Google can now provide account recovery code through SMS!
Google has updated their Account Recovery system to enable the users to receive their password reset codes through SMS.
This feature is currently available in limited countries only.
Google had this to say on this new feature addition:
“Since most people use cell phones these days, we decided text messaging [...]

New YouTube users get matching Google accounts
Google is tightening integration with their video sharing service YouTube.
Any new user who registers an account with YouTube gets a matching account on Google.
As a result, the users would be able to access other Google properties without requiring a separate account.
Google said: “We feel that by jointly [...]

Google supports OpenID with Google Accounts
Google has announced that they are now supporting the OpenID initiative with Google Accounts.
Web users would Google accounts can now log into any third party service that supports OpenID.
Incidentally, Yahoo is already providing similar functionality and Microsoft is soon going to enable it on Windows Live accounts.
Google for now is [...]