News: Windows Phone 7.5 gets multiple Google Calendar sync, additional Gmail features
Google's improved how its calendar and email services interact with Windows Phones running the Mango update . Users can now cram up to 25 different calendars into the Metro OS's built-in calendar app. The setup's not exactly seamless; you need to navigate your Windows Phone to the Google Sync page, login and check the boxes found there. While testing on our phones, although one device was able ... Read: Windows Phone 7.5 gets multiple Google Calendar sync, additional Gmail features
News: Gmail Experiments With QR Code Login [VIDEO]
Google has been testing more secure ways for users to access their Gmail accounts from public computers, and one experiment included QR co … Read: Gmail Experiments With QR Code Login [VIDEO]
News: Does the great Google unification create more problems than it solves?
Yesterday Google announced it would be “simplifying” its privacy policy so that all separate Google product accounts would be tied together for a single signup system. As expected, privacy advocates are outraged by the change and Google’s failure to allow users to opt-out. To Google’s credit, there are some issues here that needed to be fixed–but in the process, it could sacrificing user trust ... Read: Does the great Google unification create more problems than it solves?
News: The FBI and Scotland Yard vs. Anonymous: Security Lessons
Scotland Yard . Some of the interest is due to marvel that two such sophisticated organizations could be had, some is due to schadenfreude, and some is probably despair: if the bad guys can get at these folks, is anyone safe? Read: The FBI and Scotland Yard vs. Anonymous: Security Lessons
News: New Gmail, YouTube, Blogger Users Join Google+ by Default
In another move designed to get Google product users into their identity provider program, Google now requires all new Google account users, including those signing up for GMail and YouTube, to register a Google+ account. Read: New Gmail, YouTube, Blogger Users Join Google+ by Default
News: Google trials QR code login for Gmail
Google has been trialling a new secure login that uses a QR code to verify the user’s identity. Read: Google trials QR code login for Gmail