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1. Use Google’s new unlimited photo storage and you — and your data — are the real product.

By Natasha Lomas in TechCrunch

2. Truancy can cost schools millions. Here’s how San Antonio cut it in half.

By Jyoti Thottam in Al Jazeera America

3. Want to contain Putin? Help Russians get real news.

By Kaj Leers in Real Clear World

4. Make the SAT fair by letting everyone prep for free.

By Jason Tanz in Wired

5. Facebook is now America’s top news network — for millennials.

By Amy Mitchell, Jeffrey Gottfried and Katerina Eva Matsa at the Pew Research Center

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