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

Emerald Catron — Tue, 02 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 [...]

Twitter Mourns the Death of Google Reader

Emerald Catron — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:25:00 +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 [...]

New Google – Adidas Sneaker Talks Trash To You

Joe Student — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:53:33 +0000

Adidas and Google revealed a new talking sneaker prototype at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas last weekend. The motion-sensing kicks feature a speaker on the tongue that can make commands, give encouragement and post online status updates based on what the wearer is — or isn't — doing while wearing the shoes.

Conan Invites You To Strap Google Glass To Your Butt

Mike Moody — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:03:32 +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 Celebrates Christmas and 'Festivus' With New Easter Eggs

Donald Deane — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 02:16:50 +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 — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:05:26 +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 [...]

Google Steals Christmas, Deletes Entire Month of December from App

Donald Deane — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 04:30:00 +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?

Siri Versus Google Voice Search — Who Wins?

Emerald Catron — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:56:44 +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 Image Search for 'Completely Wrong' Yields Photos of…Mitt Romney?!

Donald Deane — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 21:01:32 +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 [...]

Study Shows Siri May Not Be As Smart As It Thinks It Is

Danny Gallagher — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:10:57 +0000

Apple’s Siri app turned a lot of heads and ears when the iPhone 4S first hit the shelves. The voice controlled app looked and sounded like something from an Arthur C. Clarke novel.

However, it may not bring us any closer to having a real HAL 9000 computer (and considering what happened in ’2001: A Space Odyssey,’ maybe we should be thankful for that).

Check out this Crazy Animated Short Film "The Chase" [VIDEO]

Adam West — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:30:07 +0000

When you've got a job where all you do is play music all day long (yeah right), you tend to have a little extra time on your hands. Time that can be best spent doing things like reading magazines, harassing your co-workers, and surfing this vast space known as the internet, or as the old folks call it, "The Google." That's where you discover tons of creativity, like this awesome short animated film by Phillipe Gamer called "The Chase." Be sure to watch to the end. Enjoy!

Florida Woman, Posing as Husband's Ex, Posts Racy Ad on Craigslist

Shauna Wright — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:35:45 +0000

A Florida woman may have taken the prize for nastiest prank ever.

Natasha Larson took out an ad on Craig’slist in which she invited men to come over for random sexual encounters — and then she signed it with the name and address of her husband’s ex.

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

Shauna Wright — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:30:08 +0000

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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.

What Happens on the Internet Every Minute of Every Day? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Shauna Wright — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:00:17 +0000

The brains at web development and design company Go-Globe created a stunning infographic that breaks down the internet activity happening every minute of the day on sites like Twitter, Google, Facebook, and Skype. And it’s kind of amazing. Some of the stuff that goes on every 60 seconds: At least 168 million emails are sent 98,000 [...]

Blame Google for Wasting Company Time

Adam West — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:30:54 +0000

If your company wants to come down on you for wasting valuable work time playing on the computer, Google might have had a little something to do with that, at least for a few days earlier this month. More specifically, Google Doodles was the culprit, as the site's home page celebrated Les Paul's 96th birthday, with a playable doodle.

Google the Word "Crazy"

Adam West — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 19:55:59 +0000

A former stripper and amateur filmmaker from Russia may face charges, after allegedly breaking in to the offices of Google to drop off a note. Vera Svechina reportedly followed a blind Google employee into the offices, and delivered a Russian book, and a “non-threatening” note to Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Google Security has yet [...]