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There are a couple tech conferences still going on today, but the more interesting stuff starts this weekend:

The National eHealth Conference kicks off in Toronto on Sunday, and on Monday the Hacking Health Design Challenge runs a 24-hour hack-a-thon where teams will refine prototypes and demo results on Tuesday.

Also starting Sunday, Canvest (Canadian Investor Conference) at the Vancouver Convention Centre: VC investors will be shopping around all manner of companies from junior mining plays, medical marijuana, life sciences and technology.

In other tech news, Swedish fingerprint sensor firm Fingerprint Cards said it had co-operated with Google on fingerprint recognition in the new Android software platform, as the U.S. software group looks to boost the use of fingerprint sensors on mobile phones.

Google on Thursday previewed its new Android software for smartphones, tablets, watches and TVs at its annual developer conference in San Francisco. The new OS will be released later this year.

Fingerprint said it had provided prototype devices, based on its FPC1020 and FPC1025 touch sensors, supporting Google in developing and integrating the capability into Android M.

Also, Intel Corp is close to a deal to buy smaller chip maker Altera Corp for about $15-billion, the New York Post reported.

The deal price could be as much as $54 a share, a 15 per cent premium over Altera's Thursday closing price of $46.97, the New York Post reported, citing a source close to the situation.

"A deal is likely by the end of next week," the newspaper quoted the source as saying.

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