So much for my after-lunch job search and profile lurking. A day after a Meta outage knocked out Facebook, Messenger and Instagram, LinkedIn suffered a similar fate on Wednesday, as… Read More
If you’re having problems buying items or logging in to Amazon.com, you’re not alone, and thanks to the widespread use of Amazon Web Services, the problem isn’t limited to Amazon.… Read More
An internet outage hit some of the largest online sites in the United States, according to reports tracked by outage monitoring site Downdetector.com. Those impacted include Seattle-based companies such as… Read More
A “relatively small addition of capacity” to the Amazon Kinesis real-time data processing service triggered a widespread Amazon Web Services outage last week, the company said in a detailed technical… Read More
Twitter users had to go elsewhere on the internet Thursday to find out what’s going on in the world — including with Twitter — as the social media giant suffered… Read More
A 911 outage affected agencies across Washington state on Thursday and continued into the early hours of Friday, as people received emergency alerts on their smartphones late Thursday evening with alternatives… Read More
News Brief: Streaming giant Netflix went down on Monday afternoon across the globe. “We are aware of members having trouble streaming on all devices. We are investigating the issue and… Read More
UPDATE: Twitter is back and all is right with the world. TWITTER IS BACK. #bless — Monica Nickelsburg (@mnickelsburg) October 21, 2016 In the wise words of Joni Mitchell, “you… Read More
Twitter is continuing to experience sporadic technical problems this morning after a global outage that left many users unable to log in or send messages via the popular social network. The… Read More
It looks like Skype-pocalype may be almost over, about six hours after Microsoft’s video calling service went down for users across the globe. Microsoft says it has figured out the… Read More
Good news, Starbucks fans: The coffee giant’s stores are open again. Bad news: The coffee isn’t free anymore. The Seattle-based coffee company says it has resolved a point-of-sale computer outage that… Read More
People hoping to spend their lunch hour using TweetDeck are in for a rude surprise this afternoon. Some users are reporting that the client isn’t allowing them to log in… Read More
Just two days after its big press event, Apple’s storefronts for digital goods are experiencing massive outages. According to the company’s system status page, the App Store, iTunes Store, iBooks Store… Read More
Update: Twitter has said that its service has been fully restored, after an outage that lasted more than an hour and a half. Our original post follows below. In a development… Read More
Update: Twitter’s service is back to normal following a five hour period this evening when users were unable to log in. Our full story follows below. People who want to flip… Read More
Update (2:21 p.m.): Instagram is back online after a brief outage that lasted about a half hour this afternoon. The company still has not disclosed the cause of the problems, though… Read More
People who need Apple’s iCloud service at the moment are out of luck. The company’s service status page reports that “some users” may have trouble signing into their iCloud account… Read More
It’s Friday, which means it’s prime time for making weekend plans with friends on Facebook, or at least enviously reading updates from friends who have weekend plans. But today, that’s… Read More
Is Apple’s iCloud syncing not working for you? You’re not alone. Some users have reported that iCloud syncing of data from their apps, like iWork, hasn’t been working for several… Read More
Follow-up: Google apologizes for Gmail delay, pledges to improve network capacity Original story: Looks like Google has a case of the Monday’s. Gmail users — including some of us here… Read More
Twitter’s homepage went down sometime around 2 p.m. PST Wednesday afternoon, but came back online about 30 minutes later. We reached out to Twitter to find out more and they… Read More
When you’re an online retail giant, every second that your website stays inaccessible means thousands of dollars out the virtual door. For Amazon, that meant about $5 million in losses… Read More
What happened at Amazon Web Services to take down the Netflix streaming service for hours on Christmas Eve? It was a combination of human error and flawed access controls: An AWS… Read More
The latest Amazon Web Services outage last weekend was apparently the last straw for one of the company’s customers, an online dating service that has decided to end its relationship… Read More
Twitter appears to be gradually coming back online after an outage this morning that lasted at least a half-hour for many users. Maybe this is their way of reminding us… Read More
Amazon Web Services is once again experiencing hiccups, suffering service interruptions that are knocking some sites offline. The problems are occurring at the company’s facilities in Northern Virginia, the same… Read More
Microsoft’s recent Xbox Live update took the gaming console further into the world of live television, including sports. But the company still has some kinks to work out, and one of… Read More
Microsoft doesn’t even own Skype yet, but it is already taking blame for an outage that impacted some users of the Internet phone service this morning. Snarky comments filled up… Read More
