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Microsoft killing off some of its MSN apps, Photosynth app, this fall

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Microsoft has a bunch of content aggregator apps under the MSN brand (and before that, the Bing brand): News, Weather, Sports, Money, Health & Fitness, Food & Drink, and Travel. These apps run on Windows 8, Windows Phone, iOS, and Android.

Three of the apps are being shut down later this year: Travel, Food & Drink, and Health & Fitness. In a statement, Microsoft said that it would continue to work on the apps with “broad consumer appeal,” indicating that the problem with these three is that they simply weren’t used enough. The company says that nobody will be losing their jobs.

The Food & Drink and Travel apps will be discontinued on September 28. Oddly, Health & Fitness will be discontinued a little later; it lives on until November 1.

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Why killing Google Glass could ultimately save it

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Google’s ambitious Glass program has languished in the market since its release, eliciting a largely negative response from a skeptical public. Still, few likely expected the company to step back from the technology so soon.

Google announced today that the Explorer program, through which it originally made the Glass devices available only to the select few developers it deemed qualified, will be shut down by Monday, January 19th. The Glass team promised that it will continue developing the technology, but declined to provide any details other than that the public will “start to see future versions of Glass when they’re ready.”

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Google Under Fire For Quietly Killing Critical Android Security Updates For … – Forbes

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Google Under Fire For Quietly Killing Critical Android Security Updates For …
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Android Security Apps That Keep You Safe Without Killing Your Battery – Lifehacker

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Android Security Apps That Keep You Safe Without Killing Your Battery
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If you've been thinking about installing a mobile security tool for your Android phone or tablet but you're worried about the impact it may have on your battery, the folks at AV-Comparatives have some good news for you. They tested 16 different mobile …

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