- Long arm of the law. A federal judge in Manhattan has upheld a magistrate judge’s ruling that Microsoft must turn over customer emails that are held in a Microsoft data center in Ireland. The key issue is whether communications kept in overseas data centers operated by American companies are beyond the reach of domestic search warrants. The purpose of the search warrant has not yet been disclosed, nor has its target.
- Disruptive and green. The room-rental app Airbnb claims in a just-released survey that it is helping save the environment. According to Airbnb, the survey indicates that the company’s North American customers use 63 percent less energy than people who stay at hotels, while European customers use 78 percent less than hotel guests.
- Emergency! After Facebook crashed briefly for the second time in two months, Los Angeles residents reportedly called 911 to complain, prompting an L.A. County Sheriff representative to fire off a tweet reminding the public that “#Facebook is not a Law Enforcement issue.”
