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Drop-stitch: Microsoft-s 3D Photosynth app sinks into
oblivion Bloodied, battered Redmond dropkicks MSN lifestyle mobe guff, too
@@Seeing as Microsoft-s axe has been sharpened in recent
days, the company has now decided to swing it at some unpopular apps including
its cloudy, pic-stitching Photosynth product// Redmond couldn-t quite bring
itself to admit it had fallen out of love with Photosynth by posting
thisstatement on Friday:
@@Today we are announcing that we are retiring the Photosynth
mobile apps//
@@We are doing this because the new Photosynth Preview
technology and its cloud processing is a more immersive way to capture a place
than the spherical panoramas that our apps produce//
@@Microsoft is no longer willing to throw cash at development
of the mobe version of Photosynth but it will still limp along as a website//
@@Existing Windows Phone and Apple iOS users can continue to
use the zombified app but Microsoft will no longer provide updates//
@@It said:
@@Because the app is now unsupported, we strongly encourage
people to upload their panoramas to Photosynth//net// Photosynth//net is still
maintained and you will be able to view your panoramas online with or without
the Photosynth app//
@@Microsoft has also confirmed plans to kill off a number of
MSN lifestyle apps later this year//
On Wednesday, the Satya Nadella-run software giant said it
would lay off 7,800 employees in a huge slash burn reorg plan//