Microsoft to offer data storage outside of the U.S. for foreign customers

Microsoft wants to alleviate the concerns of its foreign clients about the U.S. National Security Agency’s monitoring of foreign citizens by offering the ability to store information on servers located outside of the U.S. According to Read Write, Microsoft wanted to implement the changes because of the NSA issue.

“People should have the ability to know whether their data are being subjected to the laws and access of governments in some other country and should have the ability to make an informed choice of where their data resides,” said Brad Smith, general counsel of Microsoft.

Horizon straightens crooked iPhone videos

If you or your friends just can’t take iPhone videos in the proper orientation, then it might be worth spending $0.99 on Horizon. The app lets you fix the rotation angle of video you took. Of course, the greater the angle the app has to fix, the lower the videos resolution will turn out.

Source: iMore

Apple iTunes update adds local Wish List view, more language support

Apple releases a minor update for iTunes that allows you to view your iTunes Store Wish List in your local library. Apple also included language support for Arabic and Hebrew in the 11.1.4 update. There are also the usual stability improvements and bug fixes thrown into the mix.

Source: Apple Insider

Facebook update downgrades text updates for Pages

Facebook wants Page owners to share other types of updates aside from text updates with a new tweak. Facebook’s News Feed Ranking Product Manager Chris Turitzin said in a blog post the social network changed the algorithm of the News Feed to downgrade text updates from Pages because they don’t do as well as text updates from friends.

The company encourages a more visual approach and wants Page owners to post links as they “get more engagement (more likes, comments, shares and clicks) and they provide a more visual and compelling experience for people seeing them in their feeds.”