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September 14, 2016 01:49 pm -04

Gmail goes down for some users, prompts social media freakout

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Gmail experienced an outage for several hours during the U.S. workday Wednesday, and social media predictably freaked out.

Users in the UK and U.S. appeared most affected during the period, with work-based Gmail proving an issue for some office-based workers.

SEE ALSO: Widespread Google glitch paralyzes third-party services

Google first said it was investigating reports of an issue at 8:16 AM PT Wednesday, and that users were being redirected to a page with 'Service not available, contact your administrator.' 

By 8:58, the company had identified the root cause and service was restored for some users at 9:40. Read more...

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