Many Google Gmail users who tried to access their accounts Monday found the service dark. For a period of roughly two hours, users would log on to be greeted with an error message. The outage was caused by a temporary glitch in Google’s contacts system, which was preventing Gmail from loading properly, according to the company. Google did not return a call to TechNewsWorld in time for deadline. Google, for its part, has been profuse with its apologies.
Gmail Spaces Out, Users Flip
Posted by: Erika Morphy August 12, 2008 11:36 AMMany Google Gmail users who tried to access their accounts Monday found the service dark. For a period of roughly two hours, users would log on to be greeted with an error message. The outage was caused by a temporary glitch in Google’s contacts system, which was preventing Gmail from loading properly, according to the company. Google did not return a call to TechNewsWorld in time for deadline. Google, for its part, has been profuse with its apologies.