Fitbit announced today it will begin using Google’s new Cloud Healthcare API  to help you and your doctors better manage your healthcare.  The relationship between Google and Fitbit will eventually let users connect results from Fitbit’s fitness wearables, such as its Versa smartwatch, to your electronic medical records. Fitbit will also use Google’s services along with services from …

If you’ve been feeling like the internet might not be such a great place lately, you’re not alone.  According to a Pew Research Center survey published on Monday, the majority of US adults surveyed in January said the internet is mostly a good thing for them personally and for society as a whole. But the number has declined since the Center …

Razer really wants you to start using its new Game Store and it just put up $61 million to help make that happen.  The gaming hardware company announced plans (PDF) on Monday to buy MOL Global, which runs one of the largest e-payments networks in Southeast Asia. MOL also has a big virtual credits business and, once it merges with Razer’s …

Tech support scams by email, fake websites and error warnings, malware and unsolicited phone calls are an effective way to trick people into giving up personal information. And it’s only getting worse, ZDNet reports.  In 2017, Microsoft customer support services received 153,000 reports from customers in 183 countries who ran into or were victims of tech support scams. That’s up …

Last year, GoPro ran a 60-day promotion to upgrade and save: Send in your old GoPro and get a Hero5 for up to $100 off. It’s now relaunching the program, seemingly indefinitely, but GoPro will take any digital camera in exchange.  With the new Trade-Up program, you can send in any GoPro or literally any other digital camera — and in …

Dell already has the smallest 13.3-inch laptop, the new XPS 13. Now it’s given the XPS 15 a similar overhaul to make it the smallest 15.6-inch performance laptop available. And at 4 pounds (1.8 kg) it’s one of the lightest, too. Like the XPS 13, Dell achieved the 15’s smaller size by shaving off millimeters around its display, bringing the …

GoPro’s new Hero camera looks just like the company’s Hero5 and Hero6 cameras, and that’s no accident.   Despite being an entry-level model, the Hero shares key design features with its higher-end linemates, namely a 2-inch touchscreen and a rugged body that’s waterproof without the need for a polycarbonate housing. That’s something GoPro didn’t do with its last Hero, which …

In March 2017, Apple limited its thinnest and lightest iPad, the Mini 4, to a single configuration with 128GB of storage, costing $399 for the Wi-Fi model and $529 for the Wi-Fi and cellular edition. (See international pricing below.) Today, Apple announced its newest 9.7-inch iPad with support for Apple’s Pencil stylus and powered by a fast A10 Fusion chip for $329 (£319 in …

It’s smaller than a grain of salt, but it could soon help guarantee that the products you buy are the real deal and not a knockoff.  At IBM’s Think 2018 conference, the company announced the creation of the world’s smallest computer that despite its size and cost (each will be less than 10 cents to make) can “monitor, analyze, communicate …

This year a lot more of us will be spending time wearing augmented and virtual reality headsets. Regardless of a growth slump in 2017, the AR/VR headset market is predicted to increase by 48.5 percent year-over-year to volumes of 12.4 million units, according to market research by IDC. The firm also says headsets will grow to 68.9 million units in …