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June 13, 2014, 1:30 PM

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Parmy Olson / Forbes:
Exclusive: Google Wants To Collect Your Health Data With ‘Google Fit’  —  Google is planning to launch a new health service called Google Fit to collect and aggregate data from popular fitness trackers and health-related apps, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the company's plans.
Drew FitzGerald / Wall Street Journal:
Priceline to Buy OpenTable for $2.6 Billion  —  Priceline Group Inc. agreed to buy restaurant booking service OpenTable Inc. for $2.6 billion in cash, broadening the online travel giant's offering into a new field at a time when some of its more established brands mature.
Dan Seifert / The Verge:
Samsung Galaxy Tab S: 8.4-inch for $399, 10.5-inch for $499, available in July, still following Apple's lead  —  Samsung's razor-thin Galaxy Tab S takes another run at the iPad  —  The 8.4-inch and 10.5-inch Galaxy Tab S tablets arrive next month  —  For a long time, Samsung's been trying to take down the iPad.
Liam Spradlin / Android Police:
Google's Quantum Paper framework to unify Android and web app UIs, will be available to third-party developers  —  Exclusive: Quantum Paper And Google's Upcoming Effort To Make Consistent UI Simple  —  There have been a lot of leaks and rumors leading up to Google I/O this year.
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Apple says some European iPhone USB adapters ‘may pose a safety risk’, announces free replacement program  —  Apple has today announced a replacement program for some European iPhone USB adapters.  The company says that it has identified that some USB adapters bundled with iPhones …
Amazon.com:
75% of Kindle Fire HDX Customer Questions Now Come via the Mayday Button—Average Response Time is Just 9.75 Seconds  —  Eight months ago, Amazon launched the Mayday button, connecting you to live, on-device tech support 24x7, 365 days a year—for free.  Today, Amazon announced that the Mayday button …
Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:
iOS 8 lets apps access Safari AutoFill credentials for quick & easy login  —  In iOS 8, Apple is making the process of logging into apps a much smoother experience by allowing native iOS apps to access usernames and passwords stored in Safari.  The new feature, which works by letting iOS apps tap …
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Issie Lapowsky / Wired:
Atari's comback plan: brand licensing, mobile and online gaming, online gambling, and Atari TV with original video content  —  How Atari Plans to Bring Itself Back From the Dead  —  For techies of a certain age, few brands inspire as much nostalgia as Atari.
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
iOS 8 builds in the technologies Apple needs for an iWatch  —  iOS 8 adds several important enhancements to the iPhone and iPad, such as improved notifications, health-tracking, and a more advanced camera application, but the new operating system's most significant feature may be the groundwork technologies …

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