Outage

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Users took to microblogging site Twitter to write about their issues in accessing Facebook and Instagram, using the hashtag #instagramdown and #facebookdown. (Representational Image: ANI)

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp services down globally

Several users, including those in India, were unable to access WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook on both Android and iOS platforms

04 Oct 2021 10:33 PM

“You become so accustomed to the software working, then (when it doesn’t) you realise how dependent you are on the software and it’s a little scary,” a Zoom user said. (Photo | Pixabay - Mohamed Hassan)

US descends into brief chaos as Zoom outage brings online schooling to a halt

Schools, governments and offices depend on Zoom for their operations, and everything grinds to a halt without this ‘essential utility’.

25 Aug 2020 4:57 PM

Several users reported issues like not being able to post pictures and videos on their main feeds and an error message saying “Facebook Will Be Back Soon” appeared on log in attempts.

Facebook, Instagram experience outage on Thanksgiving Day

According to outage monitoring website DownDetector, about 8,000 Facebook users were affected in various parts of the world.

29 Nov 2019 8:03 AM

Telegram does not run on targeted ads model.

Facebook’s outage becomes Telegram’s gain with 3 million new users

The jump in new users is significant as Telegram recorded 200 million active users as of March last year.

15 Mar 2019 11:09 AM

Telegram benefited from Facebook’s agony. (Photo: ANI)

Facebook, Instagram deny DDoS attack behind global outage

As its services as back, the social networking giant has denied any DDoS (denial of service) attack as the cause behind the outage.

15 Mar 2019 10:50 AM

Facebook was considering whether to refund advertisers for lost exposure due to the problems, which internet outage trackers showed affected users in Europe, Japan, North and South America.

Facebook services back online after global outage

Facebook takes tens of millions of dollars of advertising revenue every day.

15 Mar 2019 9:44 AM

IBM’s system uses data collected by satellites, drones, aerial flights, sensors and weather models to help companies monitor the state and maintenance of hundreds of miles of transmission and distribution lines.

New IBM technology to help prevent power outages

Vegetation can cause disruption for energy companies, often growing over or obstructing power transmission lines.

07 Feb 2019 10:08 AM

The outage comes just a few hours after the messenger announced that it would be curbing the number of forwards for users worldwide.

WhatsApp down: Twitterverse goes into a tizzy

Many of the over 1.5 billion users, both on Android and iOS, were unable to log into their app on Tuesday.

23 Jan 2019 5:36 PM

Several users who were trying to access the video sharing platform on Wednesday complained of seeing '500 Internal Server Error' and '503 Network Error' messages popping up on their screens.

YouTube is finally back online after a global outage

The app began streaming notifications in a cryptic series of alphanumeric characters.

17 Oct 2018 10:08 AM

Many users tweeted about being unable to sign on after logging off the app, which is popular among people under 30 for posting pictures that are automatically deleted within 24 hours.

Snapchat outage prompts complaints on Twitter

Snapchat faced a worldwide outage for at least four hours on Monday

07 Nov 2017 1:09 PM

The extent of the outage was not immediately known, but some users reported that WhatsApp, the world’s most popular messaging service, had begun to function again about 30 minutes after initial complaints of an outage.

WhatsApp back online after suffering outage in multiple countries

Users in countries from Myanmar to Russia and Vietnam to Brazil reported that WhatsApp was down in their countries too on social media.

03 Nov 2017 3:44 PM

Google Drive faced a similar disruption issue early in January this year.

Google says its service disruption issue resolved

The status page also said that "the problem with Google Drive should be resolved."

07 Jul 2017 9:23 AM

Flights from London's two biggest airports on Saturday were cancelled after a global computer system failure caused confusion and chaos.

Flights from London cancelled as global IT outage causes chaos

The failure, caused by a power supply problem, disrupted BA's flight operations worldwide.

29 May 2017 8:33 AM

Facebook faces technical issue, shuts down for sometime

Facebook released an official statement confirming the technical issue.

09 May 2017 3:45 PM

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