Google topped most of the headlines on Monday, starting with its decision to shut down aging social network Orkut.

At this point, the majority of Orkut users are from Brazil, India, and Japan, and the service is hosted in Google's Brazilian facilities. Beginning today, it will no longer be possible to create a new Orkut account. Current Orkut users will be able to log in, play games, and use their account like normal until Sept. 30.

Orkut isn't the only Google service getting the heave-ho. Google has announced plans to shutter its standalone Quickoffice applications. The service, which allows for editing of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint docs on the go, hit mobile platforms in April 2013. But with the recent integration of Quickoffice into the Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides applications, a standalone Quickoffice has become redundant.

Meanwhile, while much of the world's attention was on the Supreme Court's decision in the Hobby Lobby case, the High Court also declined to hear a case in which Google is accused of violating federal wiretap laws when its Street View vehicles collected unsecured data over Wi-Fi networks. Google wanted the case thrown out, but with the Supreme Court's refusal to consider it, the case proceeds.

Source : PCMag