‘Game of Thrones’ gets a new tie-in book series for final season

We’re down to our final season of Game of Thrones. And in case you want to hang on to the world of Westeros a bit more, there will be a tie-in book series for Season 8. It’ll be a four-volume series, and it’ll take us on a behind-the-scenes look at the show. The books, which will be released by Insight Editions, will put the focus on different aspects of GoT and how it was brought to life. The first one is the Game of Thrones: The Storyboards. It’s done by lead storyboard artists William Simpson and will be released on May 28, 2019. And then the three books coming out in the fall are The Art of Game of Thrones, The Photography of Game of Thrones, and Game of Thrones: The Costumes.

Source: Mental Floss

Marvel Studios drops new 'Avengers: Endgame' trailer

Seemingly out of nowhere but just in the nick of time, Marvel Studios just released a new trailer for Avengers: Endgame a little over a month before the film drops. We see a lot of the footage from the older trailer, but we also see more new stuff than anticipated. Captain Marvel also makes her appearance for the first time alongside the Avengers. We don't want to keep you waiting. Just watch the trailer above. 

Apple reportedly talking to HBO, Showtime, and Starz for its upcoming video service

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Ahead of the company’s March 25^th event for the rumoured video subscription service, Apple is reportedly in talks with HBO, Showtime, and Starz to provide content. The company’s own original programming is reportedly not far along enough to be ready when the service launches. And that’s why it needs partners to provide content for its service. These three aforementioned networks are reportedly still negotiating over things like user experience and marketing, but a deal might be reached with some of them by Friday. Netflix and Hulu were reportedly in talks with Apple before but neither wanted anything to do with the service.

Bloomberg’s report suggests the service will live inside the Apple TV app for iOS and Apple TV, but it isn’t clear yet what this is going to look like or how it’ll affect non-subscribers who have Apple TV. We’re set to find out answers to these questions soon. We’re also geared to hear more about Apple’s new magazine subscription service. It’s being reported that these two will be separate subscriptions but there might be bundles to entice users to get both. The magazine subscription service is expected to be part of the Apple News app.

Source: The Verge

Google rumoured to put a pause on its premium laptops and tablets

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Looks like Google is rethinking how it’s approaching the laptop/tablet-hybrid business. A Business Insider report claims that the company is rethinking its strategy in this arena. Its internal “Create” team—which is responsible for the R&D and manufacturing of products like the Pixelbook and Pixel Slate—had its ranks slashed by “dozens” in the past couple of weeks. This is reportedly because of cancelled projects, which Pocket Now claims could mean that Google is likely to “pare down the portfolio” of its laptops and tablets.

Everyone from hardware engineers, technical program managers, and managerial support staff have been told to look for “temporary” roles within Google or the bigger Alphabet organization. This “temporary” move suggests Google just might be regrouping in the space. It also comes at a time when Google is rumoured to be working on a non-Java operating system called Fuchsia OS, so we’re keeping our eyes peeled for any updates in this area.