In some impeccably bad timing, we’re hearing reports that both Gmail and Google Apps mail websites are down as well as Google Calendar, just hours after Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook’s messaging product.
It’s almost poetic that Gmail has decided to kick the bucket on today of all days, with users including our own Mike Arrington experiencing slowness or a full on inability to access their mail both through the Gmail website and through Outlook.
Update: Google confirms, “Gmail experienced an issue for a short period of time (approximately 10 minutes) earlier today. This has now been resolved for all users.”
Google provides search and advertising services, which together aim to organize and monetize the world’s information. In addition to its dominant search engine, it offers a plethora of online tools and platforms including: Gmail, Maps, YouTube, and Google+, the company’s extension into the social space. Most of its Web-based products are free, funded by Google’s highly integrated online advertising platforms AdWords and AdSense. Google promotes the idea that advertising should be highly targeted and relevant to users thus providing...
Gmail, also known as Google Mail, is a free email service provided by Google which has innovative features such as “conversation view” email threads, search-oriented interface, and plenty of free storage (almost 7.7GB). Gmail opened in private beta mode in April 2004 by invitation only. At first, invites were hard to come by and were spotted up for sale on auction sites like eBay. The email service is now open to everyone and is part of Google Apps. ...
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