Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Gchat Goes Down, Forcing People to Talk in Person

<p>A number of users are reporting that Google's chat service Gchat and Drive are both down. The earliest reports (noted via Twitter) began trickling in around 12 p.m. ET on Monday.</p><p>But Gmail in general is still up and running. A quick check of the status verification website DownForEveryoneOrJustMe indicates the service is still working and no updates have been made to Google's Apps Status Dashboard. UPDATE: The dashboard now shows issues with Google Talk, Google Sheets and Google+ Hangouts, which includes the Gchat function.</p><p>For some, Gchat is unable to send messages. Meanwhile, others trying to access Google Drive are receiving this error message: "the server encountered a temporary error and could not complete your request."</p><p>"We're investigating reports of an issue with Google+ Hangouts," a Google spokesperson told Mashable. "We will provide more information shortly."</p><p><a href="http://mashable.com/2014/03/17/gchat-google-drive-down/">Keep reading...</a></p>

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