Apple reportedly gets rights to Ed Sheeran documentary ‘Songwriter’

You might soon be seeing the documentary on Ed Sheeran’s life soon on “Apple’s multiple platforms.” The tech company reportedly paid somewhere in the “low to mid-seven figures” to not just make it available on its platform (it’s presumed to be coming to Apple Music) as well as a theatrical release. The film premiered in Berlin and is coming to North America via the Tribeca Film Festival.

The documentary, which highlights the life and career of the singer, was directed by Sheeran’s cousin Murray Cummings. You will see people like producer Benny Blanco and Sheeran’s manager Stuart Camp, among others, in the film.

Source: 9to5Mac

Wikipedia adds page previews to web version

Mockup by Nirzar Pangarkar/Wikimedia Foundation, CC BY-SA 3.0

Ever found yourself going down a Wikipedia rabbit hole? Well, Wikipedia hopes to make those sessions a bit more productive with its latest feature for the web. The site now shows page previews via a popup window to give you additional context for a link. When you hover your mouse over the link, it’ll show you an image and a few sentences from the link to inform you what you might be clicking on. When you click on it, it’ll take you to the page in question. If not, it just disappears.

Wikipedia claims that testing done for the feature had users interacting with content more on the page and most users didn’t disable this feature. And while the site’s page views have gone down, this apparently means that people are finding the information they get on the fewer pages they visit as sufficient sources of information.

Source: The Verge

Valve buys ‘Firewatch’ developer Campo Santo

Firewatch

Valve has just purchased game developer Campo Santo. The small 12-person team known for its game Firewatch will be relocating to the video game developer’s headquarters in Seattle. In a blog post announcing the sale, Campo Santo claims they “found a group of folks who, to their core, feel the same way about the work that they do” in Valve. The studio has confirmed that they will continue working on its next game In The Valley of Gods and that this game won’t be a PC-exclusive under Valve. Campo Santo also plans to continue supporting Firewatch and will still release its literary journal, The Quarterly Review.

Source: The Verge

Android Auto now gives you access to your contact list

Google is bringing in more features to its Android Auto platform. The newest one is being able to access your entire contact list right from the in-car system. Before you’d need to use Google Assistant to get someone from your contact list or it’ll show you your starred contacts, recent calls, or let you dial a number. Now, you just need to head to the phone tab within Android Auto. Tap on the hamburger menu icon and select Contacts. If you’re not in motion, your access to the contact list is unrestricted. But if you’re driving you’ll only be able to tap down the list a few times. That said, this is a reminder to limit the amount of distractions you have when driving.

Source: 9to5Google