Comments on: With Gmail Down, Twitter Strains Under the Stress

By: Is Your Internet Disaster Plan in Place?: Tech News «

Is Your Internet Disaster Plan in Place?: Tech News « — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 22:40:35 +0000

[...] one goes down, it can strain the other channels we turn to pick up the slack. Last year’s Gmail outage also slowed down Twitter as people turned to that platform to vent and communicate. Today’s Skype outage was trumpeted [...]

By: 5 Things We Learned From the Gmail Outage

5 Things We Learned From the Gmail Outage — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:01:41 +0000

[...] but many people had no problem finding alternatives such as Twitter — to the point that Twitter itself felt the strain. It reminded me why I would hate for Google to buy Twitter or Facebook or any other communication [...]

By: The Cloud is Neither All Bad Nor All Good | google android os blog

The Cloud is Neither All Bad Nor All Good | google android os blog — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:46:10 +0000

[...] applications, platforms and services definitely have both advantages and disadvantages. This week, there was a Gmail outage for several hours, illustrating that even a big cloud proponent like Google can’t keep data [...]

By: This Week’s Gmail Outage: It’s Only Email, Get Over It

This Week’s Gmail Outage: It’s Only Email, Get Over It — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:29:43 +0000

[...] and you would have thought the world stopped. The reaction all over the web was overwhelming, and Twitter became nearly useless if you wanted to hear about anything else. I mean, come on, it’s only email, not the end of the world. Now, hear me out before you [...]

By: Indovinello: Cosa fa la gente quando Gmail è down? « Alphakappa

Indovinello: Cosa fa la gente quando Gmail è down? « Alphakappa — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:27:03 +0000

[...] (Via) Tag: gmail, twitter [...]

By: Jeff Putz

Jeff Putz — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:07:15 +0000

I went out with my wife and we talked about how people with Crackberries neglect their children at dinner. Great minds think alike!

By: Is Gmail down? I'll Twitter it | Catalyst Marketers

Is Gmail down? I'll Twitter it | Catalyst Marketers — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:55:19 +0000

[...] The trick for Twitter is to recognize that their subscribers are using the tool in this way and make sure their bandwidth can handle the increased traffic. We don’t want Twitter going down due to increased traffic. [...]

By: Stacey Higginbotham

Stacey Higginbotham — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:54:18 +0000

Thanks, Jeff. I was out on date with my husband so didn’t get a chance to update the post with the new info. Even after Gmail went down, I managed to keep living my life, although doing my job took a few workarounds :)

By: gmail down | GeTrends Actual News

gmail down | GeTrends Actual News — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:01:38 +0000

[...] Gmail has had hiccups today and as I write this, is down. While I used to visit … Source : With Gmail Down, Twitter Strains Under the Stress September 1st, 2009 at 3:31 pm. Gmail down created a great trend on Twitter.. Even iGoogle was no [...]

By: Jeff Putz

Jeff Putz — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:47:27 +0000

Here’s what happened, by the way…

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/more-on-todays-gmail-issue.html