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  • Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp Offline for Hours

    Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp Offline for Hours

    Facebook is having major issues, as the company’s services have been down for hours, as of Monday afternoon.

    Individuals first started reporting issues late Monday morning, with virtually all of Facebook’s major properties impacted, including Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp.

    Downdector.com shows the outage is impacting users all over the world. Surprisingly, there has been little explanation from Facebook, let alone an ETA for a fix, although CTO Mike Schroepfer said the company is experiencing “networking issues.”

  • Facebook Taps Mike Schroepfer to Fill Vacant CTO Position

    Facebook has finally filled its vacant Chief Technology Officer position today, and the job is going to Mike Schroepfer.

    Schroepfer has served as VP of engineering at Facebook since August of 2008. Before that, he worked at Mozilla for three years where he also served as VP of engineering.

    “Mike Schroepfer’s new designation as Facebook’s CTO reflects the unique and important role he plays across the company,” Facebook said in a statement.

    The CTO position had been vacant since last summer, when former tech officer Bret Taylor left Facebook to start his own company. Taylor had joined Facebook in 2009 as the head of platform, having previously helmed FriendFeed.

    [AllThingsD]