14.12.2020 - 15:47 [ Techcrunch.com ]

Gmail, YouTube, Google Docs and other services go down in multiple countries (Update: slowly coming back online)

In all, it looks like a huge range of Google services were down for about an hour today. That hour that crossed into business operation times in multiple markets, leading to a slight drop in pre-market trading for parent company Alphabet.

It’s also an alarming reminder of just how far Google reaches, and how many of our services — productivity, entertainment, and home/utility — are tied up with a single, proprietary provider.