Microsoft continues to trim the fat, with the firm today announcing it’ll be shutting down a host of mobile apps.
The highest profile casualty is the cross-platform Photosynth app, which will remain up and running, but will no longer be supported or maintained by Microsoft.
Photosynth allows users to create 3D photographic panoramas to share with other users, but will be replaced by the emerging Photosynth Preview Technology.
The company said (via SlashGear): “Today we are announcing that we are retiring the Photosynth mobile apps.
Microsoft is encouraging users to upload their panoramas to the Photosynth.net website, which will still be maintained.
Elsewhere, the company is shuttering a trio of its MSN apps for Windows, Windows Phone, iOS and Android.
MSN Food & Drink, MSN Travel and MSN Health & Fitness will all go away before the end of the year. The first two will close on September 28, while the latter disappears on November 1.
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It’s been a big week of cuts for Microsoft with news that 7,800 employees from its smartphone division are heading for the unemployment line. The company is also writing off $7.6 billion of losses relating to its ill-fated purchase of Nokia.
It seems obvious the company is streamlining itself ahead of the all-important roll out of Windows 10, which starts on July 29.
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