Gadgets
Worldwide outage hits Facebook: Report
London, Jan 26 (IANS) Facebook is up and running for most users after a massive worldwide outage hit the social networking site on Thursday, the media reported.
The issue seemed to have started just before 1 pm (ET), Daily Mail reported citing DownDetector which tracks issues and outages with various kinds of services.
While users in the US were hit the hardest, many people in Mexico and in parts of South America could not log onto the site for hours.
The outage also affected some parts of Europe, with reports showing that the site was down in parts of the UK and Germany.
The problem affected both desktop and app users.
Many users of the site took to Twitter to check if the problem was global and also to express their frustration.
“When Facebook goes down, i go to twitter to see if it is the real deal. Yes, I’m not the only one with #facebookdown,” one Twitter user wrote.
More than 1,800 Facebook users reported that the site was not working around 1 pm, with around 43 per cent indicating they werre experiencing a “total blackout”.
There were also scattered reports of outages in India, Malaysia, and Indonesia, although the problem in these regions did not appear to be widespread, The Independent reported.
–IANS
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Business
Apple is giving a huge discount on its gadgets: Details inside
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Amazon Summer Sale May 2022: Discount offer on iPhone 13
Apple’s coveted phone model iPhone 13 in the 128 GB storage model will be available during the Amazon Summer Sale May 2022 for Rs 64,900. The MRP of the phone is Rs 79,900. This means that the customers will be able to enjoy a discount of up to Rs 15,000 on the purchase of the iPhone 13.
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Features of Apple iPhone 13
The iPhone is powered by an A15 Bionic processor with 6 core CPU. Apart from this, it has 16 core neural engines. With the iPhone 13, up to 512 GB of storage will be available. The iPhone 13 has a 6.1-inch Retina XDR display with 1000 nits brightness.
The iPhone 13 has a 12-megapixel dual rear camera setup. This time a new wide-angle camera has been given, whose aperture is f/1.6. With this, there is support for sensor optical stabilisation. Night mode has been made better than before. The second lens is also 12 megapixels ultra-wide and has an aperture of f/2.4.