Sports continues to be one of the biggest barriers to those looking to sever or trim their pay-TV cord. That's because we are still a long way from true die-hards being able to go strictly with over-the-top (OTT) Net-delivered sports programming.

Apple has said very little about sales of its Apple Watch, but a few tidbits are beginning to emerge from suppliers. The latest nugget may have come from Taiwan?s Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc.2311.TW -1.52%, a company that crams the watch?s many chips and sensors into a compact case through a process called system-in-package, or SiP.

Facebook Inc.FB +0.66% on Friday began testing a new feature that let users check in on live events from their couches at home. The company is offering a stream of content from the Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago to users anywhere in the U.S., an effort to compete with live social platforms like Snapchat Inc. and Twitter Inc.

Most Instagram users share their photos instantly. Leila Khan sometimes waits six weeks.