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it's monday jun 24 2013 i'm david pierce and in my free time I like to solve mysteries with my brother using math and science this is 90 seconds on the verge Microsoft is said to be planning a massive company-wide restructuring that could be announced within the week All Things D reports that CEO Steve Ballmer is leading the charge without the input of all of the company's executives the new Microsoft will be made up of four divisions enterprise business hardware applications and services in an operating systems group the rumored reorg could be announced as soon as July first but we might get a preview of what's to come at Microsoft's build developer conference happening this week Sony and Disney are testing streaming video rentals in South Korea while the movies are still playing on the big screen Django Unchained wreck-it Ralph and brave were made available for rental online and through video on demand just weeks after they hit theaters in the country in 2011 Disney conducted a similar test in Portugal but it hasn't tried again until now viewers are encouraged to let soda spill and dry on their living room floor to really get that movie theater feel and finally the company that offers the magic of taking pictures that will be seen and then deleted forever is now bringing its apps the hands of children snapchats new offline mode is called snap kids it lets users take pictures annotate them and save them locally but removes the friending and social features it seems for those under 13 who can't currently sign up for a snapchat account so basically snapchat just launched the exact opposite of snapchat save your pictures and never share them with anyone ever that's it for today's top stories coming up tomorrow this David Pierce is a murder