'Major' Gmail update might convince you to use email again. Maybe.

Let's face it: Email is played out. 

The once internet king is long past its glory days, supplanted years ago by the likes of Slack, Signal, WhatsApp, and (shudder) Facebook Messenger. But for those of you who for some ungodly reason still communicate primarily via means of cluttered inboxes there is hope: Gmail is about to get a makeover. 

And it might be enough to save email. Maybe.

I mean, probably not, but you never know. 

First reported by The Verge and confirmed in a statement to Mashable, Google appears poised to drop some game-changing (?) updates on our complacent email-using selves.  Read more...