TAKEPLACE: GOOGLE FAIL: 150,000 GMAIL ACCOUNTS LOST

Monday, February 28, 2011

GOOGLE FAIL: 150,000 GMAIL ACCOUNTS LOST

For years now, Google has touted the reliability of its cloud-based products — web services like Gmail and

Docs that live on remote Google servers, which users can access from anywhere.

Of course, if you were one of the estimated 150,000 people whose Gmail accounts vanished into the ether Sunday night, you may be re-evaluating the efficacy of these cloud-based services.

In a statement, Google said the bug is affecting less than .08 percent of the Gmail user base. WIRED

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