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Kim Dotcom’s Megaupload extradition hearing has been delayed again

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by on July 7, 2014 at 3:37 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

As the BBC reports, notorious web entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has had his extradition hearing delayed once again. Despite being accused of what’s thought to be the world’s largest copyright-related crime, authorities have failed to go ahead with an official hearing. Dotcom had his Megaupload empire cut short in 2012, when US authorities found that the website was being used to store and share movies in a way deemed as illegal. Following the closure of the popular file-sharing website, Dotcom’s New Zealand mansion was raided by US and New Zealand authorities for potential leads. An application of extradition was then drawn…

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Brands on Chinese messaging app WeChat can now reach users via its self-serve advertising platform

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by on July 7, 2014 at 3:29 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Asia, Product Updates, wechat

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After WeChat allowed official account owners to set up shop on Weixin — the version of its popular messaging app offered in China — it is now offering even more options by opening up access to its advertising platform (as first spotted by Tech in Asia). The system is still in open beta and only open to official accounts with more than 100,000 followers, which lets WeChat gather feedback and make necessary improvements. The ads within Weixin will be in the form of a text link at the bottom of an official account page that users already follow (which they have to click through to read),…

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MTV creates a new social media-powered music-video chart

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by on July 7, 2014 at 3:12 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Global music brand MTV is turning to the global throng of internet users to establish a new socially-powered music-video chart. The Your MTV Top 20 chart will be compiled based on fan interactions with the week’s most popular global music videos from across MTV’s own properties, including websites, social platforms and apps, while also tapping data from The Echo Nest. For the uninitiated, The Echo Nest is a ‘music intelligence’ company that offers products to help developers and media firms integrate rich music data across their products, and was snapped up by Spotify back in March. More specifically, MTV will tap…

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Microsoft will discontinue MapPoint and Streets & Trips on December 31, 2014

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by on July 7, 2014 at 3:02 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Microsoft has quietly announced plans to discontinue its MapPoint and Streets & Trips products at the end of this year. Both will be officially killed off on December 31, 2014, though online support for the latter will continue through July 14, 2015. We say “quietly” as we have not been able to find a blog post or otherwise official announcement from Microsoft. Instead, the news comes to us by means of the official Microsoft landing pages for the products: MapPoint and Streets & Trips (via Neowin). Microsoft MapPoint allows users to view, edit, and integrate maps by facilitating the geographical…

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Nokia’s Lumia 930 will go on sale across the world this week for $599, but not the US

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by on July 7, 2014 at 2:15 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, lumia 930, nokia

Nokia unveiled a new high-end smartphone in its Lumia series at Microsoft’s Build 2014 conference in April this year, the Lumia 930. Today Microsoft announced that the device will go on sale this week in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, and will continue rolling out globally over the coming weeks — except in the US. The Lumia 930, with a recommended price of $599, comes with a 5-inch display, wireless charging and a 20-megapixel camera with optical image stabilization. It’s powered by a 2.2 GHz Snapdragon 800 quad-core processor. In the UK, SIM-free pricing for the Lumia 930 isn’t confirmed yet, but…

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