Google have concluded that the two hour Gmail shut down on Tuesday was the result of a miscalculation regarding the capacity of its system. Millions of Gmail users checking in for entertainment news to business updates were left stranded. The problem was caused by a classic cascade in which servers were jammed with traffic in rapid succession. Google say that, the problem began when it took several Gmail servers offline for maintenance, a routine procedure that normally is transparent to users. However, the twist this time around was that Google had made certain modifications to the routers that direct Gmail traffic to servers with the intentions of improving reliability. These slight modifications obviously backfired and cost Google dearly. In a statement posted  [...]

The working of The Google Maps My Location is quite interesting and also familiar if you have the GPS feature enabled in Google Maps on your mobile phone and aware of the reassuring, pulsating blue dot on the map that represents you wherever you go. Google Latitude is now essentially letting you share that blue dot with anyone you like. The facility is very similar to the iPhone’s built-in-geo tools, but the dynamic feature is that for this magnificent service, you don’t need to have an iPhone. Even with your Android, Blackberry, Symbian S60, and any Windows Mobile, you can cherish this amazingly astonishing facility. Even for your PC or laptop, there is an iGoogle gadget. The Google Maps’ My Location uses the signals from nearby cell phone towers to plot the exact location of yours. The location is shared by the Latitudes. The facility is not restricted to just  [...]