Fitbit wearables lack the features found in smartwatches such as the Apple Watch. But that’s not a bad thing, according to Fitbit CEO James Park. The Fitbit activity and fitness trackers are single-mode devices. The Apple Watch performs a multitude of tasks — time keeping, health tracking, iPhone assisting and computing — and therein lies …

Hulu may be prepping a new online service aimed at cord-cutting consumers. The company, which already provides a video-on-demand service, plans to launch a new subscription service that would stream network and cable TV content, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the plans. Hoping to roll out the new service during the first quarter of …

Watch out Microsoft. Google has stolen first place in the browser arena. For the month of April, Google Chrome took home a 41.6 percent share of all desktop browser traffic picked up by Web tracker Net Market Share, up from 39 percent in March. Over the same time, Internet Explorer’s share dropped to 41.3 percent from 43.4 percent. This marks …

Windows 10 didn’t entice many new users last month, a new report shows. Microsoft’s current OS grabbed a 14.35 percent slice of all Web traffic in April, according to Web tracker Net Market Share. That number showed almost no growth from the 14.15 percent in March and followed several months of relatively healthy gains. Whether this is a temporary blip …

Tablets as a whole have lost much of their appeal, but the ones that come with detachable keyboards are catching on with consumers. For the first quarter of 2016, overall worldwide tablet shipments fell to 39.6 million, a 14.7 percent drop from the same period a year ago, according to preliminary data released Thursday by IDC. The research firm pinned …

Apple might soon open the doors to its first retail outlets in India. In its quest to set up shop in the world’s third biggest smartphone market, Apple made a presentation on April 19 to a committee led by India’s Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) Secretary Ramesh Abhishek, the Times of India reported Thursday. In the presentation, Apple …

Apple Music continues to catch on with more people. The company’s first attempt at a music streaming service now has 13 million paid subscribers, Apple CEO Tim Cook said on Tuesday during a conference call to discuss the company’s fiscal second-quarter results. Citing the new number of subscribers, Cook said the service continues to grow in popularity. “We feel really …

Samsung saw a slight dip in smartphone shipments last quarter but was still top dog thanks to demand for its Galaxy S7 lineup. For the first quarter of 2016, Samsung shipped 81.9 million phones, down slightly from 82.4 million in the same quarter last year, research firm IDC said on Wednesday. The decline would’ve been larger if not for the …

The iPhone SE is proving more popular than Apple expected, creating a logjam for consumers trying to snag one. In Tuesday’s conference call to discuss its fiscal second-quarter results, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that demand for the new 4-inch-screened phone has been strong and is exceeding supply. “We’re working hard to get the iPhone SE into the hands of …

Dropbox wants to make sure your documents and other files don’t gobble up your hard drive. The online file-sharing service introduced a new feature Tuesday called Project Infinite. The idea behind the service is to make your online files look and feel just like those saved on your hard drive. Instead of storing all your files both locally and in …