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Feb242009
Twitter vs. the News Cycle, #GMAIL #FAIL
24.Feb.2009 | 11:59
I heavily rely on Gmail for all my email communications (I know, I know...) and usually it's extremly reliable and fast. But today it was sluggish and slow the whole morning. Up until a few minutes ago, when Gmail died completely.
Because our ISP in the office also has it's issues, I wasn't sure, if it really was a Google problem. So I went over to Twitscoop to see, what is buzzing on Twitter right now and within a second I knew, I wasn't alone...
Parts of the big Twitter collective realise that something is wrong with a central part of their infrastructure, they start totweet scream about it online and with a very short timeframe it appears on everyones radar screen...
Hey, news cycle - keep up with that! ;-)
Btw, Gmail's IMAP and POP servers seems to be up & running, at least occasionally.
Because our ISP in the office also has it's issues, I wasn't sure, if it really was a Google problem. So I went over to Twitscoop to see, what is buzzing on Twitter right now and within a second I knew, I wasn't alone...
Parts of the big Twitter collective realise that something is wrong with a central part of their infrastructure, they start to
Hey, news cycle - keep up with that! ;-)
Btw, Gmail's IMAP and POP servers seems to be up & running, at least occasionally.
tagged Google, Twitter in Social Media, The Net
Google, Twitter in Social Media, The Net 
