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☆ Spotify investigates issues after reports of outage
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

April 27 (Reuters) - Spotify Technology (SPOT.N) said on Thursday it was investigating some issues with its web page, following reports the audio streaming platform was down for thousands of users. There were more than 15,000 incidents of people reporting issues with Spotify, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources including user-submitted errors on its platform. my music isn't playing and i need motivation before i head to work," a user tweeted. Spotify in April crossed the half-billion mark for monthly active users for the first time. Reporting by Tiyashi Datta in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak DasguptaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Spotify back up for most users after global outage
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

April 19 (Reuters) - Audio streaming platform Spotify (SPOT.N) was back up for most users, the company said on Wednesday, after a brief outage that disrupted service for tens of thousands of users globally. The company did not disclose the number of users affected by the disruption, but outage tracking website Downdetector.com showed more than 20,000 incidents in the United States and over 8,000 in the UK at the peak of the outage. "Everything's looking much better now!," Spotify Status said in a tweet. Many users took to Twitter to share updates and memes about the service disruption, with 'Spotify' trending at number seven in the U.S. In January, Downdetector reported that the audio streaming platform's outage impacted over 45,000 users in the United States.

☆ Google says services back up for US users
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

April 18 (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google said services were back up for users in the U.S. after a brief outage late on Tuesday, according to a company spokesperson. At the peak of the outage more than 22,000 users were impacted, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources including user-submitted errors on its platform. About 87% of impacted users had reported issues with Google Search, Downdetector data showed. As of 10:21 pm ET (02:21 GMT), the number of outage reports dropped to 324.

☆ Netflix down for more than 11,000 US users -Downdetector
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

April 16 (Reuters) - Netflix Inc. (NFLX.O) is down for more than 11,000 users in the United States on late Sunday, according outage tracking website Downdetector.com. Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from several sources including users. Reporting by Urvi Dugar in Bengaluru; Editing by Tom HogueOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Netflix back up after outage during 'Love is Blind' livestream
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

April 16 (Reuters) - Streaming platform Netflix Inc's (NFLX.O) services were restored after a brief outage late on Sunday during a live stream of the dating reality show, "Love is Blind". The platform, which is looking to break into live television, apologized for the slip-up on Sunday after thousands complained on social media about issues watching the show. "We're filming it now and we'll have it on Netflix as soon as humanly possible," Netflix said on Sunday. loadingAt its peak, about 10,000 users reported issues accessing the live stream on Downdetector, while many rebuked Netflix on social media over the outage. Reporting by Urvi Dugar in Bengaluru; Editing by Tom HogueOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Amazon services AWS and Alexa back up after brief outage
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

April 16 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) said its cloud computing division Amazon Web Services (AWS) and its voice assistant service Alexa were back online after a brief outage on Sunday. Alexa was down for thousands of users in the United States, according to Downdetector, while hundreds of users reported issues with accessing AWS. Users also reported issues accessing Amazon's mobile app. Alexa is now operating normally, an Amazon spokesperson told Reuters in an email. AWS on its website said services have recovered from an issue in which AWS users were unable to complete the account signup process and were receiving error messages regarding their billing console.

☆ Amazon's AWS says it is investigating issues with signup
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

April 16 (Reuters) - Amazon.com's (AMZN.O) cloud service division Amazon Web Services (AWS) said on Sunday it was investigating an issue where users attempting to access AWS signup were receiving error messages. Hundreds of users reported issues with accessing Amazon Web Services on Sunday, according to outage-tracking website Downdetector.com. Amazon's voice assistant Alexa was also down for thousands of users in the United States, according to Downdetector.com. More than 15,000 users reported issues with Alexa at the peak of disruption, Downdetector data showed. Users also reported issues accessing Amazon's mobile app.

☆ Amazon's Alexa down for thousands of users, Downdetector says
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

April 16 (Reuters) - Amazon.com's (AMZN.O) voice assistant Alexa was down for thousands of users in the United States on Sunday, according to outage-tracking website Downdetector.com. More than 9,000 users reported issues with Alexa. Users also reported issues accessing Amazon's mobile app. Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from several sources, including user-submitted errors on its platform. Reporting by Jose Joseph in Bengaluru; Editing by Chizu NomiyamaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Apple TV down for thousands of US users -Downdetector
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

April 15 (Reuters) - Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) Apple TV platform was down for thousands of users in the United States on late Saturday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. Around 6,000 users reported issues with accessing Apple TV. Users also reported facing issues with other Apple services like Apple Support and iCloud. Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from several sources including users. Reporting by Kanjyik Ghosh in Bengaluru; Editing by Tom HogueOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Apple Music down for thousands, other services also affected
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] Logo of an Apple store is seen as Apple Inc. reports fourth quarter earnings in Washington, U.S., January 27, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File PhotoApril 10 (Reuters) - Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) music service was facing issues, the iPhone-maker said on its status page on late Monday, while users reported issues with various other services of the company. According to outage tracking website Downdetector.com, services including the support service and Apple store were down for thousands. More than 3,300 users reported issues with streaming Apple Music at the peak of outage, while nearly 2,200 reported problems with App Store in the United States. Apple's status page indicated that Apple Music, Apple Music Radio, and iTunes Match were facing an ongoing "outage."

☆ Vodafone says broadband down for some UK users
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

April 10 (Reuters) - Vodafone (VOD.L)said some UK users of its home broadband service were facing an outage on Monday morning and the company was working to resolve it. loadingDowndetector's UK website said more than 2,800 mostly landline users were having trouble accessing Vodafone at the peak of the outage. Reporting by Urvi Dugar in Bengaluru; editing by John StonestreetOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ UK telecoms firm Virgin Media suffers widespread outages
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, April 4 (Reuters) - British telecoms firm Virgin Media said on Tuesday there was an issue impacting its broadband services, after thousands of customers reported widespread problems with internet access and the group's website also appeared to be down. There were more than 28,000 reports of Virgin Media outages on the Downdetector website as of Tuesday morning, beginning in the early hours, with most users reporting that their internet was not working. "We're aware of an issue that is affecting broadband services for Virgin Media customers as well as our contact centres," Virgin Media said on Twitter. Virgin Media O2 is owned by Liberty Global (LBTYA.O) and Spain's Telefonica (TEF.MC). Reporting by Kylie MacLellan, Andy Bruce and Sachin Ravikumar; Editing by Kate HoltonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Instagram down for thousands of users - Downdetector
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

March 8 (Reuters) - Meta Platform's (META.O) Instagram was down for thousands of users on Wednesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. More than 27,000 users were having trouble accessing the social network, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources including user-submitted errors on its platform. Meta did not immediately respond to Reuters request for comment. Reporting by Mrinmay Dey in Bengaluru; editing by Eileen SorengOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Instagram down for thousands of users globally - Downdetector
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Twitter links inaccessible in outage impacting thousands
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

March 6 (Reuters) - Thousands of Twitter users on Monday reported problems with accessing links from the Elon Musk-headed social media platform and other websites, an issue the company said it was working to resolve. We're working on this now and will share an update when it's fixed," Twitter said. loadingThere were more than 8,000 incidents of people reporting issues with the social media platform, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources including user-submitted errors on its platform. "This suggests Twitter has not been effectively testing its updates before pushing them to the public." Reporting by Akash Sriram in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini GanguliOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Twitter breaks after 'internal change' had 'unintended consequences'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Twitter showed an error code when users attempted to click external links and images. ET, the external links appeared to be working again for some Twitter users. Twitter showed users an error code when they tried to access outside websites on Monday. ET, the external links appeared to be working for some Twitter users. Downdetector showed a spike in people reporting problems with the app and "Twitter API" was trending on Monday afternoon.

☆ Twitter hit by another outage as Musk complains platform is ‘so brittle’
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Outage tracker site DownDetector showed more than 8,000 Twitter outage reports around noon on Monday. For users who were able to access the platform, “Twitter API” was trending as people tweeted about the issues. We’re working on this now and will share an update when it’s fixed.”In a separate tweet on Monday, Musk said: “This platform is so brittle (sigh). Other users were met with a “Welcome to Twitter!” message as if they had just joined the platform. Three weeks ago, Twitter users encountered various issues with the platform, including the inability to tweet, send direct messages or follow new accounts.

☆ Netflix streaming down for thousands of users - Downdetector
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

March 2 (Reuters) - Netflix's (NFLX.O) video streaming services were down for thousands of users on Thursday, according to outage-tracking website Downdetector.com. There were around 1,800 reports on Downdetector, which collates status reports from a number of sources. About 55% of the users reported issues with the website, according to Downdetector. Netflix, which has more than 200 million paid subscribers globally, remains a dominant streaming service. Reporting by Mrinmay Dey in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-PhillipsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Twitter Outages Hit Users Worldwide
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Gareth Vipers | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

An outage on Twitter Inc.’s social-media platform appeared to be mostly resolved early Wednesday, after the service failed to load for users across several regions. Thousands of users reported problems with the site to Downdetector, a website that tracks service disruptions. The site said around 10,000 people had reported experiencing the outage, starting at around 5 a.m.

☆ Twitter Users Unable to Access Platform in Apparent Outage
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Gareth Vipers | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Thousands of Twitter users reported problems with the site on Wednesday morning. Some Twitter Inc. users were unable to access the social-media platform early Wednesday, in what appeared to be an outage affecting multiple regions. Thousands of users reported problems with the site to Downdetector, a website that tracks service disruptions. The site said around 10,000 people had reported experiencing the outage, starting at around 5 a.m.

☆ Twitter's mass layoffs mean some junior employees are in charge of areas they've never worked on before, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Junior Twitter employees have been left in charge of areas they haven't worked on before, per NYT. Twitter's workforce is about a quarter of the size that it was before Elon Musk took over. That means Twitter now has less staff than the 2,700 it had when it went public in 2013. Twitter staff changes also mean it is without a permanent head of global infrastructure, the Times reported, after Musk's chosen replacement — a Tesla engineer — resigned in January. Nearly a thousand users also reported problems with Twitter during the Super Bowl halftime show.

☆ Twitter down for some users in US - Downdetector
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] A keyboard is placed in front of a displayed Twitter logo in this illustration taken February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File PhotoMarch 1 (Reuters) - Twitter was down for thousands of users on Wednesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. More than 4,500 users in the United States reported issues with accessing the social media site, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources including user-submitted errors on its platform. Twitter did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Another outage last month hit more than 8,000 users.

☆ YouTube says fixed issues with TV, main app after users report problems
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] The YouTube app logo is seen on a smartphone in this picture illustration taken September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationFeb 27 (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) YouTube said it had fixed issues with its main app and YouTube TV after thousands of users reported problems with accessing the video-streaming site on Monday. Outage-tracking website Downdetector showed there were more than 12,000 incidents of people reporting issues with YouTube on Monday afternoon. Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources, including user-submitted errors on its platform. You should be all set to access YouTube TV or YouTube Main App as usual on all living room devices," YouTube said on its status page.

☆ YouTube down for thousands of users - Downdetector
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Feb 27 (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) YouTube was down for thousands of users on Monday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. Downdetector, which showed there were more than 8,000 incidents of people reporting issues with YouTube, tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources, including user-submitted errors on its platform. YouTube did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Reporting by Tiyashi Datta in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju SamuelOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Twitter down for thousands of users - Downdetector
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Feb 15 (Reuters) - Thousands of Twitter Inc users were unable to access the social media platform on Wednesday, according to outage monitoring website Downdetector.com. More than 8,000 users reported issues with the micro-blogging site, according to Downdetector. Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from a series of sources, including user-submitted errors on its platform. The outages could have affected a larger number of users. Reporting by Tiyashi Datta in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra EluriOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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