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113 million people use Google's free email system 'GMail'

Google’s free email service ‘GMail’ was down for 2.5 hrs and went off line at approx 09:30 GMT.

Google have apologised for the outage stating that they do not know what caused the problem but are looking it what the root problem was as a priority.

There is independent evidence that the service was down for up to 4hrs for some users.

In a statement posted on its official Google blog it said: “We’re really sorry about this, and we did do everything to restore access as soon as we could.”.

It said its engineers were still investigating the “root cause” of the problem.

“We know how important GMail is to our users so we take this very seriously,” it added.

“The majority are now able to access their e-mail accounts again and we’re hoping to have service restored for the remainder very soon.”

A legal claim by a Pittsburgh couple that Google’s Street View feature violated their privacy has been thrown out by a federal judge.

Christine and Aaron Boring sued the search giant after photos of their home appeared on the free mapping program.

The couple accused Google of privacy violation, negligence, trespassing and unjust enrichment.

In her ruling, Judge Amy Reynolds Hay said the Borings “failed to state a claim under any count”.

“We are pleased the judge agreed the suit was without merit,” said Google in a statement to the BBC.

Street View displays street level, 360-degree photographs of areas taken by specially equipped Google vehicles.

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The photographs at the centre of the lawsuit, launched last year, were taken at the foot of Mr and Mrs Boring’s driveway and shows their house, a pool area and detached garage. Signs marked the road as private.

The suit alleged that Google’s Street View had caused Mr and Mrs Boring “mental suffering” and diluted the value of their home.

Click here to read this entire article on the BBC’s website.