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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 [...]

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?

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

Donald Deane — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 17:01:32 +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 — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:25:25 +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 [...]

Happy Birthday Google!

Terry Morgan — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:12:16 +0000

Google celebrates its 14th birthday today and it’s hard to remember a time before “Google” was an every day action. Founded in 1998 by Stanford classmates Larry Page and Sergey Brin. The name “Google” is a play on the mathematical term “googol” which means one followed by one hundred zeroes. Obviously their lofty goal for [...]

Replacement Google: The Next Great Office Prank.

Brad Weiser — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:55:52 +0000

Not sure if you’ve seen this or not but Erik Johnson created a site called Replacement Google, jokingly sponsored by the NFL. Obviously, he’s poking fun at the replacement NFL refs. None of the searches you do on this site are correct and you never get the same results twice. Kinda funny, right? A search [...]

How Many Times Have You UnZipped Googles Zipper? [POLL]

Brad Weiser — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:43:44 +0000

Today, Google is paying tribute to the man who perfected the zipper, Gideon Sundback,with a Google Doodle.

Just put your pointer at the top and unzip. Betcha can't do it just once.

Information Overload – Do You Miss The Good Old Days?

Terry Morgan — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:00:44 +0000

I live for technology. No matter where I am or what I'm doing I always have my iPhone, a laptop, and an always-on internet connection. From the moment I wake up to the last minute before I go to sleep at night, I'm connected in some way to the internet.

I think, more often than not, you are too, and it's all starting to become too much.

What Social Media do you use?

Terry Morgan — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:49:08 +0000

There's more social media sites than we know what to do with. So which one do you use the most?

Wikipedia, Reddit, Cheezburger Network and More Sites to Go Dark in Protest of SOPA

Shauna Wright — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:30:41 +0000

Homework will be harder to do and bar bets tougher to win today when Wikipedia goes dark for 24 hours in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), anti-piracy legislation under consideration by the US Congress.

Rebecca Black is Google's Top Search Term for 2011 — We So Excited!

Bob Sassone — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:07:23 +0000

In what may be the perfect summation of the crazy year that was, Rebecca Black, the internet sensation who sang the notorious song ‘Friday,’ was the top Google search term for 2011. Granted, Google doesn’t take into account searches that were made ironically and/or while inebriated.

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

Don Deane — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:30:17 +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 — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:09:22 +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 [...]

The Les Paul Guitar on Google Cost the World $268 Million

Jackie — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:13:00 +0000

Last Thursday and Friday I spent at least a full 4 hours trying to play Mary Had a Little Lamb on the Google Les Paul Guitar.

In case you missed it, Google changed the logo on its homepage to look like a LES PAUL guitar, in honor of Les Paul's birthday. And you could actually use your mouse to strum the guitar and record songs. It was awesome. People loved it so much that according to a technology consulting company, it cost the world $268 MILLION in lost productivity. WOW!

Celebrate Les Paul's Birthday With Playable Google Doodle

Brad Weiser — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 19:00:59 +0000

Today, Google is paying tribute to the late guitar pioneer Les Paul with a guitar-themed doodle that allows users to play it and record songs of their own.

The doodle, which was designed by engineers Kristopher Hom and Joey Hurst and doodle team lead Ryan Germick, will be up for 24 hours, and was released to celebrate what would have been Paul's 96th birthday. (Paul, a leader in the development of the solid-body electric guitar, died of complications from pneumonia in 2009.)

Is Google Spying On Us?

95.7 KEZJ — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:36:38 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBMPphy9gFg

Is Google spying on us? Is the Obama administration giving Google special access to a private NASA airstrip? Why hasn’t Google been investigated for “spying” people in over 30 countries? These are some of the questions a group known as the Consumer Watchdog is asking.