Google Accidentally Resets 150,000 Gmail Accounts

Google Accidentally Resets 150,000 Gmail Accounts - on Monday 28th February 2011
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Do you backup your Gmail account? Twitter and Google support forums this morning with Gmail users complaining that their accounts have been reset over the weekend. Deleting thousands of Gmail users emails dating back years, together with attachments and Google chat history.

If you have logged into your Gmail account this morning to the ‘Welcome to Gmail’ screen then unfortunately you have already been affected by the problem.

Google has this morning released figures stating that around 0.08 per cent of users have been affected, around 150,000 people. But Google is now working on a solution and says : “Affected users will be temporarily unable to sign in while we repair their accounts.”

So if you cant login dont worry to much at the moment as Google are on the case and trying to restore your account

Google has been making updates about their Gmail issues via its Apps Status Dashboard.“Our team is continuing to investigate this issue. We will provide an update by February 28, 2011 8:36:00 AM UTC with more information about this problem. Thank you for your patience.”

If you are wondering the best way to backup your Gmail account there is a free application designed called  Gmail Backup and will run on Mac, PC and Linux. (http://www.gmail-backup.com/download)

	GMail Backup : The ultimate one-click solution for doing backups of your GMail account.

Billboard Advertising: A Creative Way to Advertise Your Business

A billboard is a large size structure which is used as the instrument in the outdoor advertising activity and it is mostly found in high traffic areas. Bulletins, hoardings, posters, etc. are some of the categories of the billboard advertising. It is one of the most useful mediums of advertising because of its capability to gain high visibility, not only due to its size but also due to its eye catching and creative designs. Marketing professionals, who understand the idea and create a concept of an advertisement, delivers the idea to designers who then craft the design based on that concept. This entire phenomenon is fully based on the creative skills of the marketer and the designer.
Furthermore, any advertisement seems to be more attractive when there is an exclusive creativity in the advertisement and also, the way of its presentation. You must have seen conspicuous billboards alongside the road, which are amazingly designed and presented in order to catch the attention and compel the visitors to have a look on the information displayed on it. Billboard advertising is one of the reasonable and effective ways to promote products, services and many other things. This post contains some effective billboard designs which will certainly grab your attention.

Google Circles - its own social network

Google will launch its own social network in May, it has been claimed.

The search engine giant will unveil Google Circles at its Google I/O conference in San Francisco, according to technology blog The Next Web.

It is thought the network will allow users to selectively share content with people who are members of different social circles in their lives.

Users will be able to filter what content is shown to which group.

Reports that Google Circles is to launch at the South by Southwest technology event, currently taking place in Austin, Texas, were yesterday denied by Google.

The company also refused to confirm or deny any plans for a social network.

Japan Hit By Massive Earthquake and Tsunami

Seen from above, the awesome scale of Japan's destruction (big photo gallery)

Xeni Jardin at 8:45 AM Friday, Mar 11, 2011 

A whirlpool is seen near Oarai City, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeastern Japan, March 11, 2011. The biggest earthquake to hit Japan on record struck the northeast coast on Friday, triggering a 10-meter (33-foot) tsunami that swept away everything in its path, including houses, ships, cars and farm buildings on fire. (REUTERS/Kyodo )

Houses are swept by water following a tsunami and earthquake in Natori City. (REUTERS/KYODO)

A massive tsunami hits the coastal areas of Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (REUTERS/KYODO)

Sendai Airport is flooded after a tsunami following an earthquake in Sendai. (REUTERS/KYODO)

An oncoming tsunami strikes the coast in Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan March 11, 2011. (REUTERS/KYODO)

A massive tsunami sweeps in to engulf a residential area after a powerful earthquake in Natori.(REUTERS/KYODO)

People evacuate to a street following an earthquake in Sendai, northeastern Japan. (Reuters)

Boats are swept by a wave after a tsunami and earthquake in Asahikawa city. (Reuters)

Houses and buildings burn following earthquake in Iwate Prefecture. (Reuters)

Natural gas storage tanks burn at Cosmo oil refinery in Ichihara city. (Reuters)

Natural gas storage tanks burn at a facility in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo. (Reuters)

A massive tsunami hits the coastal areas of Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Reuters)

An aerial view of a tsunami swamped Sendai Airport in northeastern Japan. (Reuters)

Houses swept by a tsunami smoulder near Sendai Airport in Japan. (Reuters)

Houses burn at night following an earthquake in Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Reuters)

People stand on top of a building near cars and airplanes among debris swept by a tsunami at Sendai Airport. (Reuters)

People evacuate along train tracks following an earthquake in Tokyo. (Reuters)