In the era of WhatsApp, Snapchat and Slack, email seems like last century’s technology revolution. But Google wants to inject new life — and new usefulness — into its Gmail service. On Tuesday, the company announced the arrival of an add-ons system that lets a Gmail message serve as the jumping-off point for many online …

Intel might be an old-school computing company, but the chipmaker thinks the latest trends in artificial intelligence will keep it an important part of your high-tech life. AI technology called machine learning today is instrumental to taking good photos, translating languages, recognizing your friends on Facebook, delivering search results, screening out spam and many other chores. It usually uses an …

What do you do to top Google’s highly regarded first-generation Pixel phone camera? The same, only more. More HDR+ image processing. More chip power. More artificial intelligence. And more image stabilization. The result for photos: “All the fundamentals are improved,” said Tim Knight, head of Google’s Pixel camera engineering team. On top of that are new features including motion photos, …

When it comes to 5G networks, there’s something beyond pure speed to get excited about. Next-generation mobile networks will be able to accommodate a lot more people and a lot more data as carriers like Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T and manufacturers like Nokia and Ericsson improve the total capacity of the network. That means your phone won’t be fighting against …

When you need to jot down an idea, check something off your to-do list or scan a business-trip receipt, free tools are plentiful — think Microsoft OneNote, Google Keep, Apple Notes, Dropbox Paper and more. But Chris O’Neill, chief executive of Evernote, the company that pioneered the technology, thinks it’s worth paying for — so much so that Evernote raised …

Apple‘s new phone software means your photos take up half the space they used to, and that’s great. But it also can bring some complications.  Good news: New tools are emerging to help you avoid the hassles — and to take better advantage of the change. The new photo compression technology comes with the HEIC image format Apple built into …

Moment, maker of lens accessories that help transform your mobile phone into something more like a proper SLR camera, is ready with lenses and lens cases for Google’s new Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL phones. Two cases, in black or walnut, cost $30 and let either phone accommodate Moment’s lenses. There are four specifically sold for the Pixel 2 …

Twitter may be dominated by trolls. Facebook may be manipulated by Russians scheming to divide us. But Instagram wants to be associated with something a lot more warm and fuzzy: kindness. A year ago, Instagram Chief Executive Kevin Systrom asked himself if they could create a service that wasn’t “a cesspool of hateful comments,” he said at the Vanity Fair …

Google’s Pixel 2 phones will debut formally on Wednesday, but new leaks mean they’re arriving informally well beforehand. A pair of images from Evan Blass, who has a good track record showing hot unannounced phones on his @evleaks Twitter account, tweeted a pair of purported Pixel 2 XL phone images on Monday. We’ve had leaks before — both Pixel 2 …

Family Link, Google’s software for getting kids their own Android phones with some parental oversight, is now available to anyone in the US. The company unveiled Family Link in March as an invitation-only service that opens up Gmail accounts and other services needing a Google account to children 12 and under. Now anyone in the US can get Family Link …