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Maine COVID grant program’s website crashes on 1st day

Posted on December 3, 2020 / by [email protected]_84 /

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An online portal designed to help Maine’s hospitality and tourism businesses obtain grants crashed on Thursday, the day it was scheduled to start taking applications.

Business owners reported problems with the portal after it opened at 9 a.m., the Portland Press Herald reported. The Maine Department of Economic and Community Development shut down the application less than two hours after it opened.

The portal will be open for applications again starting Friday morning, the department said.

The tool allows businesses to apply for up to $20,000 in grants as part of a $40 million aid program announced by Democratic Gov. Janet Mills earlier in the week.

In other virus news in Maine:

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NEW CASES

The surge of COVID-19 is continuing in Maine with the daily number of coronavirus cases topping 300 for the first time Thursday.

There were 346 new cases reported over the

Debenhams website crashes as shoppers line up for fire sale

Posted on December 2, 2020 / by [email protected]_84 /

Debenhams store window with a sale sign — Shoppers have lined up to get bargains from the collapsing chain

One million Debenhams customers were stuck in huge virtual queues on Tuesday after the shop offered 70% off in a ‘fire sale’.

The department store chain has become the latest high street casualty and will be liquidated in the New Year after rescue talks with JD Sport fell through.

The 242-year-old company said its administrators have ‘regretfully’ decided to start winding down operations in a move that puts 12,000 jobs at risk.

Debenhams has said it will open its 124 stores with a fire sale of its stock on Wednesday, when retailers will be allowed to reopen for the first time since the national lockdown was introduced on November 5.

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The sale has already started online, with the website crashing this morning due to high volumes of traffic.

Government website to show what tier you are in crashes

Posted on November 26, 2020 / by [email protected]_84 /

The government postcode checker designed to show people what tier they will be in today crashed just minutes after going live.

a screenshot of a tree

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Social media users shared issues with the site as many flocked online to see the latest lockdown information.

People putting in their postcode this morning were told: “Sorry, we’re experiencing technical difficulties. Please try again in a few moments.”

The checker was on the website at around 11am, just half an hour before Health Secretary Matt Hancock was due to give further details on the tier-system to the House of Commons.

Ahead of announcement on which tiers different parts of England will be placed in, Gov website is now crashing with 502 error 🙃 https://t.co/1OedfSmXeO

— Charlie Bayliss (@charliebayliss_) November 26, 2020

The government’s check your tier website has gone live and has already crashed under the weight of traffic, but is still able

PS5: Website crashes and delivery delays as new console is released

Posted on November 20, 2020 / by [email protected]_84 /

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From delivery delays to breaking the internet, the launch of the PlayStation 5 has left some gamers disappointed.

The PS5 has been described as a “new era for gaming” by maker Sony, with the new system promising higher-quality graphics and faster loading times.

But demand for the new PlayStation has meant almost every website selling the console crashed at some point, leaving many people unable to actually buy the PS5 on its release day.

Shops such as John Lewis, Amazon and Tesco started selling the new PlayStation online from Thursday morning with customers able to buy the machine for a short time until the websites stopped working. Each retailer is now listing the console as ‘out of stock’.

Were you lucky enough to un-box a brand new PlayStation 5 today? Let us know in the comments.

John Lewis

John Lewis was among the shops that have

Naked Wines Website Crashes Under Christmas Lockdown Strain

Posted on November 19, 2020 / by [email protected]_84 /

(Bloomberg) — Locked down shoppers have taken less than a week to snap up all Naked Wines Plc’s U.K. Christmas offers, crashing the retailer’s website in the process.

Promotional packs containing items such as bottles of wine and olive oil sold out in about three to four days, according to Chief Financial Officer and U.K. Managing Director James Crawford. In a normal year, this would have taken two or three weeks, he said. Such was the demand, the Naked Wines website went down for about 40 minutes on Nov. 12.

“People are expecting to be buying online,” Crawford said in an interview after Naked Wines reported first-half results and increased its forecast of full-year sales growth. “They know that it’s going to be challenging because of courier and warehouse capacity and all of that stuff. And actually they’re making sure that they get their order in early.”

chart: Naked Wines shares surge as consumers buy more wine online

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Naked

Currys sell out on PS5 launch and John Lewis website crashes in race for console stock

Posted on November 19, 2020 / by [email protected]_84 /

rustrated PlayStation 5 fans have hit out online as Currys sold out of the much-hyped console and scalpers on eBay sell it for a vastly inflated price.

eBay users are currently selling pre-orders for the console for around £1,000 after getting ahead of the queue as retailers released their stock through this morning.

John Lewis’ website crashed as they launched the PS5 at 8am with desperate shoppers smashing their refresh button in attempt to claim the console.

Game, Currys and Tesco’s websites have all crashed this morning as eager shoppers scramble to get their hands on a PlayStation 5.

PS5 orders have once again been thrown into chaos as the country’s largest retailers’ websites struggle to handle the spike in traffic as the console officially goes on sale in the UK.

At the time of writing John Lewis’ website, which was due to begin selling PS5 stock at 8am,

Ohio website crashes as small businesses, others apply for pandemic aid

Posted on November 3, 2020 / by [email protected]_84 /

COLUMBUS (WCMH) – Applications for nearly $420 million in CARES Act funding caused a state website to crash and some major delays Monday.

Monday at 10 a.m. was the first chance local businesses, individuals, and organizations could apply to receive some financial help incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.

For many small business owners, it was a morning of frustrations.

Small businesses have been waiting for some relief.

Quinn Allen owns three businesses in Columbus and said he jumped online as soon as applications were being accepted, but he didn’t actually get to submit his application until six hours later.

“Initially, we kind of expected a Black Friday-type deal,” Allen said. “It’s free money, so people are going after it. We couldn’t get in, the site crashed. It went down and it was hard getting in.”

After the Strand Bookstore Announces Plight, Their Website Crashes

Posted on October 23, 2020 / by [email protected]_84 /

New York’s globally beloved bookstore The Strand announced they’ve seen a 70 percent drop in revenue from COVID, and since, their website has crashed. It appears the blank white web page may come after readers everywhere tried to show support for the business in their time of need.

Newsweek noticed the site was down shortly after the announcement by the Strand Book Store on Instagram and Twitter, which asked for readers to purchase store merchandise in hopes of upping revenue.

We have survived so much in the past 93 years, and we are ready to fight against all odds to keep The Strand alive, but we cannot do it without book lovers like you.

— Strand Book Store (@strandbookstore) October 23, 2020

ð£ We need your help. This is the post we hoped to never write, but today marks a huge turning point in The Strand’s history. Our revenue

Overwhelming demand for Apple’s latest flagship lineup crashes website

Posted on October 19, 2020 / by [email protected]_84 /

The iPhone 12 launch last week was met with mixed opinions when Apple finally confirmed what rumours have hinted about for the past several months. Similar to what it did for the Apple Watch SE and Apple Watch Series 6, all four of its latest handset models will ship without a charger. Moreover, the EarPods are likewise not included. This reportedly left most consumers dismayed, but it seems the demand for the new devices say otherwise as the official website went down shortly after preorders started.

According to the manufacturer, its decision to omit the aforementioned accessories was in line with an initiative that aims to help the environment. They argued that most buyers will likely have spare chargers or earphones from their older devices.

However, this was met with criticism after tech industry analysts pointed out that users who are new to Apple’s ecosystem will be forced to purchase

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