Sites that use Checkout allow online shoppers to log in with their Google account information.
Two minutes later, an email arrived notifying me that my Google Account password had changed.
The company knows if the eyewear was transferred because each device is registered under the buyer's Google account.
This is an electronic product that consumers can get anywhere as long as they have a Google account.
Additionally, new privacy settings will allow users to determine and adjust the link between their Google account and social media profiles.
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For big corporate accounts like Dow Chemical, Google account executives continually recraft the message, like a haiku of commerce, aiming to maximize the click-through.
After the computer boots up, simply log into your Google account and all your apps, e-mail, calendar appointments and contacts load instantly.
Do you have to sacrifice a child to keep your Google account?
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Once you set it up to link your Google account, Hipmunk shows your appointments in your flight results so you can adjust them to avoid conflicts.
Once the initial import is done I setup my Google account on my Droid so that it triggered an automatic synchronization of calendar and contacts with Google.
Before you can sign into your Google account from a new computer or device, you have to enter a verification code that Google sends to your phone.
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The first was my Google account (you MUST have a Google account if you expect to accomplish anything with a Droid) and then of course my e-mail account.
Opt for the plain results (click the Hide Personal Search button up there on the right), sign out of your Google account, or even delete it entirely.
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Here, along with your username and password, you can set your Google account to ask you for a six-digit code that Google will send via text message to your phone.
Using easily obtained data, an anonymous duo bluffed its way into changing his Amazon account, then his Apple iCloud account, then his Google account and ultimately the real target, Twitter.
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There, once you hit the Connect My Glass button, you'll be asked to link your Google account with the service, and grant it access to basic account information, your location and your Google Glass timeline.
This theoretical threat presupposes a compromised Google account, and Google had worked hard to reduce the possibility of hijacking accounts through tools like phishing and malware detection in Chrome and Gmail, default HTTPS in Gmail, 2-step verification, and others.
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It is interesting to note that you are encouraged to sign in with your Google account when you install the app - the search firm is keen both to reinforce its relationship with users and to improve its data collection.
We were also pleased to see our settings restored and all of our apps downloaded and installed after logging into our Google account, something that never appears to work properly on the myriad Android devices we regularly get our hands on.
Microsoft are making similar moves with Windows Phone to direct people to register via a Windows ID and set up payment for the Windows Store, and Google has the requirement for a Google account and payment details to fully engage with Android.
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Of course, by Android's nature, it's easy to gum up the works by installing too many apps trying to do too many things at once -- but with a few of our essentials installed and the device fully synced to our Google account, everything sped right along.
But since everyone also has a Dropbox account, or an iCloud account or a Google Drive account, why do you need another bucket of file storage in the cloud?
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Gmail users who have a Google Voice account can also receive inbound calls in Gmail, the company said.
It's shortly after this that we learned Google had banned DMM from taking orders through its Google Wallet account.
Facebook may have the No. 1 spot locked up, but Google apps account for the next five most popular apps.
You can also import all your contacts from your Google Gmail account.
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Chances are we use the same password for our Google Buzz account that we use for the corporate Active Directory login and for Salesforce.com.
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Best of all, when I tried to submit a comment to Google for feedback that might help them, I was directed to log into a Google Mail account.
Users can track changes in Word, manipulate pivot tables in Excel and view PowerPoint slideshows in full presentation mode right from an iPad, and access them at anytime in their Dropbox, Box or Google Drive account.
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Additionally, we've learned through our conversations with the company that users may, in fact, sign in to their Google Music account from any number of devices, and it's only when a tune is deliberately streamed that your smartphone or tablet will be added to the list of ten.
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