Google provides a backup tool for its product so you can keep a copy for easy access anytime, anywhere. The tool is Google Takeout. It also provides a handy way for data migration when one switches ...

Google has committed to adding new data transfer capabilities to Takeout, including for YouTube, next year in response to an investigation by Italian competition regulators. According to Reuters, this ...

While we're waiting for Google to sort out the mess over suspended Google+ accounts, it's a good reminder that you have the option to download much of your Google+ data with Google Takeout. Google ...

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Google on Tuesday said that a software glitch resulted in some Photo app smartphone videos being given to the wrong people. Google Takeout is a tool intended to make it simple for people to download ...

Google just added a nifty new feature to Google Takeout, the company’s “data liberation” service for downloading your personal data from Google’s various services. Starting today, you will also be ...

The Data Liberation Front (DLF), a left-wing guerrilla group of Googlers, has finally launched its first service: Google Takeout. Just sign in, select which Google services you want to back up, and ...

Google Voice is the newest addition to Google Takeout, the search giant’s archival tool that lets users download their data from many Google services, including Buzz, Picasa, and Google+. “This means ...

With Google Takeout, you can download your data from Google apps as a backup or for use with another service. Unfortunately, a brief issue with the tool last November saw your videos in Google Photos ...

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