網路搜尋引擎龍頭「谷歌」（Google）16日晚大當機，旗下所有服務停擺1至5分鐘，網路專家指出，雖然時間很短，但這段期間全球網路流量大減40%。
「谷歌」表示，它的整個系統一度全部當掉，從搜尋引擎、電郵信箱Gmail、影音分享網站YouTube到雲端硬碟Google Drive，所有服務全都中斷1至5分鐘，但谷歌拒絕詳細說問題發生的原因。網路分析業者GoSquared表示，谷歌當機期間，全球網路流量下降40%，顯示谷歌在網路世界舉足輕重，網友十分依賴谷歌。
谷歌系統掛點時，網友在推特（Tweeter）關於谷歌的推文，從平常的每分鐘平均200則暴增至逾1000則。其中一名網友在推文中哀嚎：「谷歌當掉5分鐘…這是世界末日降臨的徵兆嗎？」
Google Apps狀態資訊主頁也顯示所有服務中斷的訊息，其中受影響的用戶可以登入Gmail，但只能看到錯誤訊息。谷歌後來傳出的訊息指出，使用者傳送至谷歌的要求有50%至70%發生錯誤，大部分服務在1分鐘後修復，4分鐘後完全恢復正常。
專家估計，這次影響規模前所未聞的大當機，讓谷歌損失約33萬英鎊（約台幣1540萬元）。
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Alibaba Invests In ShopRunner, Amazon.com Rival
Chinese
e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. recently agreed to what
could be a major investment in website ShopRunner Inc., a U.S.-based
competitor to Amazon.com Inc.AMZN -0.58% in offering two-day shipping, according to people familiar with the deal.
Along with the investment, Alibaba executive vice chairman Joe Tsai, will join ShopRunner’s board of directors, said the people, who asked not to be named because the deal hasn’t yet been announced. ShopRunner, with headquarters in San Mateo, Calif., offers unlimited two-day delivery from nearly 80 retailers including Toys “R” Us Inc. and RadioShack Corp.RSH +1.75%
For Alibaba, it marks at least the second investment in a U.S. e-commerce company in recent months. In June, Alibaba invested in Fanatics Inc., which like ShopRunner is owned by Kynetic LLC, as part of a $170 million funding round that valued the sports apparel retailer at $3.1 billion.
Discussions with ShopRunner recently centered around an investment of about $70 million, said a person familiar with the deal, though the exact terms couldn’t be learned.
Alibaba is eyeing an initial public offering that, analysts say, could value the company at $70 billion, making it among the world’s largest IPOs.
An Alibaba spokesman declined to comment.
Along with the investment, Alibaba executive vice chairman Joe Tsai, will join ShopRunner’s board of directors, said the people, who asked not to be named because the deal hasn’t yet been announced. ShopRunner, with headquarters in San Mateo, Calif., offers unlimited two-day delivery from nearly 80 retailers including Toys “R” Us Inc. and RadioShack Corp.RSH +1.75%
For Alibaba, it marks at least the second investment in a U.S. e-commerce company in recent months. In June, Alibaba invested in Fanatics Inc., which like ShopRunner is owned by Kynetic LLC, as part of a $170 million funding round that valued the sports apparel retailer at $3.1 billion.
Discussions with ShopRunner recently centered around an investment of about $70 million, said a person familiar with the deal, though the exact terms couldn’t be learned.
Alibaba is eyeing an initial public offering that, analysts say, could value the company at $70 billion, making it among the world’s largest IPOs.
An Alibaba spokesman declined to comment.
Apple Planning Maintenance On Developer Site After Hack
In an email to developers late Friday evening, Apple said it would be taking the site offline beginning at 9 p.m. ET, “for brief scheduled maintenance,” without elaborating further. ”During this time the developer website and developer program services will be offline,” the email read.
The maintenance comes less than a month after Apple’s developer site was hacked, during which the company said an intruder attempted to secure personal information from the website, which houses pre-release software, technology for testing new programs and information about how to code applications for the company’s various products. Apple is currently completing work on new versions of its iOS mobile operating system and its Mac software, both expected to be released in the coming months.
Following the attack, Apple created a dashboard for developers so that they could keep track of which Apple systems were functioning at any given time. Other companies, such as Google, offer a similar dashboard for customers as a way to alert them of any issues that might be affecting large swaths of customers.
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