Is Gmail really fit for business if users are being warned about hacked accounts?

Over the past few years I have been using Gmail for my personal, non-work related email.  Surprisingly, because of the rise of Social Media such as Facebook, the amount of email I receive to this account is quite limited.  Most of it being alerts from other sites.

Over the past few days when logging into Google Mail I am greeted with a message across the top of the page: “Thousands of on-line accounts are hijacked every day. If you re-use your Gmail password on other websites, change it now”

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Two Aussie’s from the outback have the Mac vs PC arguement, while one claims to have deleted Google.

Right now as I write this, I am sitting on an Aircraft traveling to one of the most southern locations on our planet, Invercargill, New Zealand.

I am being amused by two very rough looking Aussies.  I think that they may be here for the Rugby World Cup.  They have just been having an argument about Apple Mac vs Microsoft Windows.  The conversation is interesting as they are obviously both very novice in their knowledge.  The foundation of their argument is very simplistic, blunt and honest.

What is making me laugh out loud is that the Microsoft Windows user is convinced that he deleted Google last night.  The Mac supporter has just told him that if he was using an Apple Mac, he should just be able to drag Google out of the trash.

What a funny conversation!