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Google is running a May Day doodle in several parts of the world. The celebration which is officially known as the international Workers' Day is a national holiday in some 80 countries and is observed in plenty of other places as well. The doodle isn't that remarkable, but it gets points for a certain kind... |
1 May 2012
04:52 GMT |
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Google is running a very distinctive doodle to celebrate origami master Akira Yoshizawa. The doodle features the Google logo, with each letter created from a single sheet of paper with a modern 3D origami style.
The doodle was created by one of the world's best origami artists Robert J. Lang who talked about Yo... |
14 March 2012
06:02 GMT |
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The Chinese New Year is underway. 2012 is the year of the dragon in the Chinese zodiac so plenty of Asian sites have been using custom logos or graphics to symbolize and mark the new year. Google, which started the tradition, ran a special doodle to celebrate the occasion, featuring a dragon, what else, and, of cour... |
24 January 2012
07:40 GMT |
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Google is running a doodle remembering the works of Nicolas Steno, a man of many talents, who contributed greatly to the creation of geology and paleontology, but also anatomy. He was also a Catholic bishop and took great interest in religious and philosophical issues as well.
Today, he is mostly remembered as the f... |
11 January 2012
08:41 GMT |
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According to tradition, Google has run a couple of doodles for New Year's Eve and the first day of 2012. You can check them out above in case you missed them for the two days they were live on the Google homepage.
Google opted for a simple approach, it used a couple of static doodles showing the Google letters ... |
3 January 2012
14:51 GMT |
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Google is getting more ambitious and more innovative with its doodles which it features on its global or local homepages quite frequently lately. The doodles themselves have become increasingly sophisticated, not only technically, but artistically as well.It's quite likely that, over the years, you've seen ... |
19 December 2011
10:11 GMT |
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It's safe to say that doodles are a common appearance on Google these days. This year in particular, there has been one every week or so. While most are simple drawings, a few are very elaborate. Google has recreated entire games, virtual guitars and has played movies replacing the Google logo on the homepage.So... |
16 December 2011
11:40 GMT |
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As you'd expect, Google is running a doodle for Thanksgiving day in the US. It's a fairly interesting one, it features a turkey and the Google logo, but it's not just any turkey, you can customize it to your heart's content.
You can change the color and the shape of its feathers, its hat or haird... |
24 November 2011
08:26 GMT |
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Google is now running one of its most interesting doodles to date, but you've probably missed it since it's not available on the main site. It is however, running in much of Europe.
The doodle celebrates the 60th anniversary of the first book published by Polish science fiction author and philosopher Stani... |
23 November 2011
07:32 GMT |
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Today, the US is celebrating Veterans Day. In some parts of Europe, today is Armistice Day or Remembrance Day which celebrates the official end of World War I which took place, appropriately, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.But, as most internet companies are from the US, you'... |
11 November 2011
12:31 GMT |
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If you live in the US, you may have noticed the new Halloween doodle Google has put up. Unlike in previous years, Google went out and bought real pumpkins, carved them out and put them on display at the Googleplex and on the Google homepage.
Google didn't carve just any old pumpkins, it bought six, one for each... |
31 October 2011
12:41 GMT |
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As in every year for the past decade or so, Google is running a Halloween themed doodle. And this year, it really went all out. While regularly it just runs a simple image doodle, or perhaps an animated one, this year it's taking pumpkin carving to the next level.
The company got hold of six huge pumpkins, some... |
31 October 2011
04:58 GMT |
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Google is back with yet another colorful doodle. Today's fruity logo celebrates the 118th birthday of Albert Szent-Györgyi and his discovery of Vitamin C. The Hungarian scientist went on to win the Nobel prize for his discovery.
Vitamin C, also known as L-ascorbic acid or L-ascorbate, is a crucial nutrie... |
16 September 2011
08:40 GMT |
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It is already some sort of tradition for Google to commemorate the most valuable artists, no matter if they are sculptors, musicians, scientists, painters or writers, so today the Doodle is meant to remind us of Jorge Luis Borges.Considered to have pioneered the science fiction genre, the full name of the Argentinia... |
24 August 2011
13:09 GMT |
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Google is running a couple of doodles for the summer solstice, one for each hemisphere. In the north, June 21 marks the start of summer and the longest day of the year. In the south, the opposite is true, June 21 is the shortest day.Google has commissioned a couple of doodles from Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, kn... |
21 June 2011
08:13 GMT |
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The total lunar eclipse captured the world's imagination, last night, or this morning depending on where you live, but just in case you missed it or you want to check it out in more details, Google is running a doodle dedicated to the occasion. It's not prettiest doodle ever, but it's a rather smart on... |
16 June 2011
05:37 GMT |
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Yesterday, Google ran a very interesting doodle honoring the memory of Les Paul and enticing users to get creative and strum out a little guitar tune straight from the Google homepage. But if you've visited the Google homepage today, you'll notice that the doodle is still there. Because people loved it so... |
10 June 2011
06:08 GMT |
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This year's Doodle 4 Google competition is in the final stages as the 40 regional winners have been announced. 40 talented kids from across the US have been picked for their inspiring creations and it's time for everyone to get involved and vote for the work they like the most."Today, we’re thrilled t... |
4 May 2011
10:30 GMT |
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Doodle's are becoming a permanent fixture for Google with a different one every few days in some periods. Today, Google is celebrating the birth of one of the most famous actors of all time, Charlie Chaplin. He would have been 122 years old today and Google is marking the occasion in a suitable manner, with... |
15 April 2011
09:40 GMT |
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Today marks the 50th anniversary of man's first space flight. To celebrate the occasion, YouTube is premiering First Orbit, a movie which aims to recreate that first flight, giving viewers a way of seeing what Gagarin might have seen as he orbited the Earth. The movie can be watched at youtube.com/firstorbit and... |
12 April 2011
08:40 GMT |
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On February 19th, 1876, one of the most well-known Romanian sculptors, Constantin Brâncuşi, was born. Today, Google celebrates his anniversary with a dedicated doodle which displays seven of his creations.This new Google doodle celebrates 135 years since the artist was born in Hobița, Romania, then going to Mu... |
19 February 2011
08:48 GMT |
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Google is about to delight the web, and help people waste countless hours of productivity, once again with one of its doodles. Celebrating Jules Verne's birthday, on February 8, Google is running a doodle dedicated to the famous science fiction writer, most likely, across most of its localized search pages and o... |
7 February 2011
13:21 GMT |
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Google doodles aren't that special anymore, with a new one coming every week or so. But the company is trying to keep each one fresh, like the most recent doodle celebrating John Lennon's 70th birthday. It seems like a rather innocuous, if stylish, doodle until you click on it. The doodle is actually an e... |
8 October 2010
08:28 GMT |
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Google is celebrating its 12th birthday today, as you might have noticed if you visited the homepage. As has become the tradition, Google is sporting a custom logo to mark the occasion, this time a drawing by American artist Wayne Thiebaud of, what else, a birthday cake. Google starting featuring custom logos for its... |
27 September 2010
11:40 GMT |
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Google is now celebrating its 12th birthday. Though the exact date is somewhat shrouded in mystery, Google usually chooses September 27 to celebrate its birthday and it's doing it this year as well. Seeing that it is its birthday, Google decided to spring a little, buy itself a little present and then show it to... |
27 September 2010
03:16 GMT |
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Google introduced a cool new feature last week, which allows you to customize the Google homepage with an image of your choice. It was first introduced to US users and Google said it would eventually be made available to everyone. The roll-out is now complete and the customizable background feature is currently live ... |
10 June 2010
04:12 GMT |
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Today is Earth Day, as you might have known. And if you didn’t, you were going to find out anyway. Plenty of web companies are doing something to mark the occasion and Google is no different. It’s running an Earth Day doodle, as expected, but it’s also celebrating it at its offices worldwide. Google... |
22 April 2010
12:55 GMT |
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Google has been using logo 'doodles' for years now to mark special occasions and celebrations and lately it looks like it's stepping up the process. So, it's not much of a surprise that Google is sporting a holiday related logo already and, in fact, it's the first from a series of images whi... |
21 December 2009
08:15 GMT |
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Google has been on a doodle spree lately with a series celebrating the birthday of H.G. Wells, the popular British science fiction writer and just yesterday with a new one to mark Google's own birthday. But just after dropping the second 'l' in the Googlle doodle, it's now sporting a new one, this... |
28 September 2009
10:08 GMT |
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Google's latest series of doodles left many wondering what exactly it was trying to say. The mystery was pretty much solved last week with the second doodle, but it wasn't until today that Google finally laid out all the details. As suspected, the series was in honor of the British science-fiction writer H.... |
21 September 2009
02:39 GMT |
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Google is now sporting the second doodle in the “unexplained phenomenon” series and, thanks to the few clues it has provided, the mystery seems to be solved. This second doodle depicts several crop circles spelling out the company's name, but missing the 'l.' The doodle leads to a search fo... |
15 September 2009
05:34 GMT |
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Google's doodles are always the subject of a fair amount of discussion but lately it looks like they've become so common place they've lost some of their initial charm. Still, they provide a unique way of educating the public on some important or at least interesting events or people. Google's lat... |
5 September 2009
07:31 GMT |
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Today is the 25th birthday of one of the most popular games of all times. While it's seen thousands of reincarnations, the original Tetris game was created June 6th, 1984 by Alexey Pajitnov. There are very few people who haven't played it and it seems Google shares the love as it is celebrating the game... |
6 June 2009
03:27 GMT |
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