Today is all about Apple. The company took the stage in San Francisco to give us updates to its popular gadgets and unveil the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus, a giant new iPad Pro tablet and a completely overhauled Apple TV. Like most of Apple’s keynotes, the show ran for just over two hours. …

Never bother with a scanner again. Thanks to high-quality cameras on today’s top smartphones and nifty behind-the-scenes tech, scanning a document or photo with great results is as easy as opening an app and snapping a picture. Here are CNET’s top picks for the best apps to turn your phone into a scanner. Best scanning app for iOS: Evernote Scannable …

Just in time for the school year, Google’s added new features to Docs, Sheets and Slides, its online productivity tools. But you don’t have to be a student to use these cool new features, since they’re available to anyone with a Google account. Here are our favorite additions. Voice typing Google’s been perfecting voice recognition for a while now and …

Berlin-based tech show IFA 2015 is in full swing and we’re seeing plenty of hot new tech products, from smartwatches and phones to washers and fridges. The show is huge and there’s a lot to see, so we understand if you didn’t get the chance to check out every new product as it was announced. Here’s a run-down of the …

Now playing: Watch this: Geronimo is a cooler, faster way to read your emails 1:12 Editors’ note, August 27, 2015: Geronimo is now live in the Apple App Store to download. Digging through your inbox is hardly the most fun activity of your day. A new email app called Geronimo is using gestures, like flicks and swipes, to change that. …

Move over Periscope , there’s a new live-streaming app vying for our attention. Launching today, Mirrativ (a portmanteau of mirror and narrative) lets you broadcast whatever is happening on the screen of your smartphone or tablet. It combines untethered mobile broadcasting, screen sharing and social interactions into one single app. You can use Mirrativ in beta on Android starting today, …

Parallels , the software program that lets you run OS X and another operating system side-by-side on a Mac computer, is getting an upgrade. Version 11 ushers in support for the two newest OSes in 2015; Windows 10 and the forthcoming OS X El Capitan . It also promises to be much faster (up to 50 percent in some cases) …

Apple released a slew of updates today to iOS and iTunes, aimed at improving Apple Music and fixing a few key problems. The updates are available to download now for iOS devices and iTunes on Windows and Mac. The company also pushed out an update to Mac OS X that fixes a few minor issues related to Mail, Photos and …

The address book is at the core of your phone. Since most of us don’t memorize phone numbers anymore, it’s a crucial tool for keeping touch with friends and family through phone calls, texts and emails. Unfortunately, the built-in contacts app that comes with the iPhone or Android phones hasn’t changed in years. It can be frustrating to edit, fraught …

Josh Miller/CNET The school year is fast approaching and that means it’s time to buy school supplies. If Microsoft Office is on your list, don’t purchase it quite yet: there’s a chance you can get it for free, courtesy of Microsoft. Earlier this year, Microsoft announced it was giving away Office 365 subscriptions to New York City public school students, …