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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 [...]

Some Guy Has Created 'Replacement Google' and It Works as Well as the Replacement Refs

Landon King — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:03:29 +0000

Some guy has created 'Replacement Google', which looks like regular Google except it says, quote, "Google.com is now sponsored by the NFL" and it has a picture of the NFL shield logo. But it doesn't work as good as Google and that's intentional.

Google Released Its 2011 Year in Review Video [VIDEO]

Landon King — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:42:32 +0000

Google has released its 2011 Year in Review video. It's definitely worth watching. They took the most-searched-for topics, and did a montage of the most compelling pictures and videos from 2011.

Google Street View — How Do They Do That?

Rick Taylor — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:22:51 +0000

I really didn’t want to cheat and look up exactly how they did it, so I thought of something I could do. I went and looked at a few “street level” views on Google to see if I could tell by looking at some of the images. At first, I just went from block to block looking at things caught on the obvious camera. But where was the camera?

That question was answered with this photo:

Google Reports 70 Percent Increase in Takedown Requests by US Government

Kathy Landin — Tue, 25 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 [...]

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

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:03:19 +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+ Project Takes Aim at Facebook [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:10:19 +0000

After several prior failed attempts to challenge social media behemoth Facebook, Google introduced a new service on Tuesday that it hopes will finally do the trick.

Called the Google+ project, it’s currently only available to a select group of Google users — they’ll soon be able to invite others — and it will let people share and discuss status updates, photos and links, just like they do on Facebook.

But there’s one key difference: Google+ allows you to share with select groups — like co-workers, friends or the moms in your child’s playgroup — instead of with everyone. It features what it calls “circles,” which are small groups of friends based on how you know them. Google+ also offers group text messaging and video chat.

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

Landon King — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:41:05 +0000

In case you missed it, last Thursday and Friday, 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 fun, but was it really THIS fun?

Celebrate Les Paul's Birthday With Playable Google Doodle

Kool FM — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:44:38 +0000

Google honors the late guitar innovator with addicting new doodle.