Gmail: Advertising’s Favorite Web Service Down

By Matt Van Hoven 

Those of you who are wondering if Gmail is down &#151 yes, it is! No longer can you peruse your mail while wondering how Google knew you have an affinity for peppermint flavored socks. At least for the time being:

“September 1, 2009 8:18:00 AM PDT
Google Mail service has already been restored for some users, and we expect a resolution for all users in the near future. Please note this time frame is an estimate and may change.”

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As with the recent Twitter FAIL, people might actually get some work done. Oh, except that Gmail is a work tool. Damn! Might as well watch The Week in Advertising.

Oh, and iGoogle is broken for us, too.

Update: iGoogle works again, and you can get mail through the gmail widget (google.com/ig).

Update 2: Breath again, it’s fixed!

Via Techcrunch

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