Gujarat based Infibeam has launched a website called Guj.ooo, that lets users sign up for free for a subdomain of their choice, an email address and 10GB of personal storage space (Hat tip: Kanchan Kumar). The platform also offers discounts and gifts to registered members. Anyone can sign up on the platform, although users need to submit their phone numbers via SMS verification (so no cheating). Signing up is pretty straightforward, and on completing users are taken to their profile where they can view or edit their profile, change their passwords and interestingly, verify their Aadhaar cards. From the same panel, users can access the offers tab which lists discounts and coupons from various websites, the documents tab where users can upload files of their choice and the email tab which opens in a new window and prompts users to login again. Given that the website openly markets a ‘Free personal website’, it was particularly disappointing to note there is currently no way for users to edit this page. The page is created and instead it lists a default feed of news articles that the user cannot edit in anyway at all. Another strange feature is the option for users to verify their Aadhaar card. Basically, there is absolutely no reason for anyone to verify thier Aadhaar card, and it’s not clear why Infibeam has even bothered with this option. Honestly, it's not clear why Infibeam has bothered with the entire initiative at all. Users can get better email services elsewhere like…
