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Technology Report: Apple unwraps 'Healthkit' to propel mobile-health ambitions

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Apple unwraps 'Healthkit' to propel mobile-health ambitions
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc took the wraps off a mobile application that can collect and analyze users' health data, part of a suite of new features outlined for its computing and mobile software, at its annual developers' conference on Monday.
Fidelity Contrafund cuts Yahoo stake by 41 percent this year
BOSTON (Reuters) - Fidelity Investments Contrafund, the largest mutual fund investor in Yahoo Inc, cut its stake in the Internet media company by 41 percent during the first four months of 2014, according to the fund's latest disclosure.
Day-planning apps aim to help achieve healthier lifestyle
TORONTO (Reuters) - Feeling stressed, overwhelmed and finding it difficult to fit everything into the day? New apps are designed to help people pace themselves better to achieve a healthier, more balanced lifestyle.
Broadcom looks to exit cellular baseband chip business
(Reuters) - Chipmaker Broadcom Corp said it was looking to exit its cellular baseband business, and forecast current-quarter margins to beat or be at the high end of its estimate.
U.S. leads global effort to disrupt cyber crime ring
BOSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S.-led international operation disrupted a crime ring that had infected hundreds of thousands of PCs around the globe with malicious software used for stealing banking credentials and cyber extortion, the Justice Department said on Monday.
Mali fines Orange's local unit $14 million for use of mobile bandwidth
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Telecommunications regulators in Mali have fined Orange's local unit 6.86 billion CFA francs ($14.23 million) for illegally using mobile bandwidth for a fixed-line service, a charge Orange has said it will challenge.
China disrupts Google services ahead of Tiananmen anniversary
BEIJING (Reuters) - Google services are being disrupted in China ahead of this week's 25th anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators around Beijing's Tiananmen Square, a censorship watchdog said on Monday.
Samsung to launch first Tizen-based smartphone
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd plans to launch the first smartphone based on its Tizen operating system in the third quarter, marking the company's latest bid to build up its own ecosystem and reduce reliance on Google Inc's Android.
Pirate Bay co-founder arrested in Sweden to serve copyright violation sentence
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - One of the founders of file-sharing website Pirate Bay has been arrested in southern Sweden to serve an outstanding sentence for copyright violations after being on the run for nearly two years, Swedish police said on Saturday.
German union extends strikes at Amazon warehouses
BERLIN (Reuters) - Workers at German warehouses of online retailer Amazon.com extended strikes on Monday as labor union Verdi pressed its demands in a long-running dispute over pay and conditions.
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