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Google, Spotify and many other major websites are all down across the globe
Google, Spotify and many other major websites are all down across the globe
Major online services such as Google and Spotify are experiencing problems right now. 16 Nov 2021 - 2 comments
WhatsApp founder apologizes for service's largest outage ever
WhatsApp founder apologizes for service's largest outage ever
Less than a week after the company was acquired for a staggering $19 billion by social networking behemoth Facebook, WhatsApp had its largest outage ever. 24 Feb 2014 - 1 comment
DDoS attack brings a brief outage to AfterDawn
DDoS attack brings a brief outage to AfterDawn
A part of the AfterDawn network was unreachable for 1-2 hours this morning (around 10:00 AM Eastern Time, 15:00 GMT). The outage was caused ...... 11 Jan 2014 - 5 comments
RIM offers free apps and tech support to compensate for service outage
RIM offers free apps and tech support to compensate for service outage
RIM is offering free apps and premium tech support to BlackBerry users affected by last week's international service outage. 17 Oct 2011 - 3 comments
BlackBerry user rejoice, you have service again
BlackBerry user rejoice, you have service again
After an epic global three-day fail, RIM has confirmed that all BlackBerry services are back up and running. The outages began in Africa, ...... 13 Oct 2011 - 2 comments
BlackBerry fail is now global
BlackBerry fail is now global
After being hit with outages in Europe, Asia and Africa over the past few days, the BlackBerry outages have now hit home, with Canadian and U.S. users losing access to their email, as well. 12 Oct 2011 - 8 comments
RIM confirms global BlackBerry outages
RIM confirms global BlackBerry outages
RIM has admitted today that European, Middle Eastern and African customers may be experiencing service issues. In the affected regions, carriers ...... 10 Oct 2011 - 3 comments
AT&T restores service in Southern California
AT&T restores service in Southern California
AT&T has said today it has restored cell service for most of the users in Southern California that experienced an outage yesterday and today. ...... 26 Sep 2011 - 1 comment
'Rebug' CFW caused Sony to take down PSN?
'Rebug' CFW caused Sony to take down PSN?
As we have reported since last Wednesday, the Sony PSN has been down to due an "external intrusion on our system." Sony said the downtime ...... 26 Apr 2011 - 16 comments
Sony: PSN outages may last 'day or two'
Sony: PSN outages may last 'day or two'
Sony has acknowledged today that a few features of the PSN have been down since last night and that it may be a "day or two" until the service ...... 21 Apr 2011 - 36 comments
Skype will refund customers over day-long service outage
Skype will refund customers over day-long service outage
Skype, facing global outrage over a service outage that lasted 30 hours, has announced it will offer refunds to paying customers that have needed ...... 24 Dec 2010
Skype still down for millions of users
Skype still down for millions of users
Skype, the popular Internet phone and video service, remains down for millions of global users, the second such widespread outage since 2007. ...... 23 Dec 2010 - 4 comments
     

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