Google Apps for Your Domain

Google, announced the launch of Google Apps for Your Domain, a platform that allows organizations to offer tools like email and shared calendaring to all of their users and have them all hosted by Google.

The company says that they've added domain registration services to Google Apps for Your Domain. The service provides no hardware or software to be installed for the services.

Started on December 14, Google partners with eNom and GoDaddy.com, two domain registrar, to offer users without a domain an easy way to find, register and buy a domain and start immediately using our services. When user's register a new domain as part of the sign-up process for Google Apps for Your Domain, Google will work with their partners and automatically configure everything so it works with all of the services available through Google Apps for Your Domain. It also gives users full control of their domain settings, in order to use their domain for other services not provided by Google.

Google also offers domains for $10 per year, which includes private registration. The company currently support .com, .org, .net, .biz, .info and expect to support more domains over time.

Google Apps for Your Domain includes Gmail web email, Google Calendar shared calendaring, Google Talk instant messaging, Google Page Creator web page creation tools and the Start Page feature for creating a personalized home page for users on their domain.

Google Checkout goes International

Google Checkout an online payment processing system opens its doors to other countries.

Previously it was opened for only US residents. Now, regardless of where you live, you can purchase items with Google Checkout