log in or signup

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While Hellion describes those terms in general, I am writing here in the context of the cyberworld that also includes the gadgets. You mentioned log-in and that's what makes me think that you probably want to know the difference in the context of Internet.
Well, sign up simply means to register. It could be portal, newsletter or things the like. So when you visit and access anything for the first time, you need to sign up. Often, this is referred to as register. For instance, if you are new to Twitter, you need to sign up first.
What is interesting is sign in and log in. Well, both mean same that you enter somewhere where you are already registered. The web portals use both the terms. Facebook, ELL and COCA calls it Log in, whereas Google, Twitter, Bank of America and LinkedIn uses Sign in.
Note that all these portals uses sign up for the process of first time registration and not log up.
A subtle difference
I'm acquainted with webmastership as well and it's interesting to know that during our audit, we check the log. The 'Log' includes the number of sessions per user. The session is a complete cycle of the user logging in and then after the work is done, logging out..
This means that if you are signing in for one session, the correct word is log in. So, for the user, it could be sign in but for the system, it's log in.
It is for this reason, content management software/portal like WordPress uses log in because it maintains the log each time you sign in and sign out which will complete the cycle of one session. It is for this reason again, the computer asks to log in and not sign in. After all, you enter and come out completing one cycle i.e. session.
What I prefer is asking the user to log in if you are strictly maintaining the record (--say WordPress or Bank portal) and in other case where maintaining log is not so important (say a subscription for the newsletter, jokes, pranks or the like) sign in.
While using these words, it's important that you stick to one style. If you ask the user to log in, give them an option of log out and not sign out and vice versa.
Not exactly the answer but important to mention.
Log on or Log in - You log on to the URL/Website and it'll take you on the webpage as a guest or non-registered member. You log in and the site is personalized for you. For instance, log on to Amazon.com and you see all the products listed. You are just a visitor. Log in to Amazon.com and you see all the products listed along with your personalized Amazon that may have the history of your purchase, favorite items and other services that Amazon provides to its registered user.

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How to use Facebook to login on/sign up my Gmail account

I don't know that you really want to; Google and Facebook don't play nicely together. For that same reason, I don't know that you can.

Facebook requires an email address. You can use your gmail address to log into Facebook, but that's not really what you're asking.

You can set the same password for both, but the passwords won't stay in sync if you change one of them.

But for Google to offer a “login with Facebook” option, they'd need to partner with Facebook. Google and Facebook see themselves as competitors (even if you and I don't view them that way), and so they tend not to partner with each other.

Why do they see themselves as competitors? For one, their headquarters are geographically close to each other and I'm sure they steal talent from each other all the time. Second, Google wants to be a social network (hence, Google Plus), and Facebook has announced plans to be a search engine (although a different type of search engine with a social component). And you can use either company’ s productd to send messages to your friends (posts, IM, email).

More fundamentally, Google ( which also owns YouTube) and Facebook (which also owns Instagram) both want you to spend all your free time on their sites. Bottom line - they are competing for your attention. And that competition is pretty intense. You should feel special :-)

1. Log in to your Gmail account and click the ‘Settings’ link at the top right of the screen.

2. Click the “Labs” tab, locate “Add any gadget by URL”. Enable the option and click ‘Save Changes‘ at the bottom of the screen.

3. You will now have an option added to the Settings page entitled ‘Gadgets‘. Click this option and enter the following into the field provided, clicking ‘Add’ to save:

4. You will now have an new widget added to your Gmail sidebar. To load the widget, click ‘Expand‘ and you will be presented with a Facebook Connect button.

5. Connecting your Facebook account will require permissions to access your account, click allow and your Facebook feed will be loaded inside Gmail’s main body. If you aren’t happy with permitting access to your account, it might be worth staying away from this widget or monitoring the application if you do use it.

That's an easy answer: you can't. They are different companies.

Both Google and Facebook however due to very real significance for most of their users, may be effectively “good enough external user-authentication” to also “log you into” many other sites.

This is a minor point of grammar but a common mistake (as in your question) in use of the Internet:

login - (noun) a term used loosely/variably to mean either user credentials (username and password combination), or a web page/control to facilitate logging in. Also written log-in.

log in - (verb) to provide user authentication credentials in order to gain secure access as an authorized user of a computer system.

So to login is incorrect. To log into or to log in to is the correct verb form of expression.

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