Widespread Google glitch paralyzes third-party services

Google's tool for logging into third-party services went down Tuesday morning, 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 9:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday, locking them out of various services. The outage also disrupted Mashable's systems.

It's unclear how long the outage lasted, but most services tied to Mashable Google Apps accounts were restored after 11:30 a.m. ET Read more...