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Well, you used to have an ad or two at the top of your Gmail inbox in promotions. But now is that an ad or an email? Some say it can be hard to tell when it's in the middle of your inbox. First reported by 9 to 5 Google. There are now ads in new places, some at the top of the updates tab it has some users voicing what they think of the new ad placements. Quote, this should be illegal, put the ads back at the top on one user tweeted. Another said quote, Google is going ham with gmail ads. Now *** statement from Google says, quote, we are always experimenting with formats and working on ways to help people discover and connect with new businesses. The promotions tab shows promotional emails from businesses that people subscribe to as well as offers and deals from companies. People might like. He rolled out inst ads in the promotions tab last year across mobile and in the past month, expanded to desktop as well.
Use it or lose it: Google to delete accounts that have been inactive for at least two years
If you haven't logged into your Google account in a long time, you better use it or lose it.Google announced Tuesday it will start deleting accounts that have been inactive for at least two years, a move that the company says is intended to prevent security risks. Video above: Ads are popping up in the middle of Gmail inboxesThe updated policy takes effect immediately, but Google said it will not begin deleting accounts until December. The company plans to send out multiple warning notifications to users and to conduct the purge of inactive accounts in phases.The first accounts on the chopping block will be those that were created and then never revisited by the user, Google said. The policy also will only impact personal accounts, leaving organizations like schools and businesses untouched.Google said its decision is based on internal findings that older accounts are more likely to rely on recycled passwords and less likely to employ up-to-date security measures like two-step verification, making them far more vulnerable to issues like phishing, hacking and spam. The decision to delete accounts goes a step further than an older policy. In 2020, Google said users would have their content wiped from services they'd stopped using, but the accounts themselves would not be deleted.To save your account, all you need to do is log in to sign into your Google account or any Google service and perhaps read an email, watch a video, perform a single search or any number of other activities.
If you haven't logged into your Google account in a long time, you better use it or lose it.
Google announced Tuesday it will start deleting accounts that have been inactive for at least two years, a move that the company says is intended to prevent security risks.
Video above: Ads are popping up in the middle of Gmail inboxes
The updated policy takes effect immediately, but Google said it will not begin deleting accounts until December. The company plans to send out multiple warning notifications to users and to conduct the purge of inactive accounts in phases.
The first accounts on the chopping block will be those that were created and then never revisited by the user, Google said. The policy also will only impact personal accounts, leaving organizations like schools and businesses untouched.
Google said its decision is based on internal findings that older accounts are more likely to rely on recycled passwords and less likely to employ up-to-date security measures like two-step verification, making them far more vulnerable to issues like phishing, hacking and spam.
The decision to delete accounts goes a step further than an older policy. In 2020, Google said users would have their content wiped from services they'd stopped using, but the accounts themselves would not be deleted.
To save your account, all you need to do is log in to sign into your Google account or any Google service and perhaps read an email, watch a video, perform a single search or any number of other activities.
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