Google may replace 2-factor authentication with physical 'Advanced Protection' keys
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NEW DELHI: In order to tighten smartphone security against hackers, Google's parent company Alphabet, is reported to bring something called as the Advanced Protection Program. This, as reported by Bloomberg, may eventually replace the 2-factor authentication process.
The company is said to begin offering the Advanced Protection Program next month. This will include a pair of physical keys and may be focussed more towards corporate executives, politicians and the likes. The keys are said to bring more security to user's Gmail and other Google accounts.
The report adds that the physical keys (USB) in the Advanced Protection Program will block third-party programs from getting access to user's Google Drive account as well. The program can be updated over the air.
6 ‘most- expensive’ acquisitions Google has made
6 ‘most- expensive’ acquisitions Google has made
Google has just announced its acquisition of a part of HTC’s smartphone business. With this, Google is making another bet on smartphone manufacturing, earlier being $12.5 billion acquisition of US-based smartphone maker Motorola. Google is paying $1.1 billion in cash for the HTC deal. Here we look at the other big deals made by Google over the years.
HTC’s Pixel smartphone division: $1.1 billion (2017)
In its latest bet on smartphone industry, Google has acquired a part of HTC’s smartphone business. In a statement, Google said that it would pay $1.1 billion for the division at Taiwan’s HTC Corp that develops the company's Pixel smartphones.
Nest: $3.2 billion (2014)
Google acquired Nest back in January 2014 for $3.2 billion. It was in the same year that the company sold Motorola to Lenovo for $2.5 billion. The deal gave Google a foothold in the home automation products industry.
Waze: $966 million (2013)
Google purchased Waze, a GPS-based navigation app in the year 2013 for $966 million. This purchase made Google Maps stronger with Waze’s tech on board.
YouTube: $1.65 billion (2006)
YouTube launched in 2005 and was acquired by Google the very next year for $1.65 billion. The video platform is rated among the best acquisitions made by Google.
Motorola: $12.5 billion (2011)
Google acquired Motorola in the year 2011 for a whopping $12.5 billion. The deal is among the most expensive acquisitions made by Google till date. Just three years later, it sold the company to China's Lenovo for less than $3 billion. Google, however, retained the company's ‘Ara Project’ team.
Double Click: $3.1 billion (2007)
DoubleClick is another successful acquisition made by Google as it played a key role in expanding Google's reach in online advertising into display ads. The company acquired Double Click’s in the year 2007 for 3.1 billion.
For now, users have to feed a password to login and then go through a second login process to access the account or any other service. The second log-in process includes the website sending a random generated code to the connected mobile number. After getting the code, users feed it on the website to proceed.
On a related note, Google is making it easier for users to check out the categories shown in its Search feed. As spotted by 9to5Mac, the search giant has started allowing users to pin the Google feed categories on the home screen.
This means that categories such as Dining, Entertainment, Sports and more can now be pinned outside. Tapping on it will directly lead a user inside the particular section inside the Google app. This will save time and the effort to tap multiple times in order to reach the section.
The feature has not yet been rolled out widely as only select users are seeing this option for now.
These resemble the Pinned Shortcuts feature that comes with the Android 8.0 Oreo.
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