SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 20 — Popular Google services including Gmail, Docs and Drive were down for many users around the world today, but were restored after a few hours, the US technology giant said. “We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support,” the...
Google services including Gmail, Docs and Drive were down for many users around the world today, but were restored after a few hours. — AFP pic
“We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support,” the company said. Frustrated customers in countries including Australia, Japan, France and the United States complained online of the outage, and tracking website DownDetector reported Google services were down in every continent. Another Twitter user, in Brooklyn, New York, wrote: “Nearly 16 years in and this is the first time I can remember Gmail being completely down.”
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