Here’s how an ad-libbed line in the How To Train Your Dragon franchise made Gobber the Belch a rare LGBT animated hero. How To Train Your Dragon came out in 2010 and was the start of a charming movie trilogy that told the coming-of-age tale of young Viking Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) and his adventures as a dragon rider. Alongside American Ferrera as Hiccup’s love interest Astrid and Gerard Butler as his dad Stoick the Vast, the cast also included Scottish actor, comedian, and TV host Craig Ferguson, who voiced Gobber the Belch....

The new preview for Godzilla: King of the Monsters combines footage from the film with the classic Wizard of Oz song, “Over the Rainbow”. It’s the latest trailer for the Godzilla (2014) sequel to juxtapose footage of the movie’s kaiju wreaking havoc on the planet (or one another) with soothing music, as a way of making the whole thing feel more operatic and sweeping. The trend began with King of the Monsters’ original San Diego Comic-Con trailer, which was set to the classical tune “Clair de Lune”....

Brillo is an underlying operating system for the internet of things devices. It is built with minimal system requirements and supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy, and other connectivity options. A developer preview of it will arrive in Q3 of this year. The company also announced Weave, the language or standardized communications protocol which will let Brillo-powered devices and other gadgets to talk to one another. A developer preview of it will arrive in Q4 of this year....

During its Made by Google event today in NYC, Google announced its latest hardware products. The new lineup includes a new iPhone competitor, the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL smartphones, AirPods competitor, the second-gen Pixel Buds, a brand new MacBook challenger, the Pixelbook Go, and more. This year, Google’s new products have been highly leaked ahead of time and our sister-site 9to5Google has been reporting all the details, including multiple exclusives....

Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro update cycle has been different from all the previous Pixel phones. Usually, Google updates its Pixel lineup regularly without any hassles, but that is not the case with the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro. We have seen delayed updates, pulled patches, and buggy stable versions. It has been hard to keep track of every minor update pushed out by Google, but we will try to give you an insight into everything that has happened with the devices so far since March....

Google today announced that it’s bringing its Google Keep note taking app to iPhone and iPad for the first time after originally releasing only for web and Android users a couple years back. The journal-like app allows users to save notes, photos and other content and integrates reminders, to-do lists, and voice input features. Notes are customizable with colors and labels and can be shared with others for real-time collaboration, while reminders can be set by time or location....

Game developers aren’t sure about whether or not subscription-based gaming services like Google Stadia, Ubisoft’s UPLAY+ or Apple Arcade will lead to individual games being devalued, according to GDC’s State of the Industry survey. The annual questionnaire was just conducted earlier this week, revealing that developers are divided on how these services will impact the gaming market going forward. Now in its eighth year, the State of the Industry survey asked game makers several questions regarding the gaming industry ahead of the 34th annual Game Developers Conference in March....

Here’s a rundown of the short-lived spinoff Gears Of War: Exile. Third-person action games went through something of a transformation in the mid-2000s, following the success of Resident Evil 4. This title reinvented the franchise from survival horror to out and out action, and it’s over the shoulder perspective soon became standard. Another groundbreaking title from this era was Gears Of War, a sci-fi shooter that made cover shooting a widespread mechanic....

A vast number of treasures, details, and collectibles are hidden in Genshin Impact. Most of the treasures are found in a continent named Teyvant. Besides, some of the treasures are available quickly, whereas some are hidden deep underwater. Mostly, players see the underwater loot as insufficient. However, a recent leak has shared some information about sunken chests with sufficient loot. Furthermore, as usual, players have to complete specific challenges to get these chests....

Update: The app is now live on the App Store for iPhone and iPad. Google today launched its much rumored messaging service live on stage at its I/O keynote and announced the service would be coming to multiple platforms later today. While some thought the service would be dubbed “Babel,” Google instead rolled out a standalone app called simply “Hangouts” that will be making its way to iOS, Android and Gmail on the desktop....

Kent Walker, President of Global Affairs and Chief Legal Officer at Google, published a blog post on Wednesday about the current data framework that is causing issues between the US and the European Union. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect in 2018 as a data privacy law to provide more privacy for citizens, deliver a better understanding of their rights when handing over personal data, and encourage organizations to take more precautions when handling information....

In just one U.S. Presidential term, Google has made the Internet experience more consistent across Windows, Mac, Linux, Chromebooks, and even Android and iOS devices, by simply signing into Chrome. So, the folks at Google are celebrating the 4-year-old web browser’s birthday today by going back in time. Also Google updated Chrome for iOS today with some bug fixings: What’s New in Version 21.0.1180.80 Resolved compatibility issues w. certain websites including Yahoo!...

The special features for Godzilla: King of the Monsters indicate that Rodan may not have had fire powers prior to entering the volcano in Mexico. In Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Rodan, known as the “Fire Demon”, was a powerful force of destruction, due in part to his burning wings and fire powers. In the MonsterVerse sequel, Jonah (Charles Dance), Emma (Vera Farmiga), and their team of eco-terrorists set out to gradually release the 17 Titans on the planet in an effort to save the Earth from the damage caused by humanity....

Following an update to version 2.0 for the YouTube iOS app yesterday, users have noticed that Google appears to have turned on shared account logins for at least YouTube and the recently released AdSense app. That means logging into one app will automatically log you into the other without having to re-enter your account and password. Although the majority of Google’s iOS apps require users to sign into a single Google account used across its services, up until now each app required users to enter their account info when when launching for the first time....

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaPgVUJ9A8w&feature=player_embedded] Today Google has announced “Google Catalogs”, a new app designed specifically for “tablet devices” (iPad only currently) that allows you to flip through digital versions of catalogs from a number of popular brands and “interact with new layers of rich-media content”. Not too long ago Google updated their Shopper app for iPhone… and now, with the Catalogs app, are providing an entirely new experience for browsing products and finding local retailers (presumably integrated with Google Offers)....

Google just announced it closed the deal on its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility, but new reports suggest that direct-competitor Apple tried to poach newly-appointed Motorola chief and Googler Dennis Woodside sometime last year. Bloomberg, which cited two people familiar with the matter, claimed Apple’s CEO Tim Cook contacted Woodside and tried to lure him away with a flashy proposal to become head of sales at the Cupertino, Calif.-based Company....

[viddler id=a66cf352 w=704 h=400] Google Now, the prediction software that debuted on Android’s Ice Cream Sandwich last year, may be crossing over to iOS in the very near future. A promotional video posted on YouTube today—but was pulled minutes later—showed Google Now on the iPhone and iPad. A tipster for Engadget recorded the video and re-uploaded it online, which is now available above. The speaker in the video seems to be the same female voice found in the original Google Now promotional video from last year (below)....

Google acquired the popular email client Sparrow back in 2012 and announced that the entire team would be joining Google to work on Gmail. Since that acquisition, Sparrow apps received only a handful of updates and have been seemingly neglected in favor of Google’s new Inbox initiative. Over the past few days, however, Sparrow appears to have received the final nail in its coffin as it has been removed from both the Mac App Store and iOS App Store (via TechCrunch)....

German banking brand Sparkasse has announced that the Sparkassen-Card debit card – billed as Germany’s most popular payment card – now supports Apple Pay. This allows it to be used by customers of a wide range of savings banks. The move had been a long-awaited one for German iPhone users … Sparkasse is an umbrella brand for more than 400 savings banks, most of which are nonprofits owned by local regions or charitable foundations....

From 9to5Toys.com: . Usually, these ‘name your own price’ bundles are full of duds but this one is pretty impressive. You get Mac Blu-ray Player, Snapz Pro, Disk Tools, CrossOver, Paperless OCR, Gemini de-duper, MusicTube and more. There is a catch though. It isn’t really “name your own price”, it is pay a bit more than the last folks did. The good news is that it is currently under $7. The bad news is that the more people that buy, the higher the price goes, so get in quick....