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Why Did Google Drive Go Down?

• http://www.popsci.com, By Xavier Harding

Is Google Drive down for you? Us too. The company's online storage option became inaccessible around 2:55 p.m. EDT today and has been wonky ever since, affecting the related Google Docs and Google Sheets web apps as well. The company said via the official Google Drive Twitter account that it is looking into the issue and will provide an update soon:

Checking the site Down For Everyone Or Just Me, it's clear something is amiss with Google's site, and this isn't a problem specific to just a few users.

This isn't the first time Google has experienced massive outage problems with some of its biggest online services, but these types of events are indeed rare. Google boasts of "99.978% availability and no scheduled downtime," on its Google for Work page. However, it's precisely these types of uncommon, yet widespread and noticeable outages that undermine Google's case to users that they should ditch Microsoft Office and other programs in favor of Google Apps for business and organizational use.


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