Google may join health data-tracking party with Google Fit

From GreenBot: Google is expected to follow Apple and Samsung into the growing trend of aggregating health and fitness data via mobile devices. During the company's Google I/O conference at the end of June, Google will announce a new service called Google Fit, according to Forbes.

Like Apple's...

Twitter brings Bing translation to iOS, expands use on Web

From CNET: Just in time for the global and multilingual World Cup, Twitter has broadened its use of Microsoft's Bing translation services to iPhones and iPads.

The company's app for Apple's mobile devices has now begun showing an option to show a translated version of tweets below the native...

Outlook Web App goes native on Android

From InfoWorld: Microsoft on Wednesday released a preview version of Outlook Web App (OWA) for Google's Android, fulfilling a promise made in March.

OWA for Android is a "native" app that reprises the in-browser OWA that corporate workers have long used on devices that don't support the full...

Google open sources PDF software library

From PC World: Google has started an open-source project for a PDF software library, which developers will be able to incorporate into applications designed for a variety of platforms.

The project, called PDFium, will also be wrapped into Google’s Chrome browser, replacing closed-source code...

Amazon adds streaming Prime Music to play against Apple's Beats

From CNET: Amazon launched a streaming-music service called Prime Music, making the gamble that adding on-demand tunes to its $99-a-year Prime service will be more important in drawing new members than matching the exhaustive catalog offered by rivals Spotify and Apple's to-be-acquired Beats Music...

Evernote hit by denial of service attack

From InfoWorld: Evernote was resuming operations early Wednesday following a denial of service attack. The archiving software and services company said its online services had been unavailable and that users may experience problems accessing their accounts.

"We're actively working to neutralize a...

Qualcomm chip combines Wi-Fi and LTE in the office and at home

From PC World: Qualcomm is bringing 4G coverage to offices and homes with a low-cost chip that will power wireless routers with both Wi-Fi and LTE.

The introduction of the FSM90xx SoC (system-on-a-chip) is a change of pace for Qualcomm. When the company entered the small cell sector it did so with...

Popular paid Android keyboard SwiftKey goes free for all

From CNET: SwiftKey is one of the most popular paid Android apps of all time for Android, but that partially changes today. The well-designed predictive keyboard app used to cost $3.99, but it's now completely free. Instead of charging you up front to get the app, SwiftKey is trying out the freemium...

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