Tag archive: offline

Spotify rumors and speculation have dominated the last few months. The service is all the rage in Europe and has been rumored to be coming to the United States. Well, after extended talks with U.S. record labels, Spotify is now here, sort of. If you're extremely excited, you can sign up for a Spotify Premium or Unlimited account right now for $4.99 per month (and up). But if you're more like us, you're probably used to new… Read More

What do you do when the hobby that occupied all of your time is taken away? You fire up a good ole' class-action lawsuit, of course. A group of Star Wars Galaxies players, upset about the closure of the eight year-old MMORPG are claiming that Sony is silencing their many cries out for help on the SWG forum, deleting and locking posts that demand the game become free-to-play or stay open somehow. Due to the impending launch of Star Wars:… Read More

For millions of businesses and people, Skype is a vital way to contact others. Midday Wednesday it went down…and stayed down. In a blog post today (Thursday), Peter Parkes of Skype says that the system is up for about 5 million users, but two-thirds of Skype users cannot connect, meaning 12 million people have been disconnected for a full day. The problem, Parkes says, stems from a software issue affecting what the company calls… Read More

The rumors about Gmail’s offline availability have been circulating for months, and finally they’re coming true. Google announced yesterday that users will be able to access Gmail offline. However, many people won’t necessarily be able to take all their inboxes offline with them; much will depend on the size. Instead the company has developed algorithms to determine which of the messages should be downloaded. Rajen… Read More