Another widespread outage takes down Twitter and AWS
(Android Central)

Nearly 50,000 Twitter users and counting have complained that their app or web version is down. What you need to know It appears that Twitter is experiencing a widespread outage as of 9 A.M. PT on Friday. Downdetector is also reporting spikes in outages for other sites and services like AWS and Facebook, though at a much smaller scale. We`ve confirmed the outage is taking place across the U.S. and in the UK thus far. Is Twitter down for you? You`re not alone. Starting at 12 ET on Friday, February 11, both the Twitter website and app have crashed for a large number of users. As of publication, Downdetector lists over 45,000 users who report an issue with the service. About 50% of the complaints refer to the Twitter web version and 40% to the app. Some of our staff have noticed the site is down for them, but that the Twitter app is still live. On a smaller but still-significant scale, a spike of 500 users report a recent AWS outage on Downdetector. Facebook, Whatsapp, and even...