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May 14, 2013

Celebrate 37th Birthday Of Atari Breakout With Google

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To commemorate the 37th birthday of the classic game “Atari Breakout” Google have hidden a little surprise for fans in their Image Search.

To activate the Easter Egg, all you need to do is type “Atari Breakout” into Image Search and hit enter and hey presto you are teleported back in time with the opportunity to play this hugely addictive game!

Atari Breakout was created by Nolan Bushnell and Steve Bristow and broke onto the scene in 1976, inspired in part by the 1972 game Pong. There were several sequels, mods and variations of Atari Breakout that hit our computer screen and it was a hugely popular and addictive game!Continue Reading

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May 8, 2013

Awesome Google Doodle That Celebrates The Work Of Saul Bass

If you have clicked the play button on today’s Google Doodle, you will have been treated to a delightful sequence of images that pay homage to the work legendary graphic designer Saul Bass, who is best remembered for creating the movie credits for numerous Alfred Hitchcock classics. The animated sequence is arguably one of Google’s most elaborate to date and was created by San Francisco-based artist Matthew Cruickshank.

Cruickshank based his animation on series of Saul’s most famous works and synched it to a Dave Brubeck track because the artist was a huge fan. Continue Reading

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April 24, 2013

Eric Schmidt Hints That We Will Have To Wait Until 2014 For Google Glass

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Google executive Eric Schmidt has hinted that we might have to wait a little bit longer than previously expected until the eagerly anticipated Google Glass becomes widely available.

Google have been rolling the Glass out in an unusual fashion, starting with their Google Glass Explorers, but it was thought that the general public would be able to wrap the augmented reality glasses around their heads by the end of 2013. Continue Reading

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April 22, 2013

German Courts Fine Google $190,000 For Using Street View Cars To Capture Personal Data

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The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information has landed search engine giant’s Google with a $190,000 fine for carrying out illegal Wi-Fi snooping with their Street View Cars during 2008 – 2010.

The investigations into the case began nearly 3 years ago when it emerged that Google had been using these roaming vehicles to illegally capture recorded personal data including emails, passwords and pictures from Wi-Fi networks. This data that the Street View Cars captured is said to have been deleted.Continue Reading

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April 19, 2013

Google Prohibits Resale, Loan Or Transfer Of Google Glass

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Google has put something of a dampener on the eagerly awaited gadget, Google Glass with the terms and conditions that forbid resale, loan or transfer of the augmented reality goggles.

Their draconian terms of service state; “you may not resell, loan, transfer, or give your device to any other person. If you resell, loan, transfer, or give your device to any other person without Google’s authorization, Google reserves the right to deactivate the device, and neither you nor the unauthorized person using the device will be entitled to any refund, product support, or product warranty.”Continue Reading

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April 18, 2013

Brin & Page Get A Place To Park Their Jets – $82m Private Airport Terminal Approved By San Jose!

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Google’s head honchos Sergey Brin, Larry Page, Eric Schmidt and other high-flying Silicon Valley executives now have a place to park their private jets as San Jose City Council approves a deal which will see an $82 million private airport complex constructed at San Jose International Airport.

According to The San Jose Mercury News the council overwhelmingly approved the plans which grant permission to private company Signature Flight Support to build the complex that would house and service the private aircraft belonging to the Silicon Valley elite. Continue Reading

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March 31, 2013

Google Disqualify Glass Explorer Wannabe That Would “Throw It At Your Face”!

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Remember the competition that Google started in a bid to get people to share the wondrous and impressive ideas they had to make the most of Google Glass? Applicants had to submit their ideas via Google+ or Twitter in 140 characters or less in a bid to be chosen as a Google Glass Explorer.

Apparently though, some of the applicant’s ideas that did make the initial cut, didn’t meet Google’s criteria and end up having their entries disqualified. On the Project Glass Google+ page, the team explains their decision to disqualify these entries! Continue Reading

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March 26, 2013

Sweden’s Language Council Ditches Word “Ungoogleable” After Pressure From Google’s Legal Team

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The Language Council of Sweden has made the decision to ditch the word “ungoogleable” from a list of new words after pressure from Google to alter the definition of the word so that its meaning was more flattering for the search engine supremos.

According the Sveriges Radio Google’s lawyers were pushing Sweden’s Language Council to change the meaning of the term “ogooglebar”, something they were not willing to do. In Sweden “ogooglebar” is defined as something “that you can’t find on the web with the use of a search engine” and Google wanted that amended so that it only describes searches performed with Google’s mighty engine.
The Language Council were not willing to alter this definition and did not fancy taking on Google’s expert legal team, so they made the decision to drop the word altogether. Continue Reading

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March 14, 2013

Google Working on a New Layout Design for Home Page

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Web-sites know that, over time, they’ve gotta shake up their design. Styles for web design are constantly changing, and if web-sites don’t keep up with what’s popular, then they often end up falling behind and failing. Google, the world’s leading search engine, is now testing a new design for the first time in ages, which was first spotted by the Google Operating System blog.Continue Reading

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March 13, 2013

The End Of Google Reader – RSS Feed Subscription Service Gets The Axe

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In a blog post issued late on Wednesday, Google announced that their RSS feed subscription service Google Reader would be getting the axe, citing declining usage as the reason they decided to wrap it up.

Despite the fact that the numbers of people using the service may not be high enough to warrant keeping it operational, its many fans and loyal users have been disappointed and saddened by the news. The service had a devoted following that comprised mainly of news junkies, blog addicts and those who saw the aggregator as a great tool for easily scanning a large number of websites.Continue Reading

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