The
short story: This morning at 2:54 am PDT Twitter was notified of a
security exploit that surfaced about a half hour before that, and we
immediately went to work on fixing it. By 7:00 am PDT, the primary issue
was solved. And, by 9:15 am PDT, a more minor but related issue tied to
hovercards was also fixed.
Facebook Blames Outage On Database Failure
Facebook
officials said the lengthy outage that hit the site Thursday was the
result of a glitch in the social media network's database software.
"The key flaw that caused this outage to be so severe was an
unfortunate handling of an error condition," said Robert Johnson,
Facebook's director of software engineering, in a blog post.
Netflix apologizes for using actors to meet press at Canadian launch
Video-streaming website Netflix Inc. closed
down a Toronto street Wednesday and attracted dozens of onlookers for a
splashy launch to promote its highly anticipated foray into Canada.
Problem is, many of those in the crowd were actors who were paid to be
there. Many of the “extras” on hand were interviewed by journalists, who
didn't realize they weren't real consumers interested in the product.
Friended for $100 Million
Mark Zuckerberg,
the 26-year-old founder and chief executive of Facebook Inc., plans to
announce a donation of up to $100 million to the Newark schools this
week, in a bold bid to improve one of the country's worst performing
public school systems.
Newark spends about $22,000 a year
on each of its 40,000 pupils, but only about half of its students
graduate. Of those who do, only one-fifth go on to four-year colleges.
More than 85% of the Newark students at community colleges need remedial
help in math and English.
