Big data breaches found at major email servicesHundreds of millions of hacked usernames and passwords for email accounts and other websites are being traded in Russia's criminal underworld, a security expert told Reuters. The discovery of 272.3 million stolen accounts incl More… |
Scam tricks users into handing over email accessA new blog from Norton by Symantec shows that even people who use strong passwords and two-factor authentication (2FA) can be easily fooled into giving attackers access to their accounts. All it takes is one simple text message. A More… |
Google's Gmail blocked in ChinaGoogle's Gmail was blocked in China after months of disruptions to the world's biggest email service, with an anti-censorship advocate suggesting the Great Firewall was to blame. Large numbers of Gmail web addresses were c More… |
Google launches ‘real-time’ email serviceGoogle launched an email service called "Inbox" on Wednesday that will better organize emails and display information such as appointments, flight bookings and package deliveries in a more user-friendly way. Google said More… |
Google mulls YouTube, Gmail for kidsGoogle is considering allowing online accounts for children under the age of 13 and give their parents control over how the service is used, according to media reports. Google has been working on a version of YouTube, its video-sh More… |
Google scans emails to create advertsGoogle updated its terms of service on Monday, informing users that their incoming and outgoing emails are automatically analyzed by software to create targeted ads. The revisions more explicitly spell out the manner in which Goog More… |
Gmail suffers worldwide outageGoogle suffered a service outage on Friday that briefly took down Gmail, the email service used by hundreds of millions of people and many businesses across the globe. Google, which first acknowledged the outage at 11:12 am Pacifi More… |
Iran unblocks Gmail after officials complainIranian authorities have reopened access to Google's email service a week after blocking it, a government official and Iranians said on Monday. Iran maintains one of the world's largest internet filters, blocking access to More… |
Qtel Group offers customers Gmail SMS ServiceCustomers of Qtel Group companies in six different markets can now use the Gmail SMS Chat service, thanks to the strategic relationship between Google and the Qtel Group. With strong demand for the service in the Middle East, North Africa More… |
Zain Bahrain launches Gmail SMS serviceZain Bahrain said it has launched SMS Chat for its customers in the Kingdom in a partnership deal with Google. Under the scheme, Zainers can now send SMS messages to their contacts on Gmail via adding the SMS Chat add on from the ‘labs’. More… |