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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.

Keep Track of the 'Best of YouTube' Announcements

Emerald Catron — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:44:28 +0000

As part of their April Fool’s DayÂ tradition, Google is running a pretty great prank on YouTube, right now.Â They are listing the nominees for the best of YouTube before it “shuts down.” Every video is nominated. They are listing every video on YouTube and reading their descriptions. We really hope they follow through and do this [...]

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’sÂ 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 [...]

Twitter Mourns the Death of Google Reader

Emerald Catron — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:25:00 +0000

This (NSFW) video of Hitler reacting to the end of Google Reader is being passed around Twitter with the reckless abandon of people who just realized they’re losing their favorite way to follow the internet. Google announced it’s killing off Google Reader July 1 as part of their spring cleaning. In response, people are sharing [...]

Conan Invites You To Strap Google Glass To Your Butt

Mike Moody — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 19:56:32 +0000

While tech nerds the world over were busy marveling at Google's latest innovation, Google Glass -- which we're pretty sure won't cause any car accidents or help turn the world's population into to a society of vacuous alienated drones -- the geniuses at Team Coco we're busy developing their own futuristic product.

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 [...]

Google 'Dying Grandparent' On Google Images And You Get… Christina Aguilera?!

Dan Seitz — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 22:00:04 +0000

Christina Aguilera has fallen victim to an exceptionally strange search engine quirk: If you Google ‘dying grandparent’ in Google Images, it’s predominantly images of her, and she’s neither a grandparent nor dying. So what’s going on? It’s a result of a gossip item published in June about her family troubles. Aguilera was widely considered to [...]

Non-Existent Island Pops Up On Google Maps

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

There are hundreds of thousands ofÂ 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 actuallyÂ exist. Researchers from the University ofÂ SydneyÂ 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. [...]

Siri Versus Google Voice Search — Who Wins?

Emerald Catron — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:56:44 +0000

We’re sure Apple fanboys will have something to say about this. In a head-to-head contest between Siri and Google Voice Search, it looks like Siri is the loser. But at least she’s friendly while she’s taking her precious time answering your questions. Truthfully, though, both are still faster than asking another person, thankfully. We are [...]

Google Celebrates 107th Anniversary of 'Little Nemo' With Gorgeous Doodle

Emerald Catron — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:00:23 +0000

In case you were wondering what the deal is with today’s Google Doodle, it turns out today marks the 107th Anniversary of Winsor McCay’s ahead-of-its-time ‘Little Nemo’ comic strip. You might not be familiar with the comic strip, but perhaps you remember the movie ‘Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland.’ In case the ‘E.T.’ soundtrack accompanying [...]

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?Â To find out what [...]

Google Is the Best Place to Work — What Else Made the List?

Shauna Wright — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:00:13 +0000

Working at Google is often considered the Holy Grail of employment, and no wonder — for the second time in three years, the company has been named the happiest place to work. For its Bliss Leap Awards, job site CareerBliss asked American employees to rate 10 key “happiness factors” like work/life balance, work environment, pay, [...]

Top 5 Google Doodles of the London 2012 Olympics

Lisa Bernier — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:51:54 +0000

Google Doodles are awesome because unlike school, they make learning random facts cool. More importantly, they allow you to waste endless amounts of time. So, naturally Google had to get in on the Olympics fever by doodling away. In honor of the Olympics coming to a close, here are the Top 5 Google Doodles of [...]

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

KEAN 105.1 Staff — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:00:23 +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 Is Developing 'Terminator'-Style Glasses [IMAGE]

Kathy Landin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:26:33 +0000

These aren’t just any glasses. These are ‘Terminator’ vision computers for your face. And a Google source says there is now a prototype of the Google Glasses. In December, a little birdie at Google leaked that they were developing glasses that would look like any standard pair of thick-rimmed glasses, but would have a heads-up [...]

Google Reports 70 Percent Increase in Takedown Requests by US Government

Kathy Landin — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:49:10 +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 [...]

'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.