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Louis Gray / Google Developers Blog:

Google Fit Preview SDK now available — At Google I/O we announced Google Fit: an open platform for developers to more easily build fitness apps. Today we're making a preview SDK available to developers so that you can start to build. — Google Fit provides a single set of APIs for apps …

Alexandra Alter / New York Times:

Google partners with Barnes & Noble for same-day book deliveries from stores in West LA, SF Bay Area, and Manhattan — Google and Barnes & Noble Unite to Take on Amazon — Google and Barnes & Noble are joining forces to tackle their mutual rival Amazon, zeroing in on a service …

Larry Dignan / ZDNet:

Amazon has an advantage over Google Express/B&N because it owns the customer relationship

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Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:

Apple gives newly acquired Beats by Dre dedicated accessories section on online store — Following officially getting regulatory approval to complete its purchase of Beats, Apple today added a new section to its online store highlighting Beats by Dr. Dre products.

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Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider:

Apple details ‘Siri for Mac’ desktop virtual assistant in new patent application — While Apple's Siri has been an iOS staple since 2011, the tech has yet to make the jump to OS X. An exhaustive new patent filing, however, details a system very similar to the iOS virtual assistant that can perform dictation …

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Joel Stein / Businessweek:

Arrogance Is Good: In Defense of Silicon Valley — Sam Altman sits behind his desk with his knees pulled up to his chest, eating dried apricots. He's 29, but even the most laissez-faire bartender would card him. His hand is forever grabbing his hair while he thinks, making it stick up in Einsteinian tufts.

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Reed Hastings / Facebook:

Netflix passed HBO in subscriber revenue last quarter, still behind on profits — Minor milestone: last quarter we passed HBO is subscriber revenue ($1.146B vs $1.141B). They still kick our ass in profits and Emmy's, but we are making progress. HBO rocks, and we are honored to be in the same league.

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Kashmir Hill / Forbes:

The Snowden Effect: Yahoo To Join Gmail In Offering Users End-To-End Encryption — Yahoo users may have benefited most from the “Snowden effect.” The tech company was a laggard when it came to security practices until the NSA leaker's disclosures made clear the extent to which weak security practices …

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Eric Johnson / Re/code:

Zynga Misses on Revenue, Lowers Full-Year Guidance — Zynga is trying to reinvent itself on mobile — but that reinvention will take some more time, the company said today in its Q2 earnings report. — The San Francisco-based gaming company reported bookings of $175 million in the quarter …

More: VentureBeat, Fortune, VatorNews, Tech Trader Daily and The Next Web

Nick Summers / The Next Web:

Microsoft will stop supporting older versions of Internet Explorer from January 2016 — Microsoft is hoping to push users to more recent versions of Internet Explorer by slowly dropping support and security updates for older iterations. — From January 12, 2016, Microsoft says it will continue …

More: MSDN Blogs, ZDNet, The Verge, GeekWire, VentureBeat, The Register, PC World, gHacks Technology News and Windows Phone Central

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Facebook Buys Secure Server Technology Provider PrivateCore — Facebook announced this morning it has acquired PrivateCore, a Palo Alto-based secure server technology company. The deal does not appear to be solely an acqui-hire, as Facebook says that it plans to deploy PrivateCore's technology …

More: The Next Web, Computerworld, Gigaom, CNNMoney.com, Inside Facebook, VatorNews, AllFacebook, Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat, Re/code, and Electronista

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Google adds 36 university campuses across the US and Canada to Street View — Google today announced it has added 36 new university campuses across the US and Canada to Street View in Google Maps. Want to go on a tour of a school without actually driving there and you know, walking? Done.

More: Google LatLong, PC Magazine, Techvibes Global News, Wall Street Journal, Android Police, BetaNews, GeekWire and 9to5Google

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft turns its Xbox One into a digital TV tuner with $40 adapter for Europe — Microsoft is planning to release a digital TV tuner adapter to allow European Xbox One owners to turn their consoles into a TV set-top box. Launching in October in France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and the UK …

More: Xbox Wire, Digital Trends, TechSpot, Gigaom, Polygon, The Next Web, Tech Geek Forever, Windows Phone Central, VentureBeat, Neowin and Engadget

Deborah Gage / Wall Street Journal:

Big data analytics firm Adatao raises a $13M round led by Andreessen-Horowitz — Adatao Emerges With $13M to Bring Search to Big Data — Making big data stores as easy to search as Internet data has been a holy grail for the software industry, and it's become a more pressing problem since …

More: TechCrunch, CITEworld, VentureBeat, New York Times, Forbes, O'Reilly Radar, Gigaom and InfoWorld

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Yelp for iOS integrates Bing Translator to interpret reviews in 15 languages, coming ‘soon’ to Android — Yelp today updated its iOS app with Microsoft's Bing Translator integration for reviews. You can download the new version now directly from Apple's App Store.

More: Engadget, 9to5Mac, VentureBeat, GeekWire and GSMArena Blog

Rachel King / ZDNet:

Intuit buying UK-based cloud payroll service PaySuite — Summary: Back in April, the duo announced plans to integrate PaySuite with Intuit's flagship QuickBooks Online software to line up accounts and payroll in a single dashboard. — Intuit continues to rack up acquisitions this year …

More: UK Blog, TechCrunch, VentureBeat and bizjournals

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