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Google uses QR codes to let smartphone users log into their Gmail accounts more securely

01/17/201201/17/2012 Julie Campbell

Google has launched a brand new method of logging onto a Gmail account from a public terminal that uses a QR code scanned by a smartphone in order to be able to do so more securely than entering a password into the computer. The technique is comparable to the way that a device was set up by Google for a two-step authentication process, which has been available since 2011. This two-step login method once required the use of a unique short code that was generated by the mobile device, as…

Do you know how to create your business profile on Google+?

11/13/201111/12/2011 Jesse Collins

The long awaited option for business profiles at Google+ has finally been made available to business users through Google Apps, seemingly in the attempt to iron out any problems before opening its doors to the entire globe. Companies are eyeing the advantages of being the first ones with Google+ profiles, including its indispensible back-link to the official website of the company from the profile at Google+. But just because you’d like to create a business profile on Google+, it doesn’t mean that you necessarily know how to do it effectively.…