Comments on: With Gmail Down, Twitter Strains Under the Stress http://gigaom.com/2009/09/01/with-gmail-down-twitter-strains-under-the-stress/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:56:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Is Your Internet Disaster Plan in Place?: Tech News « http://gigaom.com/2009/09/01/with-gmail-down-twitter-strains-under-the-stress/#comment-557743 Wed, 22 Dec 2010 22:40:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=67321#comment-557743 [...] 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 http://gigaom.com/2009/09/01/with-gmail-down-twitter-strains-under-the-stress/#comment-223110 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:01:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=67321#comment-223110 [...] 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 http://gigaom.com/2009/09/01/with-gmail-down-twitter-strains-under-the-stress/#comment-223109 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:46:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=67321#comment-223109 [...] 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 http://gigaom.com/2009/09/01/with-gmail-down-twitter-strains-under-the-stress/#comment-223108 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:29:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=67321#comment-223108 [...] 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 http://gigaom.com/2009/09/01/with-gmail-down-twitter-strains-under-the-stress/#comment-223107 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:27:03 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=67321#comment-223107 [...] (Via) Tag: gmail, twitter [...]

]]> By: Jeff Putz http://gigaom.com/2009/09/01/with-gmail-down-twitter-strains-under-the-stress/#comment-223106 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:07:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=67321#comment-223106 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 http://gigaom.com/2009/09/01/with-gmail-down-twitter-strains-under-the-stress/#comment-223105 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:55:19 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=67321#comment-223105 [...] 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 http://gigaom.com/2009/09/01/with-gmail-down-twitter-strains-under-the-stress/#comment-223104 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:54:18 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=67321#comment-223104 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 http://gigaom.com/2009/09/01/with-gmail-down-twitter-strains-under-the-stress/#comment-223103 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:01:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=67321#comment-223103 [...] 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 http://gigaom.com/2009/09/01/with-gmail-down-twitter-strains-under-the-stress/#comment-223102 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:47:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=67321#comment-223102 Here’s what happened, by the way…

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

]]> By: With Gmail Down, Twitter Strains Under the Stress | Under ar mour live today. http://gigaom.com/2009/09/01/with-gmail-down-twitter-strains-under-the-stress/#comment-223101 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:44:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=67321#comment-223101 [...] most know, Gmail has had hiccups today and as I indite this, is down. Original post: With Gmail Down, Twitter Strains Under the Stress Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: has-had, hiccups-today, most-know, [...]

]]> By: Quiz Of The Week: What Is What? | Network King http://gigaom.com/2009/09/01/with-gmail-down-twitter-strains-under-the-stress/#comment-223100 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:09:37 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=67321#comment-223100 [...] is down and Twitter talks about it (see GigaOm and [...]

]]> By: Harsh Agrawal http://gigaom.com/2009/09/01/with-gmail-down-twitter-strains-under-the-stress/#comment-223099 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:05:53 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=67321#comment-223099 Gmail down created a great trend on Twitter.. Even iGoogle was no working…Glad Its back now..Though I hope they will not come up with something like
After Twitter Google got DDOS attack

]]> By: Stacey Higginbotham http://gigaom.com/2009/09/01/with-gmail-down-twitter-strains-under-the-stress/#comment-223098 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:56:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=67321#comment-223098 Yes, my BlackBerry has truly supported me though this trying time.

]]> By: Stacey Higginbotham http://gigaom.com/2009/09/01/with-gmail-down-twitter-strains-under-the-stress/#comment-223097 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:53:32 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=67321#comment-223097 Steve, sorry to hear about your web losses, but glad to hear of your productivity gains :)

]]> By: Jose Figueredo http://gigaom.com/2009/09/01/with-gmail-down-twitter-strains-under-the-stress/#comment-223096 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:26:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=67321#comment-223096 @ Jeff Putz, ahhhh good old technology is a wonderful thing….email sans a Web browser :-)

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