Personal Google Accounts

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  WhatsApp Might Soon Let You Set a Profile Cover Photo, Just Like Facebook and LinkedIn

  WhatsApp could soon allow normal users to keep cover photos on their accounts. The inclusion of the cover image feature was spotted on the WhatsApp 2.25.32.2 beta for Android version, via the Google Play Beta programme. The feature is not visible to beta testers. Once rolled out, this feature will let users express their personality through a custo...

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  Gmail Adds Purchases Tab to Simplify Online Order Tracking Ahead of Festive Sale Season

  Gmail is enhancing its order-tracking with a new Purchases tab, which organises order-related emails, delivery updates, and “Arriving soon” cards for upcoming shipments. Found under All labels, it also continues showing summary cards in emails and the inbox. The feature is rolling out globally for personal accounts on Android, iOS, and the web....

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  Google Chrome for iOS Gets Seamless Account Switching Between Personal and Work Profiles

  If you have both work and personal Google accounts, signing into both of them on a single device can be a headache, especially due to enterprise-related restrictions. To make this process easier, Google on Monday announced new capabilities for its Chrome app on iOS which helps keep the browsing data for the organisation account separate from the pe...

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  Google Introduces Gemini CLI Open-Source AI Agent for Coding, Available to Developers for Free

  Gemini CLI, a command line interface for coding, was introduced by Google on Wednesday. It comes with agentic capabilities, and the tool can be used directly in the terminal, allowing ease of access and usability. Currently available for free, developers will get 60 model requests per minute and 1,000 requests a day.

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  16 Billion Login Credentials Leaked in Massive Data Breach Impacting Apple, Google and More

  Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a “mysterious database” comprising a staggering 16 billion login credentials, in what is being called one of the biggest data breaches in history. According to a report, it impacted some of the world’s biggest technology companies including Apple, Facebook, and Google, along with government portals fr...

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  Google Rolling Out AI-Powered ‘Most Relevant’ Search Results Feature for Gmail

  Google began rolling out a new improvement for Gmail on Thursday that will help users find relevant emails easier than before. Dubbed ‘Most Relevant’, this new search result sorting feature uses artificial intelligence (AI) to bring those emails that might be more important than others to the top, ditching the traditional chronological order.

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  Google Meet Introduces ‘Switch Here’ Feature That Lets Users Switch Devices Without Leaving a Call

  Google Meet is getting a new feature that will make it easier for users to switch between two different devices while on a call. The new feature, dubbed Switch Here, will remove the need to end the call from one device and rejoin from a different device, making the process seamless. The tech giant has made the feature available for both Workspace a...

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  Google Takes Steps to Curb Gmail Spam, Updates Email Sender Guidelines for Bulk Senders

  Google has updated its Email Sender Guidelines, taking a strict step to reduce spam for Gmail users. Starting February, Gmail now requires bulk senders to authenticate their accounts to avoid getting error messages on sent emails, and eventually having them rejected. As per the updated guidelines, a bulk sender is someone who sends more than 5,000 ...

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  Google Will Delete Millions Of Gmail Accounts Next Month. Here's Why

  The policy only applies to personal Google accounts that haven't opened their Gmail account in two years and will not affect accounts for organizations like schools or businesses.

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  Google Passkeys Now Offered as Default Login Option for Personal Google Accounts: How it Works

  Google is rolling out passkey support for personal accounts, months after the company added support for the secure login mechanism. The search giant aims to move to the 'passwordless' but secure alternative to allows users to login to their apps and services using biometric authentication on their devices. Passkeys can also keep users safer online,...

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  Google Launches Passkey Support for Workspace and Google Cloud Accounts

  Google made Passkeys available for personal Google Accounts as an additional sign-in option on Monday. With the latest open beta launch, more than 9 million organisations can allow their users to sign in to Google Workspace and Google Cloud accounts using their phone or computer’s authentication systems.

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  Google to Delete Accounts That Are Inactive for 2 Years Starting December Over Security Threats

  The company said that if a Google account had not been used or signed into for at least two years, it might delete the account and content across Google Workspace, which includes Gmail, Docs, Drive, Meet and Calendar, as well as YouTube and Google Photos.

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  Email Scams Are Getting More Personal – They Even Fool Cybersecurity Experts

  Email scams are getting more personal, as scammers have begun targeting users with personalised messages. LinkedIn accounted for 52 percent of all phishing scams globally in Q1 2022, while data from Google Safe Browsing reveals there are now nearly 75 times as many phishing sites as there are malware sites. Con artists are using new, chilling tacti...

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  Google Faces Complaints From EU Consumer Groups Over Privacy Concern, Might Get Panellised if Found Guilty

  Google has been targeted by a French consumer group and its peers in complaints to privacy watchdogs over its vast trove of users' personal data harvested via their Google accounts, said European consumer organisation BEUC. "The language Google uses at every step of the registration process is unclear, incomplete, and misleading," the group said.

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  Google Drive on Web Finally Gets Cut, Copy, Paste Keyboard Shortcuts, Rollout Starts June 1

  Google has finally added the cut, copy, and paste keyboard shortcuts to Google Drive Web for people using Chrome on devices running Windows and MacOS. The update is feature update is available to both, Google Workspace and personal Google Accounts, users. It will be visible to users after 1 to 3 days of the roll out.