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Google Celebrates John Lennon

Google is celebrating the birth of John Lennon today. But something different that I haven’t seen before is that when you click on the play button, it actually plays a video – directly inline of the Google Homepage — I like it. And something else, I noticed that the pageviews number was disabled for this [...]

Happy Birthday Google – 12 Years Old

Today is a very special day for Google. It celebrates 12 years of age. Google has had a great year. They had both a layout re-design and the launch of Google Instant, which one of my friends from High School worked on – I think that’s pretty cool. Over the past 5 years, since it’s [...]

Gmail Celebrates 5th Birthday

Google’s email product, Gmail, turned 5 years old yesterday. I remember the first e-mail I received was from the Google team. It’s the same exact e-mail you get today for creating a new Gmail account. It’s been a long and quarky road, but it’s been a fun road. Gmail has made some huge advances in [...]

Google is Turning 10 Years Old

Google is on the brink of turning ten years old. Whoa. To celebrate, Google is kicking off the celebrations with Project 10100 at http://www.project10tothe100.com/. What is the project about? “Project 10100 (pronounced “Project 10 to the 100th”) is a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible.” Now the [...]

Google Celebrates Alexander Graham Bell

Google Celebrates the Lego Birthday

Today, Google is celebrating the birthday of the Lego. Here’s a little history lesson for everyone. 1932 Ole Kirk Christiansen, master carpenter and joiner, establishes his business in the village of Billund, Denmark. His firm manufactures stepladders, ironing boards, stools and wooden toys. His son, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, starts working in the business at the [...]