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Saul Bass Google Doodle: Watch a Moving Tribute to the Film Icon

Eric Walkuski — Wed, 08 May 2013 15:30:53 +0000

In honor of the birthday of legendary artist/filmmaker/credits designer Saul Bass, Google has dedicated a very entertaining Doodle to the man, best known for his collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese.

See All of Google's April Fool's Day Pranks

Emerald Catron — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:20:00 +0000

If you’re anything like us, you probably have no idea what day it is. Well, it’s Monday, April 1st. Yes, it’s April Fool’s Day, which means that Google is planning to pull the wool over our eyes all day long. Here are some of the pranks they’re pulling, in case you are super-gullible. Google Nose [...]

Google Year in Review 2012 [VIDEO]

Bristol — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:45:38 +0000

Let’s face it, when it comes to what’s going on… Google knows. Perhaps better than anyone, anywhere. What was big in 2012? Jog your memory with this year in review!

Google Celebrates Christmas and 'Festivus' With New Easter Eggs

Donald Deane — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:16:50 +0000

In celebration of the most wonderful time of the year, Google recently added a brand new Easter egg for Christmas. But for those fed up with the over-commercialization of the holiday, there’s also an homage to our favorite fake alternative — Festivus. Type “Christmas” into Google and you’ll notice a string of colorful lights spanning [...]

Google Makes Year in Review Video for Folks Who Weren't Paying Attention

Emerald Catron — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:05:26 +0000

It’s nice to know that Google isn’t just harvesting information about us and selling it to advertisers. Look! They also used our searches to make this video! The video, ‘Zeitgeist 2012: Year In Review,’ shows the top (non-porn) search terms for the last year and includes video as much as possible. If they included porn [...]

Non-Existent Island Pops Up On Google Maps

Jeremy Taylor — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 23:00:50 +0000

There are hundreds of thousands of uninhabited islands on our planet. The South Pacific island of Sandy isn’t one of them… That’s not because there are people secretly living on the sixty-square-mile land mass. It’s because Sandy, despite appearing on Google maps, doesn’t actually exist. Researchers from the University of Sydney became confused when Sandy popped up on Google [...]

Google Steals Christmas, Deletes Entire Month of December from App

Donald Deane — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:30:00 +0000

Find yourself wishing the holidays were over already? Well, thanks to a bug in the latest version of Google's mobile operating system, the month of December has been canceled altogether. Is Google the new Grinch?

We Rely on Computers and Internet Way Too Much

Shay Hill — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 03:17:29 +0000

Friday is always a busy day there is a lot to get done before we head into the weekend. Then it happens, the internet goes down. This happened last week here at work and we were all walking around going, “now what do we do”? Everything we do these days is done on the computer. [...]

Google Image Search for 'Completely Wrong' Yields Photos of…Mitt Romney?!

Donald Deane — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:01:32 +0000

In one of the most unfortunate internet quirks we’ve ever seen, a Google Images search using the term “completely wrong” currently yields photo after photo of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. Ouch! This won’t help with his poll numbers for sure. Try the search for yourself and you’ll find dozens of Romney images, most of [...]

Find Out How Old Google Thinks You Are

Emerald Catron — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:25:25 +0000

Good news, bad news. The bad news is that Google has been monitoring all your online activity and is using it for their own personal gain. The good news is at least it’s fun to see if they guessed your age, gender and interests correctly. That’s pretty good news … right? To find out what [...]

What Do People in Abilene Google the Most? Kony 2012, NCAA, Hunger Games and More

Rock 108 Staff — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:00:59 +0000

Thanks to search engines like Google, no longer do people in Abilene have to spend hours of time in the library searching for information on Kony 2012, NCAA, Hunger Games, American Idol or ABC. With just a couple of keystrokes, that information is right in front of your eyes. Heck, you're probably clicking on the links I just provided for those 5 topics right now. How do I know that? According to Google Insights, those are 5 of the most searched terms by people in the Abilene area.

Google Zeitgeist 2011 Year in Review Looks Back at Revolution, Steve Jobs and Rebecca Black [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:50:17 +0000

As 2011 comes to a close, Google Zeitgeist presents a video retrospective of the most-searched topics that made the year memorable. The year was dominated by such events as the devastating Japanese tsunami, the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the death of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and the passing of tech visionary Steve Jobs. [...]

Google Might Start Manufacturing Driverless Cars [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:09:22 +0000

After changing the way we use the Internet, is Google preparing to change the way we drive? Since 2005, Google has been developing a driverless car, which navigates itself with sensors, Google’s street view software and artificial intelligence. According to The New York Times, the Mountain Valley California-based company is now seriously considering manufacturing the [...]

'Do a Barrel Roll' and Other Fun Google Easter Eggs [IMAGES]

Don Deane — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:07:51 +0000

Did you know that internet mainstay Google, the search engine that gets 1 billion visitors each month, contains several carefully-hidden easter eggs? It’s true. Google doesn’t just return web pages, images, video and information about your old grade school pals. Depending upon the search term, users can make Google do a variety of amusing things. [...]

'The Google+ Song' Explains (and Parodies) the New Social Network [VIDEO]

Chip Sandalwood — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:50:39 +0000

If you’re not on Google+ yet, you probably know it’s a social network but not much more. What are these circles everyone’s talking about? How about hangouts? And isn’t this the same thing as Google Buzz? Though this LOL-inducing Google+ song from Break (sung to the tune of Queen’s ‘Another One Bites the Dust’) might not answer all your burning questions about the new social service, it’ll definitely get stuck in your head.

Microsoft Spoofs Google's Invasiveness With 'Gmail Man' Ad [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:11:59 +0000

As Gmail users know, the Google webmail service tracks every word you type and read, and then uses the information they gather in targeted advertisements — making for sometimes useful and sometimes eerie invasions of privacy.

The folks at Microsoft had some fun with their rival’s snooping in this video spoof about a “Gmail Man” — a flesh-and-blood mailman who opens and reads your letters before he delivers them.