Scattered Gmail outages resolved

Issues with Google\'s Gmail service that prevented some users from accessing their e-mail accounts Tuesday afternoon have been fixed, the search giant said. \"The problem with Google Mail should be resolved,\" Google said in a note on its Apps Status Dashboard. \"Please rest assured that system reliability is a top priority at Google, and we are making continuous improvements to make our systems better.\" Google\'s first acknowledged the problem as of 12:42 p.m. EST, noting that the issue affected less than 2 percent of users. We\'re aware that some users are experiencing an error when accessing their Gmail,\" a Google spokesman told FoxNews.com. \"We’ve implemented a fix and users should be able to access their mail shortly. We apologize for the inconvenience.\" The brief outage nevertheless lasted long enough to affect many users -- even Justin Bieber.