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Strong passwords help protect your accounts and information on the web. But forgetting your password is like losing your keys—you can end up locked out of your own home.  It gets worse if your password gets compromised or stolen. Sometimes the thief will change your password so you can't get back into your own account—kind of like someone stealing your keys and then changing the lock. If you've lost your Google password, you need a way to get back into your Google Account -- and back to all of your stuff in Gmail, Maps, Google+ and YouTube. To help you, Google needs to be able to tell that you’re the rightful account owner even if you don't have the right password.  There are a few easy steps you can take right now to make it easy for you—and no one else—to get into your Google Account if you forget or don’t know the password. 1. Add a recovery email address. By registering an alternate email address with your Google Account settings, you’re giving Google another way to rea...

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Google on Wednesday unveiled a slimmer, more powerful tablet computer on its Nexus brand and a thumb-sized device that lets popular mobile gadgets feed online content wirelessly to television sets. The ramped-up second-generation Nexus 7 by Taiwan-based Asus made its debut along with a Chromecast dongle that plugs into television sets to let people easily route online content to big screens. Mario Queiroz, head of Google TV, said Chromecast "won't clutter your entertainment cabinet. It simply disappears behind your TV once it is plugged in." The new connector device went on sale for $35 online at Google play and will also be sold through Amazon and Best Buy in the United States. "Cast" icons built into applications for online video services YouTube and Netflix let people use smartphones, tablets or laptop computers to easily direct online videos to television screens, a demonstration showed. 'If you know how to use YouTube on your phone...