Tens of thousands Gmail users found their accounts were, well, missing today in what Google calls an issue that affected "less than 0.02%" of its user base." The issue was noted by the tech giant yesterday at 3 p.m., and there hasn't been an update on the Google Dashboard since 10 p.m. What are the afflicted doing? Well, one Brooklyn woman is getting sympathy from her coworkers—not to mention amazement from her friends, "I'm like a unicorn. They're like 'wow, you're one of the people.' I feel like I won the unlucky lottery or something." more ›

So there's this great game called Facebook, and it's very popular with widget nerds and teachers who want to flirt with their students. But the name of the game this game plays is what-have-you-innovated-for-me-lately, so the company has been working on a top-semi-secret Project Titan, which will take the game to a level at which no game has ever been played before nor will ever be played again. On Monday, the fruits of that project are expected to be unveiled—Facebook will announce their new internet-based email service designed to compete against Gee-mail. The biggest innovation is said to be the "priority inbox," which will undoubtedly improve the way we live in such a way that the way we live now will cease to seem like any sort of way for anyone to ever have lived. more ›

Last month a judge ordered Google to reveal the e-mail and IP address of the person behind the Skanks in NYC blog, a Blogger site (owned by Google) dedicated to trashing former model Liskula Cohen. Now, besides the blogger's lawsuit against Google for unmasking her, the company has to defend itself against yet another skank-inspired court filing. Holiday Image, a Queens company that creates Christmas displays, is suing Google to identify an impostor who sent a defamatory e-mail to its biggest client, the Gap. The lawsuit says someone opened a Gmail account under the name of Holiday Image's CEO, Matthew Schwam, and e-mailed Gap, badmouthing the retailer's employees as "airhead California people" who are "in they're [sic] own little world." The e-mail also said Holiday Image cheated Gap out of $100,000, and was being investigated by the IRS. It's unclear why an individual pretending to be Schwam would conclude the e-mail by writing, "There are other moral and un-criminal vendors out there. Explore your options!" But Holiday Image wants a preliminary injunction preventing Google from deleting any records related to the Gmail account, so that it can sue the e-mailer for defamation. more ›

Since GMail and its Apps For Domain are both down, we recommend you go get a coffee or take a walk around the block so you don't drive yourself crazy with how annoying it is. (According to the Google Mail Status page, "We're aware of a problem with Google Mail affecting a majority of users. The affected users are unable to access Google Mail. We will provide an update by September 1, 2009 4:53:00 PM UTC-4 detailing when we expect to resolve the problem. Please note that this resolution time is an estimate and may change.") Or you can look at this TechCrunch post about the downtime and enjoy the back and forth comments about how Google blew it and how people should stop their bitching because it's a free service. more ›