Here's why you can't log into other services with your Google account right now

Google's tool for logging into third-party services went down Tuesday, paralyzing individuals and organizations who depend on it to access various systems and services.

Google OAuth is the system that enables you to log into a service (like, say, Pocket) with your Google or Gmail account. Many Twitter users reported the API associated with Google OAuth wasn't working at about 9:20 a.m. ET on Tuesday, locking them out of various services. The outage also disrupted Mashable's systems.

The outage affected organizations who use Google Apps and depend on Google OAuth for access to many servicesMashable, for example, uses Google Apps to access Trello, SocialFlow and our primary CMS (content management system) in addition to basic Google services like Gmail, Calendar and Drive. To be clear, Google services still work; the OAuth outage affects only logins to third-party services. Read more...