Entries by Nicole Batac (11832)

Sunday
Mar082020

Google Search can now direct you to YouTube Music when you look for albums

YouTube Music is slowly getting more and more features to entice more people to use the service. And now, when you look for albums on Google, one of the suggested options to listen to said music will include this streaming service. It won't play the tracks immediately, but you will be taken to its listing or the mobile app if you're on your phone. It joins the likes of Spotify, Deezer, and Play Music. However, this option doesn't seem to be available for specific tracks or artists yet. We're hoping YouTube Music fixes this oversight soon.

Source: 9to5Google

Saturday
Mar072020

Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup – 3/1 – 3/7

Saturday
Mar072020

Google Assistant to pull John Legend's voice on March 23

For a limited time, Google enlisted the help of celebrities like John Legend for Assistant. But now, the musician's voice will be taken off the service on March 23, almost a year since it first became available. Legend's voice can only answer a select number of queries, but if you're a fan, this might be a fun way to "talk" to the celebrity. His voice can respond to the questions like the weather forecast as well as more specific questions like asking him to sing happy birthday for you or letting you know his favourite type of music. If you want to check the feature out before it disappears, just say, "Hey Google, talk like a legend."

Source: Engadget

Saturday
Mar072020

Christian Bale will play a villain in 'Thor: Love and Thunder'

The Dark Knight will soon find himself playing a villain in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Christian Bale has been confirmed to play the antagonist in Thor: Love and Thunder film. Tessa Thompson, who plays Valkyrie in the Thor series, shared the news with ET, saying she's read the script from the upcoming installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and discovered that her character and Chris Hemsworth's Thor would be going up against Bale's still-unknown character. Comingsoon.net speculates that he could play Balder the Brave.

Thor: Love and Thunder will be directed by Taika Waititi, who also directed the successful Thor: Ragnarok. Natalie Portman will be reprising her role as Jane Foster, but this time she'll be taking on the part as female Thor, too. This storyline is based on Jason Aaron's run on "The Mighty Thor," where a cancer-stricken Jane takes up Thor's mantle and gains his powers, too.