ITeS. Market Size
Indian IT and ITeS industry is divided into four major segments – IT services, business
process management (BPM), software products and engineering 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 billion), and software products and engineering services (US$ 17.9 billion); the market size for hardware was US$ 13.3 billion during FY12. The Indian IT-BPM industry is expected to add revenues of US$ 13–14 billion to the existing revenues by FY15, according to National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM). The industry grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.1 per cent during FY08–13.Total exports from the
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Contined from page 1... IT-BPM sector (excluding hardware) were estimated at US$ 76 billion during FY13, Export of IT services has been the major contributor, accounting for 57.9 per cent of total IT exports (excluding hardware) in FY13. BPM accounted for 23.5 per cent of total IT exports during the same fiscal. The IT outsourcing 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 NASSCOM and SapientNitro.
Investments Indian IT's core competencies 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 hardware 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 investments in Indian IT and ITeS sector 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 million in the world’s secondlargest market for software services. Private equity (PE) firm TPG Growth and India's Smile Group will jointly invest US$ 100 million to help internet and e-commerce 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 contract with software major IBM for a period of five years. Infosys has partnered with telecom company Orange to
provide Internet TV to its customers. 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 companies, advertisers and content publishers.
Government Initiatives The Government of India played a key role with public funding of a large, well trained pool of engineers and management personnel who could forge the Indian IT industry. The Central Government and the respective State Governments are expected to collectively spend US$ 6.4 billion on IT products and services in 2014, an increase of 4.3 per cent over 2013, according to a study by Gartner. Some of the major initiatives 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 million). 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 national 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
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location for engineering offshoring, according to a customer 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 gradually moving from linear models (rising headcount to increase revenue) to non-linear ones. In line with this, IT companies in the country are focusing 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 government regulations, tax breaks and special economic zone (SEZ) schemes are facilitating their emergence as new IT destinations. Indian insurance companies also plan to spend Rs 12,100 crore (US$ 2.01 billion) on IT products and services in 2014, a 12 per cent rise over 2013, according to Gartner. This forecast includes spending by insurers on internal IT (including personnel), software, hardware, external IT services and telecommunications.<
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Contined from page 1... non-members also to make it more and more popular. On the other hand FITAG's new body has taken over during 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 rain 18 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 central body or at regional level. Therefore, current body has announced few new posts of regional coordinators who will work within their region as a node between member
associations as well as the governing body of FITAG. < Six years has been passed since the inception of FITAG on 16th July 2008. FITAG is now an established 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 convention on 19th December 2009. On this day actually all the FITAGIANs came together on a common platform for the first time. About 400 - 450 people remained present in this convention and made it a grand success. I propose 19th December to be celebrated as "FITAG Day" and some common activity should take place across the state by all the associations to endorse any of the five point agenda of FITAG i.e. Flourish, Knowledge,
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esilience 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 disruption 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.
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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 misinterpreted them? If the thoughts running through your head when you're faced with adversity are inaccurate, your ability to respond effectively to that adversity will be severely compromised. SO…."listen" to your thoughts, to identify what you say to yourself when faced with a challenge, and to understand how your thoughts affect your feelings and behavior. 2. Avoiding Thinking Traps When things go wrong, do you automatically blame yourself? Do you blame others? Do you jump to conclusions? Do you assume that you know what another person is thinking? When faced with adversity, 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 consciousness so we're not even aware of them. Often these beliefs guide us to behave in ways that are true to our values. 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 working 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 solving 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 problem-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 solutions that work. 5. Putting It in Perspective Do you get caught in whatif thinking in which you turn every failure or problem into a catastrophe? Do you waste valuable time and energy worrying yourself into a state of paralyzing anxiety about events that have not even occurred?. SO… stop the whatifs so that you're better prepared 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 counterproductive 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 counterproductive thoughts into more resilient ones - with immediate results. Let s Achieve the PEAK OF IT business again. After all, We DESERVE the BOOMING BUSINESS !!!<
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You can Build Resilience by: 8 Maintaining balance and flexibility in your life 8 Taking care of your physical and mental health; nurturing yourself 8 Learning to deal with problems and stressful situations 8 Maintaining good relationships with loved ones for support and encouragement
their risk of long term effects such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, depression and anxiety. This is done by doing an honest assessment of your current mental health, recognizing and using your strengths and researching and utilizing common skills to build resilience:
Make connections Good relationships are important. Accepting help and support from others strengthens resilience.
Examples of adversity that require resilience: Avoid seeing crises 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 people When we are resilient we are optimistic , confident, proactive and we know we have control 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 Plan Service members returning from a combat zone can reduce
as insurmountable problems You can't change stressful events, but you can control how you respond to these events.
Accept change is a part of living Accepting circumstances that cannot be changed can help you focus on circumstances that you can alter.
Move towards your (realistic) goals
After experiencing loss, many people report better relationships, personal growth and increased self-worth.
Nurture a positive view of yourself Developing confidence in problem-solving abilities and trusting your instincts helps to build resilience.
Keep things in perspective Avoid blowing events out of proportion and keep a longterm perspective.
Maintain a hopeful outlook This enables you to expect that good things will happen. Visualize what you want, rather than worrying about what you fear.
Take care of yourself Pay attention to your own needs and feelings. Engage in enjoyable, relaxing activities. Exercise. Keep your mind and body primed to deal with situations that require resilience.
Researchers have developed 7 factors to Resilience:
"What's one thing I can accomplish today that helps me move in the direction I want to go?"
Take decisive actions Act rather than detach from problems. Wishing won't make them go away.
2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
1. Develop Core Values and Principles Life's Mission Form support systems with family, friends, community Humor Spirituality Training - in all forms Intellectual flexibility - use your left brain to alter how you perceive an event
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Look for opportunities Resilience: 1. Learning Your ABCs for self-discovery
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slowdown in the growth rate for tablet and mobile phone sales and economic uncertainty in emerging markets 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 percent growth and from IDC’s prior forecast of 4.6 percent growth. The move to cloud technology 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 phenomenal 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 shipments would be 1.2 billion units- that’s a 19.3 percent jump over last year, but represents a smaller increase in terms of 2013’s 39.2 percent rise. Otherwise, the crisis in
4.1% The increase in global IT spending this yearthat’s down from last year’s 4.5 percent growth. 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 slowdown 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 spending 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 percent growth in US dollars, as currency volatility hits USbased vendors, IDC noted. -By Marc Ferranti
Researchers discover first true Ransomware that attacks Android users! A new Android malware has been discovered 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 encrypting data files on an Android smartphone, launching a ransom attack. The malware, known as Simplocker, is a Russianlanguage 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 distribution of child pornography, 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 Russian-speaking countries, where the virus is contracted after downloading an app called ‘Sex xionix’ from a third party app store.
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Google releases Android 4.4.3 A 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Googleâ&#x20AC;? logger 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.
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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 features were introduced, including label organization, a drag-anddrop template editing interface, reading permissions (to create private blogs) and new Web feed options. Furthermore, blogs are updated dynamically, as opposed to rewriting
History On August 23, 1999, Blogger was launched by Pyra Labs. As one of the earliest dedicated blogpublishing tools, it is credited for helping popularize the format. In February 2003, Pyra Labs was acquired by Google under undisclosed 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 integrated Picasa and its photo sharing utility Hello into Blogger, allowing users to post photos to their blogs. On May 9, 2004, Blogger introduced a major redesign, adding features such as web standards-compliant templates, individual 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 completely moved over to Googleoperated servers. Blogger was ranked 16 on the list of top 50 domains in terms of number of unique visitors in 2007.
Redesign As part of the Blogger redesign in 2006, all blogs associ-
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 official blog.[10] Screenshot of blog post compose window of Blogger, April 2012 In September 2009, Google introduced new features into Blogger as part of its tenth anniversary celebration. The features included a new interface for post editing, improved image handling, Raw HTML Conversion, and other Google Docs-based implementations, including: = Adding location to posts via geotagging. = Post time-stamping at publication, not at original creation. = Vertical re-sizing of the post editor. The size is saved in a per-user, per-blog preference. = Link editing in compose mode. = Full Safari 3 support and fidelity on both Windows and Mac OS. = New Preview dialog that shows posts in a width and font size approximating what is seen in the published view. = Placeholder image for tags so that embeds are movable in compose mode. = New toolbar with Google aes-
thetics, faster loading time, and "undo" and "redo" buttons. Also added was the full justification button, a strikethrough button, and an expanded color palette. = In 2010, Blogger introduced new templates and redesigned its website. The new post editor was criticized for being less reliable than its predecessor.
through Google's No Country Redirect override by entering the URL using the regular Blogspot.com address and adding /ncr after the.com.
Available designs Blogger allows its users to choose from various templates and then customize them. Users may also choose to
Available languages
Blogger is available 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 blogger addresses Starting in February 2013, Blogger began integrating user blogs with multiple country-specific URLs. For example, exampleuserblogname.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 violated a particular country's laws they could remove and block access to that blog for that country through the assigned ccTLD while retaining 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 possible to still access the blog
create their own templates 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, flipcard, 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 updated 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 properly. This happened because a JavaScript routine rendered the page before it was loaded. A blogger user fixed the template and published the fix.
Integration The Google Toolbar has a feature called "BlogThis!" which allows toolbar users with Blogger accounts to post links directly to their blogs. "Blogger for Word" is an addin 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 supporting 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 generating revenue from running a blog. Blogger also started integration 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-editing feature, which allows users to customize the Blogger template. Windows Live Writer, a standalone 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 comments.
Blogger on mobile devices Blogger 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 considered, 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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