{"id":663338,"date":"2024-12-05T15:30:15","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T19:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/?p=663338"},"modified":"2024-12-05T15:30:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T19:30:29","slug":"google-faces-global-outage-affecting-youtube-gmail-and-google-meet-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/663338\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Faces Global Outage, Affecting YouTube, Gmail, and Google Meet Services"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Google is currently experiencing a widespread outage that is impacting multiple services, including YouTube, Gmail, and Google Meet. Users from across the globe are reporting difficulties in accessing these platforms. According to Downdetector, a website that tracks service disruptions, nearly 7,000 users have been affected by the outage.<\/p>\n

The majority of the complaints, around 53%, are related to issues with Google Search. Another 41% of users are reporting problems accessing the Google website, while 6% are facing difficulties logging into their accounts.<\/p>\n

The disruption began around 3:00 PM (IST) and is also affecting users in India. Despite the widespread issues, Google\u2019s official Workspace Status Dashboard indicates that there are no reported problems with any of its services so far.<\/p>\n

YouTube, one of Google\u2019s most popular platforms, is also experiencing major disruptions. About 3,200 users have reported problems accessing the video streaming service. Downdetector\u2019s data shows that 40% of the complaints are related to server connection issues, 33% are regarding the YouTube app, and 28% of users are experiencing problems with video streaming itself.<\/p>\n

At this time, Google has not provided an official statement regarding the cause of the outage or when services are expected to be fully restored.<\/p>\n

Who Invented Google?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Google was created in 1998 by Sergey Brin and Larry Page, who developed the idea during their PhD research project at Stanford University in California.<\/p>\n

The company celebrates its birthday every year on September 27.<\/p>\n

The two met by chance when Page, 22 at the time, was considering attending Stanford for his PhD, and Brin, then 21, was assigned to show him around the campus.<\/p>\n

In 2008, Eric Schmidt, who was the CEO of Google at the time, shared with Fortune that before Google went public in 2004, the trio \u2014 Schmidt along with co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin \u2014 agreed to work together for 20 years.<\/p>\n

Today, Google operates in 40 countries and has 70 offices worldwide.<\/p>\n

The company now generates an estimated annual revenue of $50 billion, with a remarkable 99% of its profits coming from advertising revenue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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