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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 Employee Andrew Finkelstein Raps About Search Engine's Awesomeness

Emily Tan — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:23:18 +0000

TheDrop.fm showed you how kids bring hip-hop to their birthday parties. And now we’ve got a new clip of how someone at Google celebrates his birthday with swagger. Meet Andrew Finkelstein, also known as Fink, the Google employee by day but underground hip-hop artist by night. And in honor of his 25th birthday, he decided [...]

You Can Be a Google Glass Tester

Cole — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:10:56 +0000

Google is in the development phase of its revolutionary and very sci-fi product called Glass. Glass is basically a pair of glasses with only one lens that displays content to you on a transparent screen. It shows you the time, messages, directions, video, and more.

The glasses are voice responsive and can even record what you're looking at! If this excites you, follow the instructions inside and get your own pair!

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 [...]

Why Are You Not Yet On Google+?

Cole — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:52:25 +0000

Do you feel a social media overload from time to time? I'm right there with you. With my job being 90% online, I can't avoid social media for more than ten minutes, but every once in a while, social media delivers a gem. This time it came in the form of Astronomy Picture of the Day on Google+.

Google Reports 70 Percent Increase in Takedown Requests by US Government

Kathy Landin — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:49:10 +0000

In an effort to highlight global censorship campaigns, Google’s biannual transparency report revealed a 70 percent increase in takedown requests by the US government and law enforcement agencies. New figures showed that Google faced demands from US law enforcement agencies earlier this year to take down YouTube videos allegedly showing incidents of police brutality. The [...]

Celebrate Google's Birthday With Every Google Doodle [ART]

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:30:19 +0000

Google turned 13 Tuesday, and the search engine celebrated its big day the same way it has every year since 2002 — with a special anniversary doodle. This year’s effort, a staid, retro birthday party scene, doesn’t quite seem befitting of a newly-minted teenager. But, then again, 13 is pretty ancient in Internet years. It’s a testament to [...]

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

Chip Sandalwood — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:50:39 +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.

Using the Internet Could Affect Your Memory

Shauna Wright — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:16:46 +0000

Seems Internet resources such as search engines could make you less likely to recall information.

So says a new study, anyway, which sought to discover how likely people are to remember something if they knew they could also find it on a computer.

Nevada Gives Thumbs-Up To Driverless Cars on the Road [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:22:08 +0000

YouTube A bill has passed in Nevada that makes it legal for Google’s fleet of driverless cars to take to the state’s roads.

The hope is that in the future, these automated cars could avoid the crashes currently caused by distracted driving. Several companies are already hard at work creating the technology necessary to make it happen.

Google Working On Mobile Phone As Credit Card Technology

Chadwick — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:36:49 +0000

The idea of being able to pay for things by waving my phone at a store seems two sided to me. Good in that it would be wicked easy and fast to pay for stuff. But bad due to the fact that I use different cards for different things? If using my card to much gets me into trouble sometimes then this could be some real trouble!!