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

Emerald Catron — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:20:00 +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 '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 of 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 actually exist. Researchers from the University of Sydney 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?

Happy Halloween Google Doodle

Lori Crofford — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:37:37 +0000

When it comes to searching anything on the internet I am a firm believer in “Google It!” “Bing It” just doesn’t have the same flair. Another reason I love Google is their wonderful Google Doodles. If you aren’t an avid Google user I encourage you to visit Google today for their creative Halloween doodle. It [...]

Did Google Street View Capture the Image of a UFO?

Donald Deane — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 13:00:51 +0000

After years of being ridiculed, we may finally have proof that UFOs do indeed exist, and it comes from the unlikeliest of places — Google Street View. Who’s laughing now, skeptics? According to ABC News, a woman named Andrea Dove was using Google Maps to find directions to Jacksonsville, Texas, when a strange red object [...]

Google Doodle Honors the Zipper [POLL]

Lori Crofford — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:44:18 +0000

Gideon Sundback invented the zipper. The glorious creation that is the zipper. The lovely thing that keeps our pants up. Today was his birthday. In honor of this man Google has dedicated their doodle to the zipper. CLICK HERE to go to Google and have fun zipping and unzipping the zipper.

Google Augmented Reality Glasses Will Kill Us All

Patrick Bateman — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:10:24 +0000

Hot off their April Fools Joke about Google 8-Bit for Nintendo comes the media giant’s announcement they’re in the process of testing augmented reality glasses that make you feel like Iron Man or the Terminator and look like Levar Burton’s character in Star Trek .

Google Might Start Manufacturing Driverless Cars [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 14 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 [...]