It’s unbelieveable! Gmail is down!
Gmail is down!
Or is it? Here! I’ll search right this minute and bring you the hottest replies to the question! Is Gmail still working? Why is my Chrome crashing?
here’s the first one!
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4899922
2 hours ago | link
A tweet by The Onion:
[In Focus] Google Shuts Down Gmail To Show Its Immense Power http://onion.com/UxyLs8
[In Focus] Google Shuts Down Gmail To Show Its Immense Power http://onion.com/UxyLs8
here’s the next from The Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/10/gmail-down_n_2271532.html?utm_hp_ref=technology
Gmail Is Down, People Are Freaking, And You Can Check On The Status Of The Outage Here (UPDATE: It’s Back!)
The Huffington Post | Posted: 12/10/2012 11:56 am EST | Updated: 12/10/2012 12:40 pm EST
PANIC: Gmail is down, according to perplexed Twitterers and HuffPostTech’s own experience trying to access unresponsive accounts.
Google’s App Status Dashboard, which offers the latest on outages and downtime for Google services such as Gmail, currently reports no unusual activity. The last “service disruption” registered by Google was four days ago, according to the dashboard.
Some users report that their Gmail accounts are accessible via mobile devices (i.e. Gmail’s iOS app), though not via Gmail’s website.
So far, there is no tweet from Gmail’s Twitter account acknowledging the outage.
There are a few alternate ways to access Gmail besides its web interface, which you can read about on the blog Lifehacker.
Update 12:18 p.m. ET: Hooray! Gmail appears to be working again for HuffPost Tech.
Update 12:37 p.m. ET: Google’s App Status Dashboard, the go-to place for learning about hiccups in the company’s services, indicates that a “service disruption” occurred with Gmail on Monday.
See? It doesn’t take much of a stutter to cause twitter panic stations! Server overload and OMG!
DO you have a back-up plan for your company?
here from Theverge :
http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/10/3750934/gmail-is-down
Gmail and other Google services down for some, crashing Chrome with them
Many users are experiencing a Gmail outage and issues with other Google services including Drive, Docs, and Google Play. In addition to simply being down, some users are reporting that attempting to access various services crashes the Chrome browser — the issue appears to be related to Chrome Sync, as users are getting a “Chrome_SyncThread” error returned to them. Additionally, commenters at Hacker Newspoint out that the crashes appear to stop after disabling Chrome Sync. The last notable outage happened back in April with Gmail and was resolved quickly. Today’s problems seem more widespread, affecting multiple services.
In an email to The Verge, Google writes that “we are currently experiencing an issue with some Google services. For everyone who is affected, we apologize for any inconvenience you may be experiencing.” The company will continue to provide updates about the service disruption on its Apps Status Dashboard.
Update: Google’s App Status Dashboard now acknowledges the “service disruption” for Gmail and Google Drive, and the company writes that it is investigating reports of issues with each. Some users, including a few at The Verge, have reported that their service has been restored. We’ll update you as we learn more.
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So you can see that a small stutter can bring widespread disruption to the workplace if no alternative plan is already worked out.
Would you be able to switch your companies entire mail system over to another provider if you had to? It would be crazy wouldn’t it? But it might be worth working out now what you might need to do just in case. Then, it’ll probably never happen. Disasters that are prepared for seldom do. When you leave it and think, “Ah! that’s so unlikely, it’ll never happen to me…” just to spite you, it does!
Here, just a sec, I’ll check my Gmail right now….
…135 unread messages….. Looks to me like it’s back up and running on all 12 cyclinders!
Phew! You had us all worried there for a moment Google Mail!
Right, everybody! Back to work! No excuses now! Gmail is back up!
Flourish and Prosper!
Jeremusic
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