…of the blackout, one of the worst to hit the country in more than a decade. A massive power outage has caused disruption across northern India, including in the capital, Delhi The outage happened at 02:30 local time on Monday after India’s Northern Grid network collapsed. Monday morning saw travel chaos engulf the region with thousands of passengers stranded when train services were disrup…
BlackBerry users in the entire world continue to have disruptions in service for a third consecutive day North American subscribers seem to be affected as well. All those who use Customers using Research In Motion’s BlackBerry smartphones in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa had troubles accessing the e-mail, using messaging and Web surfing on Monday. On Tuesday things got better w…
The unusual October snowstorm in North East US sent trees and branches crashing down on electrical wires and equipment across the states. In Connecticut, all of the 149 cities and towns served by Connecticut Light & Power (CL&P) were affected by the snowstorm. It was reported that about 770,000 CL&P customers were without power earlier this morning due to the snowstorm, surpassing the…
…worldwide anger of millions of customer who were unable to access email, surf the web or use the BlackBerry Messenger service within three-day outage last week. The BlackBerry outage began on October 10 and services were only fully restored by Thursday, October 13. The problem began as a minor inconvenience on Monday, but had turned into an fiasco by Tuesday morning as problems spread throughout…
San Diego blackout: power restored for all 1.4 million SDG&E customers. More than 4 million people across a large swath of Southern California and Mexico have been left without power on Thursday after an utility worker doing maintenance near Yuma, Arizona, triggered a massive blackout that jammed roads, closed schools and businesses, grounded planes. After the utility worker triggers a chai…
Southern California and Mexico massive blackout . More than 4 million without power. San Diego Gas & Electric announced Friday 4:30 a.m that have had power restored for all 1.4 million customers, after 13 hours from massive outage struck. San Diego Gas & Electric vice president, Dave Geier said 100 substations are back on line. “The 100% return occurred about an hour before the ne…
…h translates to approximately 5.25 million people. Google has not explained why the service was disrupted for over an hour yesterday. Some customers were unable to read, send or receive emails between 12:42 p.m. and 1:46 p.m. EST on Tuesday. After signing into a Gmail account, users were seeing an error message that read: “Temporary Error 500.” After signing into a Gmail account, users were seein…
Millions of New Yorkers will still be without power for another 10 days as city’s power supplier ConEd continues to fix overhead power wires. Electricity is expected to be restored to the main island of Manhattan by Saturday, however, since the area is largely run by an underground power network that is easier to fix than the downed electrical lines. While utility company Consolidated Ediso…
…d delays. It remains unclear how many of the 70 million BlackBerry subscribers have been affected by the outage, but many have vented their frustrations on Twitter. BlackBerry outage started at around 11:00 a.m. on Monday….
…lion people in New York City without power. Hurricane Sandy swept a wall of churning sea water and driving rain onto a vast swathe of the coastline, flooding the heart of New York and leaving at least 13 dead and millions without power The huge storm stretched over hundreds of miles and paralyzed several major cities as it brought coastal flooding and hurricane-force winds to the densely-populated…
New Yorkers took to the streets last night as Con Ed began restoring power to lower Manhattan after repairing the East 14th Street subway station that exploded when Hurricane Sandy hit on Monday night. Electricity began coming on to more than 65,000 customers in parts of the East Village, SoHo and the Lower East Side at around 6:00 p.m. while thousands of residents in Chelsea and the so-called Ma…
…l allow first responders who are working away from home and those displaced by the storm to cast their ballot. Hurricane Sandy, that barreled down on New Jersey and New York on October 29, has claimed 110 lives, displaced thousands and left millions without power for days. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and his counterpart in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, have been reviewing how to prepare thei…
O2 network problems that hit hundreds of thousands of customers have continued into a second day. The UK leading provider of mobile phones and broadband said its 2G network had now been restored and that customers should now be able to make and receive calls. O2 is advising users to turn off their 3G setting while engineers work to restore that part of the network. The widespread issues began …
…other look at the holiday, by Visa Inc., shows that all Americans – whether traveling or not – will spend an average of $191 on July 4th activities, down from $216 last year. Visa surveyed 1,012 people by telephone. The overwhelming majority of Independence Day travelers plan to drive: 35.5 million people or 84% of travelers according to AAA. As they do, they’ll get a break at th…
As an unusual October snowstorm hit the North East of US, Connecticut Light & Power (CL&P) offers the following safety tips in case of storm. Everybody should be prepared before the storm hits with a “lights-out” kit that includes: A flashlight and extra batteries A battery-operated radio or TV and clock A first-aid kit Containers for water or bottled water Canned food and a…
…Malloy as saying. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s house was one of the 600,000 suffering power cuts in the state. West Milford, New Jersey, about 45 miles (70km) north-west of New York, saw 19 inches of snowfall, and Hillsboro, New Hampshire, saw 21.5 inches. In New York City, a new record for October snowfall was set when 1.3 inches fell in Central Park. Most of the Occupy Wall Street…
The unseasonable snowstorm, which brought up to 30 inches (76 cm) of snow in parts of the US East Coast over the weekend , has been blamed for as many as 19 deaths and millions of homes without power. It was repoerted that power outages in two states exceeded damage wrought by Hurricane Irene. Many schools are closed across the storm’s path, with children in the state of Connecticut warned…
Nigeria: President Goodluck Jonathan declares state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and YobeNigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has declared a state of emergency in three states after a spate of deadly attacks by Islamist militant groups. In a televised…
Somalia famine killed 260,000 people from 2010 to 2012A new report by the UN food agency and the US-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network has found that nearly 260,000 people died during the famine that hit Somalia from…
Cheetah scratches Botswana President Ian Khama on his faceBotswana President Ian Khama needed stitches on his face after being scratched by a cheetah, officials say. The animal was reportedly being fed in its enclosure at an…
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika hospitalized in Paris after suffering mini-strokeAlgerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has suffered a mini-stroke and has been flown to hospital in Paris, the state news agency said. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 76, had a…
Libya: Explosion at French embassy in TripoliA car bomb has exploded outside the French embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli, wounding two guards and causing extensive damage. The blast completely destroyed the…
Blue diamond unearthed at Cullinan mine in South AfricaA rare blue diamond has been unearthed at Cullinan mine in South Africa. The 25.5-carat stone was recovered by Petra Diamonds at its Cullinan mine and is expected to bring…
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