TL;DR Several major Google services on Googlebook, including Gmail, Docs, Calendar, Sheets, and YouTube, run as web-based experiences rather than native Android apps. Google says this is intentional because it considers the desktop web versions of some apps the better laptop experience. The tradeoff becomes more noticeable on touchscreen and convertible Googlebooks, where native Android…
Amazon still has a strong launch offer on the new Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 Plus bundle. Prime members can grab the 256GB model for $1,199.99 and get a free $200 gift card thrown in. If you’re a regular Amazon shopper, that’s almost as good as free money. See the deal at Amazon
After years of being neglected under Google’s umbrella, Fitbit Charge 6 owners are finally getting a new compact fitness tracker to consider. Called the Fitbit Edge, it packs a screen and many of the fitness-tracking smarts you’ll find on the screenless Fitbit Air and the fully-fledged Pixel Watch 5 smartwatch. For all intents and purposes,…
Holger Hampf expects most owners of the 2027 MINI Countryman Untamed Edition to spend 80 to 90 percent of their time on pavement, and he says the car was designed around that. MINI’s head of design made the point more than once when BMWBLOG and a small group of journalists sat down with him at…
The Tribunal had approved changes to its cinema tariff, known as Tariff C, including an increase in the royalty rate cinemas pay to use its members’ music. Source
Oscar-winning French actor Marion Cotillard will preside over the competition jury at the 23rd Marrakech Film Festival in November. Alongside her to be announced jury members, the “Inception” and “Dark Knight Rises” star will lead the decision of which film is awarded the Étoile d’Or out of Marrakech’s international competition, which consists of first and…
The U.K. may have been slower than other markets to jump onto the boom in short-form vertical media, projected to generate $150 billion in revenue in markets outside China this year, but it is now getting its own dedicated festival. British indie film stalwart Raindance is launching Raindance Vertical, a one-day festival and financing market…
The BBC is set to broadcast a two-part docuseries about “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling. Produced by Rogan Scotland (“Becoming Frida Kahlo”), it will trace her “dramatic rise, cultural influence and contested legacy, using her life as a lens through which to explore three decades of profound social, political and technological change,” according to the…
“Other Mommy” may have dominated “The Social Reckoning” at the box office this past weekend, but there’s no hard feelings between longtime friends Jessica Chastain and Jeremy Strong. Chastain, who stars as a demonic mother in horror movie “Other Mommy,” shared on her Instagram Story Monday night a playful string of text messages with Strong,…
MBC GROUP and CJ ENM have signed a long-term strategic partnership aimed at expanding premium Korean entertainment across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), bringing together two leading media and entertainment groups with complementary reach across the region and Asia. At the centre of the partnership is the launch of a dedicated Tving space…