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Snapjoy photo sharing service shut down following Dropbox aquisition

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Snapjoy photo sharing service shut down following Dropbox aquisition

Snapjoy has announced that it'll be shuttering all of its services a mere six months after being acquired by cloud colossus Dropbox. In a blog post, the company said photos can no longer be imported into Snapjoy and the iPhone app is henceforth unavailable. If you've got images stored on the site, you'll have exactly a month to get them downloaded, since after July 24th, "all photos and data will be permanently deleted." The same thing happened to Audiogalaxy shortly after its acquisition by Dropbox, and of course other big fish like Google and Twitter are well known for similar behavior after eating smaller fish -- though at least we saw the #Music fruits of Twitter's buyout shortly after it happened. On the other hand, we've yet to see Dropbox do anything with Audiogalaxy, so we hope the defunct apps will be resurrected in some form soon.

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Microsoft's 'Project Mountain' puts $700 million into data center powering Xbox One and Office 365 cloud

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Microsoft's 'Project Mountain' puts $700 million into data center powering Xbox One and Office 365

Microsoft really, really doesn't want your Xbox One's online services going offline. In a near $700 million investment ($677.6 million), the company's opening a new data center in Iowa specifically aimed at powering Xbox Live and Office 365. Microsoft's Christian Belady told Iowa's Des Moines Register that the data center "supports the growing demand for Microsoft's cloud services" -- a much lauded function of both the Xbox One and Office 365. Alongside the $700 million investment, the company's getting a $6 million tax rebate from the state to move in, effective for five years. As for Microsoft's cloud, we'll assuredly hear more about it -- for both Xbox One and Office 365 -- this week at Build.

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Edward Snowden stops off in Moscow with US extradition request snapping at his heels

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Edward Snowden stops off in Moscow, US extradition demand snaps at his heels

Even if he anticipated the risks involved in turning whisteblower, Edward Snowden can't have imagined the rushed, convoluted journey he'd have to take to avoid the full wrath of the US government. First to Hong Kong; most recently to Moscow, and perhaps soon to Ecuador (via Cuba and Venezuela) where he has apparently made a request for asylum. Strongly worded demands for his capture have followed every step of the way, with the White House National Security Council expressing "disappointment" that Hong Kong allowed Snowden to flee and now urging Russia (which has no formal extradition treaty with America) to "expel Mr. Snowden back to the US to face justice for the crimes with which he is charged." In an effort to help the fugitive navigate the maze of diplomatic fault lines, WikiLeaks has stepped up to say that its own legal advisors are "escorting" Snowden towards his final destination, likely making use of the knowledge they gained while protecting Julian Assange, and that it sees US efforts to arrest him as an "assault against the people."

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Telefonica to sell its Irish operations to Three for $1.1 billion

TELEFONICA AGREES THE SALE OF ITS OPERATING BUSINESS IN IRELAND TO HUTCHI SON WHAMPOA FOR 850 MILLION EUROS

This transaction is part of Telefónica's policy of proactive management of its asset portfolio and the initiatives to increase the company's financial flexibility.

Madrid, 24th June 2013 - Telefónica today reached an agreement with Three, the Irish subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa, to sell its 100% stake in Telefónica Ireland. This transaction – which is subject, among other conditions, to obtaining the relevant competition approvals – will create a new competitive dynamic in the Irish market.

The total consideration for the acquisition is 850 million euros, with 780 million euros in cash payable on completion and a further additional deferred payment of 70 million euros dependent upon achievement of agreed financial objectives.

This transaction is part of Telefónica's ongoing policy of proactive management of its asset portfolio with the aim of increasing the company's financial flexibility. Without considering the additional deferred payment it is expected that this agreement will reduce Telefónica's net debt position by approximately 780 million euros, accelerating Telefónica's deleveraging process and bringing the Company closer to its stated goal to reach a net debt level below 47 billion euros ($62 billion) in 2013.


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Parents who sued Apple over in-app purchases can now claim compensation

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Parents who sued Apple over inapp purchases can now claim compensation

Apple's dedicated "in-app purchases litigation administrator" has had a busy few days. According to CNET, he or she has been emailing some important news to the 23 million parents who've been involved in a long-running class action lawsuit over in-app purchases racked up by their kids. The email says that individual claims for compensation can now be sent to Cupertino as per the terms of the original settlement back in February. Disputed transactions under $30 will qualify for a nominal $5 iTunes voucher, while bigger bills may be fully refunded in cash -- but only for strings of purchases made within 45 days of each other, back when there were no repeat password requests or disclaimers to get in a seven-year-old's way. There's a deadline of January 13th, 2014 for at least some types of claim, by which point Apple's litigation administrator may well find themselves diverted to another urgent case.

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'Bing for Schools' tailors Microsoft's search engine to K-12, cuts ads and filters adult content

Calling All Schools: Join The Bing For Schools Program!
People search in many different places, for many different things. And while we tend to talk about Bing as one search engine, it is a little more like a Swiss Army knife, responding to different contexts and intents to provide the best possible results to help people find and do what they need.

Today, we're announcing a new initiative to give one context in particular a special treatment: we're helping our nation's schools to teach digital literacy skills. Starting later this year, Bing For Schoolswill offer schools in the U.S. the option to tailor the Bing experience for K-12 students by removing all advertisements from search results, enhancing privacy protections and the filtering of adult content, and adding specialized learning features to enhance digital literacy.

The program is completely voluntary: schools have the choice of participating or keeping the normal Bing experience. For those that opt-in, Bing will enable the experience across all searches from within the school's network on Bing.com, without any need for special software or a different search address. And of course, Bing For Schools is free for any school or districts wishing to participate.

While we aren't ready to go into too much detail, as we're still finalizing what will be available in the first iteration, here are a few things you can likely expect:

Keeping Our Kids Focused on Learning:As a country, we've set schools aside as a special place that is focused on learning, and have traditionally kept advertising out of that environment. Bing For Schools removes ads from the search experience, keeping with our strong belief that schools are for learning and not selling.

Protecting Our Kids:Bing already offers the ability to filter out adult content with SafeSearch, but with Bing For Schools, SafeSearch will automatically default to the strict setting and remove kids ability to change it.

Educating Our Kids: In addition to the beautiful Bing homepage images, which feature hotspots that encourage exploration of new and unexpected topics, Bing For Schools will offer short lesson plans that teach digital literacy skills that are related to search and tied to the Common Core. For example, thispicture of a sloth might be coupled with the question "How many sloths could live in one square mile of jungle?" and a lesson helping students use search tools and critical thinking to find potential answers.

As we look to begin another school year, we'll make more information available. For now, interested educators and parents can find out more at Bing.com/schoolsand register to receive updates and information on how they can encourage their school to participate and support the program.

Microsoft employs thousands of parents, so you can imagine that we're very passionate about the Bing For Schools program. The Microsoft Partners in Learningnetwork has allowed us to provide high-quality programs to educators for years, and we are excited for Bing For Schools to add to that work. We see the program as something we can build alongside teachers, parents, and visionaries to create the best possible search experience for our children, and will continue to update you with new information as we work towards our launch later this year.

-Matt Wallaert, Bing Behavioral Scientist (and former teacher)


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