News & Updates

Bug Fix: Twitter Fixed by: Admin
September 2 2010

Due to some recent changes made to Twitter's Development API, it seems that for the last few days, updates had not been properly posting to our GEUpdate Twitter. This has now been corrected!

Other: New Provider: Cricket by: Admin
August 25 2010

We are pleased to announce that Cricket has been officially added to the list of GEUpdate supported carriers. Users using this provider can locate it under the "United States" category under the Account Information page and should select it when setting up SMS notifications.

Bug Fix: Custom Item Tracking Glitch by: Admin
August 23 2010

It seems that due to some recent changes made to the Grand Exchange, items were not able to be added to our custom item tracking system quite as planned. This bug has now fixed. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Other: Website Issues by: Admin
August 22 2010

We have just received word from our data center in Colorado that one of the bandwidth providers used by GEUpdate is having some problems in terms of connectivity. Traffic is currently being rerouted through other providers while the issue (Upstream) is resolved. As a result of this, you may experience slow load times when attempting to access GEUpdate.com. Rest assured, the issue will be resolved as soon as possible. Notification services are unaffected by this technical blip.

New Feature: Code Improvements by: Admin
August 20 2010

Careful readers will remember a few weeks ago a little bit of downtime that was experienced due to some server upgrades. Following this period of much needed technical relief, we are pleased to announce a major set of upgrades to the core functionality of the site. While the details are rather uninteresting, users will now experience vast improvements in terms of update detection and notification for both Global updates, and custom items that they [premium members] are tracking. These improvements are (as always) greatly multiplied for Premium users due to a slight variation in coding.

Due to the 'newness' of this mechanism, we are carefully monitoring the situation to ensure that all is working as expected. Thus far, everything seems to be working properly; if you notice something out of the ordinary, please report it :)...


Bug Fix: UpdateScan Sound Alert by: Admin
August 12 2010

Just a quick note to let our premium members know that a bug which prevented the sound notification (both on Preview and while running UpdateScan) from functioning properly has now been patched. It seems the sound file got lost in the shuffle of the server maintenance. Thank you to those of you who reported this so we could get it fixed as soon as possible!

Also, be sure to have a media player such as Quicktime (ships with iTunes) installed to ensure that browsers such as Firefox (which requires an extension now, it seems) can play the .wav file correctly. Other browsers do not require this extra step. Documentation will be updated soon to reflect this new change.

Bug Fix: Whoops! by: Admin
August 11 2010

If you happened to be wandering around GEUpdate.com at 2pm-ish PDT today, you may have noticed some strange mysql errors caused by some mysqld configuration testing. The errors were only visible for a few moments, so you may not have noticed them. In the event that you did, please accept our apologies! Everything is back in proper working order.

Other: Server by: Admin
August 8 2010

Greetings All! After a bit of a delay this afternoon, GEUpdate is back online and running. A few things are down as we continue to iron out a few of the remaining issues. We're actively monitoring as much as we can to ensure that things are working properly. However, if you notice something out of the ordinary, please shoot us an email so that we can look at it. There is only so many eyes around here :). Thanks for being so patient! This move was absolutely necessary, and will open the door to tons of improvements in the very-near future.

Bug Fix: Website Loadtime Improvements by: Admin
August 7 2010

After a bit of tweaking around with some server settings, we've managed to significantly lower the amount of time it takes to load GEUpdate.com. Also, as was previously mentioned, tomorrow we're bringing our new server online. Because of this, there may be a little bit of downtime. However, we're coordinating as best we can with our Colorado data center to minimize this and any other transition issues.

Bug Fix: CIT Fixed by: Admin
August 6 2010

There was a bit of a bug with Custom Item Tracking feature that prevented it from executing properly, this has now been fixed. We've gone ahead and silenced the notifications for today (so they don't send 10 hours late). They will, however, commence at the next update cycle. Please accept our apologies. Thanks also to those of you whom reported it so that it could be fixed as soon as possible.