Facebook seems to be experiencing some sort of weird, partial site outage.
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What the Heck Happened to Siri?
Open mouth, insert foot: Siri apparently did something like that yesterday, responding to iPhone 4S owners’ questions with decidedly un-savvy answers. Answers like: “Sorry, I’m having trouble connecting to the network” and “Sorry I’m not able to connect right now” and “Sorry, I don’t have a network connection.”
But users actually did …
Whoops, Apple’s iCloud Mail Service Goes Kaboom
I’m pretty sure iCloud mail was working when I logged in early this morning, but at some point over the past couple hours, it went belly up. As I’m writing this, I have the jagged lightning bolt symbol eyeballing me next to the “Inbox” view in my Apple Mail client. If I click it, I’m prompted for my iCloud account password, which was …
Verizon Faces $250M Bill from August Storms, Strikes
As if Tropical Storm Irene hadn’t done enough damage while it was actually hitting parts of the country, it seems that it’s made life miserable for Verizon customers: The company has said that the cost of recent weather, as well as a labor strike, has left it facing a bill of up to $250 million and a backlog of work requiring …
Microsoft’s Cloud Bursts for over Two Hours: What Happened?
Millions of people using Microsoft online services—including Hotmail, Office365 and SkyDrive—found themselves temporarily cut off for a couple of hours last night, as the company was hit by what’s being described as a “major service failure.”
The outage is thought to be related to DNS problems, with the official Office365 Twitter …
Skype Takes Another Hit, Drops ‘Small Number’ of Users
What goes down must eventually come back up. That would’ve been Newton’s fourth law had he lived another 284 years and been using Skype this morning.
“Skype broken for everyone?” wrote Xona Games’ game producer Matthew Doucette on Twitter this morning. I glanced up at my Mac’s menu bar. Sure enough, the dreaded X-Cloud (or …
E3 2011: Sony Leads with Apology for PlayStation Network Outage
Sony bigwig Jack Tretton kicked things off at E3 2011 last night exactly as we hoped he might, owning the PlayStation Network outage from his first word, and even managing to crack a joke and tease the press, who’ve certainly benefited traffic-wise from Sony’s misery.
“This isn’t the first time that I’ve come to an E3 press conference …
Can’t Play DiRT 3 Online? Blame Sony’s MIA PlayStation Store
You just picked up Codemasters’ grit-flinging, gravel-grinding rally racer DiRT 3 for PlayStation 3, and let me guess—you can’t play online or swap YouTube video replays with pals. Bummer.
You’re not alone. It’s because the PS3 version requires a special piece of downloadable code to put its online mode in gear. And since that …
Japan Not Letting Sony Bring PlayStation Back Online in Its Home Country
The slow, agonizing restoration of PlayStation Network and Qriocity may have finally gotten underway this weekend but gamers in Sony’s country of origin are going to have to wait a bit longer before they can play online with each other.
The Japanese government isn’t giving the PlayStation people permission to boot servers back up …
The PlayStation Network’s Partly Back: Are We Happy Yet?
As you can see from that shot up top, the PlayStation Network, Qriocity, and Sony Online Entertainment are back, 50 fussy red and blue states are now united in scintillating neon green, and all’s right with the world.
Well, almost. The network’s back for some of you, but not all, and Sony’s restoration of service, which began on …
Playstation Network Goes Back Online at Long Last
PS3 owners, our long national nightmare is finally over. On Saturday May 14th, Sony exec Kaz Hirai delivered a video address that announced that Sony would be beginning a gradual roll-out of restoration for their Playstation Network and Qriocity services. (In a separate statement, the Sony Online Entertainment division also announced …
Leaked: Sony Letter to Publishers About PSN Outage
“Don’t call us, we’ll call you.” That’s the gist of a new, reportedly leaked letter from Sony to its publishing partners about the PlayStation Network outage, handed off by an anonymous source to Industry Gamers. If legit, it suggests Sony’s vague public tale of when and how the outage occurred doesn’t gain any insightful …