Now playing: Watch this: Google Lens is smart enough to identify flower species 1:32 What’s Google got in store for us in 2017 and beyond? We tuned in to its Google I/O developer conference on its 10th anniversary to bring you the lowdown. Unlike the hardware-centric announcements of last October, I/O focuses mostly on software …
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“PC” stands for personal computer. And that idea of personalization has only expanded as the definition of computer has morphed to include the mobile devices that we carry with us, such as the phones that most people now consider an extension of their body. I bet your phone is within your reach right now — or at least in the …
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Today Google announced a brand-new feature for Gmail called Smart Reply. It’s basically like predictive typing for email and message replies. Smart Reply works pretty straightforwardly. It uses Google machine learning to suggest three responses to the emails and messages you receive. You can ignore them, or you can pick one and then hit send, or you can add additional …
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At Google I/O 2017, the company unveiled a number of improvements for its photo app, putting more distance between Google Photos and the stock iOS Photos app. There are now five reasons why Google Photos is better. 1. Unlimited and free cloud storage I have been using Google Photos on my iPhone ever since Google introduced unlimited cloud storage. Sure, …
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Google has tried for years to rehabilitate the web on your phone — and it now has evidence it says shows the effort is paying off. When you’re on your phone, tapping that link in Facebook to a news story or opening the browser to look up movie times can be a wince-inducing process. Even on a fast network with …
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Now playing: Watch this: Instagram adds face filters because of course 1:46 Get ready to smile for the filter. Instagram has a new app update that lets you dress up your face in one of eight on-screen objects, from sunglasses to moving koala ears. “To see our initial set of eight face filters, simply open the camera and tap the …
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Now playing: Watch this: Why the WannaCry cyberattack is so bad, and so avoidable 2:18 The battle against the WannaCry ransomware continues. (In many spaces it’s referred to as WannaCrypt. There appears to be no substantive difference between the two.) The attack, which started on Friday, locked people out of their computers and encrypts their files, demanding they pay up …
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Move over, Siri. Google is reportedly planning to launch its Google Assistant iOS app this week, according to Android Police. The annual Google I/O conference takes place Wednesday through Friday near the company’s global headquarters in Mountain View, California. CNET will be on the ground covering the event live. Assistant is Google’s AI helper designed to compete with Apple‘s Siri, …
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Now playing: Watch this: 3 ways to email photos in iOS 1:44 With Instagram, I email photos with less frequency than I used to. And I turn to Google Photos or Dropbox if I want to share an album’s worth of vacation photos or some other event. On occasion, however, I just need to email a photo to somebody, and …
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It looks to me like Microsoft has wrestled control of our creative future from Apple and Adobe. When you combine Microsoft’s two most recent updates of its Windows 10 operating system — the first Creators Update and the just-announced Fall Creators Update — with its aggressive work in mixed-reality and computing-related hardware, it looks like Windows is becoming the go-to …
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