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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 — Sat, 30 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 [...]

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.

Did a Google Street View Car Kill This Donkey?

Mike Adams — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:30:53 +0000

In their high-paced efforts to document the mean streets of the world, it appears as if Google may have become cold-blooded donkey killers. In a series of shocking photographs widely circulating on Twitter, you can see the Google Street View car driving past a donkey in one shot and the brutal and dusty demise of the beast in the next.

Google Celebrates Christmas and 'Festivus' With New Easter Eggs

Donald Deane — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 17:16:50 +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 — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:00:26 +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 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 — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 19:30:32 +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 [...]

Did Google Street View Capture the Image of a UFO?

Donald Deane — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 02:41:51 +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 [...]

You're Only as Old as Google Thinks You Are –Big Brother Files

Joe Russo — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:41:37 +0000

My mother-in-law makes me laugh. She refuses to join Facebook for fear that the government may be watching. She told us she wants to "stay off the grid". I then pointed to her cell phone to remind her that she's definitely not off the grid, and made her watch in horror as we googled her name. Address, age --anything that was public record, right there for the world to see. And as if her big brother conspiricies weren't bad enough, she's about to learn that Google has been monitoring her online activity for thier own financial gain.

Google Creates Artificial Brain That Loves Cats

Don Deane — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:00:26 +0000

As a way to create a simulation of the human brain, a group of researchers at Google constructed a neural network made up of 16,000 computer processors. Then, they turned their creation loose on the internet where it immediately developed a taste for cat videos. This thing is so human it’s scary!

Google Glasses Can Be Yours for a Price

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:00:26 +0000

In April, Google announced to the world Project Glass, augmented reality goggles that use Google maps, GPS technology, gyroscopes, powerful mini-processors and voice recognition software to keep the wearer connected to the internet completely hands-free. Now this science fiction-like technology is available to buy. Sort of. According to Google co-founder Sergey Brin, the glasses will begin shipping [...]

Top Ten Things People in Buffalo Have Googled in the Past Week

Staff — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:40:27 +0000

Ever wonder what your family, friends and coworkers are searching for on Google? Well over the past 7 days they’ve most likely been Googling Trayvon Martin, Hunger Games, Mega Millions and more. Here are the top ten terms people in Buffalo have Googled over the last seven days: Tim Tebow Trayvon Martin Hunger Games Buffalo Zoo [...]

'Send a Call from Santa' to Keep Kids in Line… or to Have a Little Holiday Fun

Shauna Wright — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:00:50 +0000

Parents have been using the threat of Santa’s “naughty or nice” list for so long now that it may be losing its strength, so the nice folks at Google stepped in to help. Enter a little information at Send a Call from Santa and your little one will get a voicemail from the North Pole [...]