Gmail, Google Docs hit with limited outage - Washington Post

Many Gmail users faced an unwelcome surprise Tuesday morning when they fired up their computers for the day: Google's e-mail service and its cloud storage service, Google Drive, were down. Many Gmail users faced an unwelcome surprise Tuesday morning when they fired up their computers for the day: Google's e-mail service and its cloud storage service, Google Drive, were down. Multimedia Renault unveils its Twin'Z electric concept car. Photos | The fictional flying car Hayley Tsukayama Verizon, AT&T and three others will also carry the smartphones in April, Samsung says. Hayley Tsukayama Google has not said what is causing the disruption, which surprised some users Tuesday morning. Hayley Tsukayama Microsoft and Hon Hai made a licensing deal for Android and Chrome devices Google apologized for the outage in a statement late morning and said that it will let users know what caused the  disruption when its teams have completed their investigations. The company said on its  Apps Status Dashboard  that it expects the limited outage to resolved "in the near future." The company said that some users have already seen service return and that it will provide regular updates on the issue. According to the company's posting, the outage is affecting "less than 0.007" percent of Google Mail users. Last June, the company disclosed that Gmail has 425 million active users; the company says that 5 million businesses use its Google Apps for Business services. The company is reporting service disruptions for Google Mail, Google Drive, Google Documents, Google Spreadsheets and Google Presentations. TechCrunch reported that Google Chat on third-party applications and Google Analytics may also be affected by the partial outage. As often happens when Google services go down, Gmail users took to Twitter to celebrate and hyperventilate about being cut off from their e-mail, sending "Gmail" to the list of trending topics on Tuesday morning. Many users have reported that their service is coming back, so those taking advantage of the outage to enjoy a morning break probably shouldn't stray too far from their computers. Sign up today to receive #thecircuit, a daily roundup of the latest tech policy news from Washington and how it is shaping business, entertainment and science. via Technology - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNF9LqvBkZwtkcT3ptf0OkNrLtkPzA&url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/gmail-google-docs-hit-with-limited-outage/2013/04/17/fa89afce-a762-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html

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