Google has had some problems with its password protection protocols during the last couple of years or more. First there was a significant and highly sophisticated intrusion incident that occurred in 2010, shortly after the search giant announced that it would no longer censor search results in the Republic of China. Then, in June of 2011 a second major hack attack occurred against the Gmail email system, again, suspected to have been caused by well-connected Chinese hackers who used phishing tricks in a largely successful effort at getting numerous Google account users to hand over their own passwords.

Finally, as far as major incidents are concerned, Google was yet again attacked in the summer of 2012 by a murky internet hacker group calling itself D33Ds Company using methods similar to those of the 2011 intrusions.

In both of these latter cases, the attacks were aimed against Gmail and in many cases were successful not so much due to lax security on Google’s part but more so due to holes in the way users secured their passwords, hole found partly thanks to weak protocols around Yahoo! Email accounts.

In addition to these major breaches, numerous other smaller intrusions have occurred against the search engines data or storage services and these attacks include a late 2012 DNS poisoning of the Google Pakistan and Google Romania subpages; as well as a rather comical attack on the Skype account of chief Google SEO architect Matt Cutts; something not directly related to Google security but nonetheless worth commenting on.

The biggest problem behind all of these security issues –all of which, to the search engine’s credit, were quickly patched and reinforced with additional security – is that Google has become so deeply important to so many of us as a supposedly secure and highly trusted provider of data storage services and important other online tools, and to a degree far deeper than is the case with accounts with competitors like Yahoo and Microsoft.

A Google account can cover and grant access to diverse systems and platforms; services as diverse as Gmail email profiles, the Adwords PPC program, Google Drive cloud storage services, Google+ social networking accounts system, Chrome Browser, YouTube service etc. Because of this vast array of important tools and crucial data storage points, you really need to make sure your Google account is secure if you use it a lot.

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It’s not that Google itself doesn’t take its own security seriously; they do and they offer all sorts of options for keeping your account much better protected –the real problem in the majority of cases is that users themselves get lazy about applying these tools, or even worse, don’t do even more basic things like keeping a strong password that isn’t the same as it is for every other account.

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Two Factor Authentication System:

As we said, the search giant itself has been taking account access security seriously since at least 2010, and offered tools to that effect to anyone interested; unfortunately, the majority of people who later get hacked are not.

The main access security feature of all Google accounts is the company’s two factor authentication option. This is a voluntary measure that you can take which will dramatically boost the protective security of your account log in. You can also check how to keep your Gmail Account safe in iPhone.

To turn it on, simply visit the Google Two Factor set-up verification page.  Set the country you live in, follow the sequential steps by giving over your mobile phone number, a backup phone number that can be used if your primary mobile device gets lost or stolen and you’re good to go. Either Google or yourself can set the security code that is sent to your mobile device, and any time you try to log into your account from an unrecognized, preauthorized device, you will be sent a security prompt via text message, this will have to accompany your regular password in order for you to be allowed into your account.

With this done, you have just increased your Google account security dramatically and made Google happier, since you’re now following through on the security machinery they ‘ve been offering for years.

Keeping your Google Account Hack Resistant:

However, although Two Factor Authentication is wonderful, it’s not the only thing you can do to strengthen how robustly secure your Google account is. You also need to follow through with at least the first of the following additional options:

Secure Passwords:

Don’t settle for passwords like “doggie” or your birthday, pets name or the city you came from; none of those things are particularly secure. Instead, go for long strings of random characters with variations of letters, numbers, capitalization and even symbol characters like #$%&. If you think these combinations are hard to remember, derive them from acronyms that you’ll more easily remember ie: I grabbed a Mcdonald’s cheeseburger #5 combo on July 13^th 2012 and turn that into the following password: IgaMc#5coJ132012; this is much stronger than “doggie”. If you are unsure how to create a strong password, you can check our article on how to create strong password to make your net stuff safe.

You can also use pass phrases instead. These are strings of words formed into a sentence or phrase. Ideally though, for added security, make sure that your pass phrases are not something commonly said or even very logical. You should aim for stringing random words together nonsensically. If you want to create password automatically, you can visit strong password generator website. It is a very helpful website. You just add some informations. Then it will generate a new pasword automatically.

Also, as a final tip, keep your passwords or phrases long; at least 10 characters long and ideally something closer to 20 characters. This may seem like overkill, but if your Google drive/Gmail account is loaded with years’ worth of business information, you really won’t think it was too much effort to remember a long password after you get hacked and all that data is lost.

A Few Other Important Tips To Secure Google Account:

Some additional security boosters that you can also add to your Google account protection include enabling HTTPS, which will give you more secure, encrypted email browsing, and also making sure that you never leave your accounts signed in on a machine that is not your own and exclusively used by you.

HTTPS can be enabled quickly and easily in your Gmail account by opening the little gear on the right hand side, scrolling to settings and ticking off “always use https” under “browser connection”.

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We regularly send lots of email to lots of persons. But have you ever thought if you send email to wrong person what will happen. We can do nothing. Just watch. An email send to a wrong person may be harmful too.

But if you are gmail user, you can stop sending email for 30 seconds. It means you can stop sending email upto 30 seconds even you click SEND button.

Here is the process how to enable this feature:

Sign in Gmail account in Standard View.

Click Settings.

A new page will appear.

You’ll see here lots of Tabs: General, Labels, Inbox, Accounts and Import, Filters, Forwarding and POP/IMAP, Chat, Web Clips, Labs, Gadgets, Offline, Themes

Click Labs.

Go little downwards.

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You’ll see an option written Undo Send. By default, it is disable. Enable it.

Click Save Changes.

Gmail will again automatically load in Standard View.

Now from Settings select General tab.

Here you’ll see Undo Send option.

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Here 10, 20, 30 seconds written. It means after sending mail how long will you want to undo the mail.

Select any of these & click Save.

From now on when you send an email, you’ll see a message written over the mail – UNDO

If you want to stop the mail sending, click UNDO. It will be immediately stop sending.

Mission accomplished

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No more of that password changing tips or updating the account from time to time. Computer technology has made great advancement. Now, you can secure your Gmail account with the help of an iPhone. Yes, you have heard it right! iPhone with its dual factor authentication will make your login to the Gmail account more secure and safe.

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Strong Security Tips for Your Gmail Account

A strong password is the first prime necessity for the safety of any account. You are always suggested to have such a password that comprises of letters, characters and numbers. Make it hard for any third-party user to guess. You should stop at this; take a step further to two-step authentication. A secure Gmail account is dependent on these two factors.

When you enable both the security measures, you need to give a PIN together with the password to open a Gmail account. Where will you get this PIN from? This is provided by Google Authentication App. When you have this PIN for your account, it is impossible for the hackers to access your account even if your password is disclosed to them.

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How to set this 2-factor verification method for Gmail account?  

• Sign into your own Gmail account.

• Once you are in your own navigate to the page of 2-step verification settings.

• Now, type in your phone number. After entering your contact number, you have to verify it.

• You will receive a code from Google; enter that code on the respective place.

• If it is your PC, you should set it up to be trusted for a month.

• Finally confirm the 2-step verification. You are done! The authentication method is turned on.

Don’t stop over here… You have another step to follow to complete the entire authentication procedure.

Go to the configuration settings page and click Mobile application. Now, download Google Authenticator application for iPhone.

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How to install the verification app for your iPhone?    

• Tap the icon of App Store on your phone.
• Look for the Google Authenticator.
• Tapping the app, tap Free to download for installing it.
• Next, go to the Google Authenticator and tap +.
• Scan the barcode.
• Once the app is configured, type in the code that you receive and finally click on Verify.
• As QR code is displayed on your screen, use Google Authenticator for scanning it.
• Finally link your Gmail account and iPhone by entering the verification code.

Are you thinking why you use an iPhone for the verification purpose? There you are…There are so many advantages of using an iPhone:

• Codes are received through text messages.

• Print outs can be taken of the codes.

• Another phone can be connected, in case your mobile phone is lost or you have misplaced the printout.

Hence, make your account safe and secure. Adopt the 2-step authentication method!

Author’s Bio:

Jim Farmer is the best PC professional to provide you knowledge about Google mail setup. To ensure email technical support, get in touch with him right away!

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YouTube is the most popular to watch music videos, tutorial videos, funny videos, documentary films etc. The main thing is all videos are in HD format. So visitors can watch video in classic mode.

Still YouTube has not official download link. So when anyone wants to download YouTube video, he uses different downloading software. I already shared a Mozilla addon  by which you can download YouTube videos. Today I’ll share how to convert YouTube video to audio format. There are lots of famous songs which music lovers want to hear in their iphone, ipad, mobile etc. So at first, they download YouTube video. Then convert it with audio format software. (Read: Watch Indian Tv Serials on YouTube)

But there are some sites by which you can download YouTube video directly from video to audio. But you must need net connections.

http://youtubemp3.tv/

http://www.video2mp3.net/

http://www.vidtomp3.com/

http://www.flvto.com/

http://www.fetchmp3.com/

There are 2 options to convert YouTube video to Audio format:

• Standard Quality

• High Quality

Just add YouTube link in the blank box & click convert.

Mission accomplished.

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World famous Search Engine Google launched new service – Google Drive. With Google Drive, you can get 5 GB space in online.

Google Drive is an online storage where you can create, share all your online data with easy access. At present, you get 5 GB free space. If you want additional space, you have to pay for it.

By launching Google Drive, it joins other online storage service – dropbox, Sky Drive of Microsoft, iCloud of Apple etc.

Google says, Google Drive. Keep everything. Share anything.

Here are all features on Google Drive:

• Create & collaborate:

In Google Drive, you can create new documents, spreadsheets and presentations instantly. Work together at the same time like Google doc and see changes instantly.

• Work better with the products you use everyday:

Gmail:

Say goodbye to bulky email attachments. Send a link from Google Drive in Gmail and everyone has the same file, same version—automatically.

Google+:

Your videos and pictures in Google Drive are instantly available in Google+, so you’re never more than one click away from sharing with your circles.

• Powerful search tool:

Google Drive helps you get to your files faster. Search for content by keyword and filter by file type. Google Drive can even recognize objects in your images and text in scanned documents.

• Google Drive opens your favorite apps.:

You can open any files including HD video, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop directly from your browser even if you don’t have particular software to run the particular file. Recently, it supports 30+ file types

• Share the way you want:

You can share files or folders with anyone, and choose whether they can view, edit or comment on your stuff.

• Start a discussion:

Create and reply to comments to get feedback and make files more collaborative.

• Go back in time:

Google Drive tracks every change you make—so when you hit the save button, a new revision is saved. You can look back as far as 30 days automatically, or choose a revision to save forever.

Google storage plans:

Choose from the following monthly Google storage plans to be used with Google Drive and Picasa.

Storage Space

25 GB    $2.49 (Monthly Rate)

100 GB $4.99

200 GB $9.99

400 GB $19.99

1 TB        $49.99

2 TB        $99.99

4 TB        $199.99

8 TB        $399.99

16 TB     $799.99

Google Drive is available for:

• PC and Mac

• iPhone and iPad (coming soon)

• Android devices

Join Google Drive Service

Breaking news: Gmail increased its space from 7.5 GB to 10 GB.

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