Google applications including Hangout, YouTube are down

A number of Google applications including Gmail, hangouts and YouTube seem to be facing issues as a number of users are not able to access them.

Preliminary information available shows that a number of services from Google are down currently.

Users have taken to twitter and put screenshots of them not being able to access these services.

The services have crashed for many users worldwide.

A Google spokesperson said the company is looking at the issue.

Gmail is the most used free email service globally with over 1.5 billion users. Google drive is the storage service for individual accounts on the cloud.

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​When Google went offline

According to a report by NYT, internet users worldwide received a jarring reminder on Monday about just how reliant they are on Google, when the Silicon Valley giant suffered a major outage for about an hour, sending many of its most popular services offline.