Tag Archives: Google

Feb
22

Google doodles Heinrich Hertz’s 155th

Google Logo Google has posted up another doodle on its home page. This one is in celebration of the 155th anniversary of Heinrich Hertz, the famous physicist whose work in the field of.. more
Feb
17

Google set for new patent attack

Google Logo The never-ending patent wars are continuing with some gusto this week. Apple has been on the offensive, once again, earlier in the week bringing a US lawsuit against Samsung for a.. more
Feb
13

Google plans an “entertainment device”

Google Logo Google is set to make the move into its own branded hardware this year, it would seem. A number of reports have sprung up across the net pertaining to an “entertainment.. more
Feb
07

Google celebrates 200 years of Dickens

Google has been doodling for the second day in a row, unusually. Yesterday we witnessed three doodles commemorating Francois Truffaut, the famous French film-maker’s birth, and today Dickens is the subject of an anniversary sketch. Google is actually celebrating the double century of Charles Dickens,.. more
Feb
06

Google doodles Francois Truffaut’s 80th

Google has been doodling again, this time to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Francois Truffaut’s birth. Truffaut was renowned as a screenwriter and film-maker, although before that he was a critic with a stinging tongue which lambasted the state of French cinema in the 1950s... more
Jan
24

YouTube gets 4 billion views per day

Google has been boasting about the ever increasing popularity of its online video platform. Posting on its blog page, the company announced that YouTube now receives 4 billion video views per day. That’s equivalent to 46,300 video clips being fired up every second, and it’s.. more
Jan
18

Wikipedia blackout protest against SOPA

Protests against SOPA (America’s Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (the Protect Intellectual Property Act) have kicked up a gear today. Google.com (not the UK version of the site, though) has blacked out its logo and provided a link to an anti-SOPA online petition on.. more
Jan
16

Murdoch says Google profits from piracy

Rupert Murdoch only recently opened up his Twitter account, but he’s quickly accrued some 140,000 followers, and made some controversial tweets. He’s had a pop at Google and Obama, no less, and stirred up a considerable storm in the media. He tweeted accusing Google of.. more
Jan
11

Google doodle celebrates Nicolas Steno

Google has sketched up another doodle this morning. The latest piece of search engine-based artwork celebrates the life of Nicolas Steno. Today is the 374th anniversary of the birth of the Danish Catholic clergyman and scientist who was a prominent figure in the fields of.. more
Jan
05

Google tablet to challenge Kindle Fire?

Rumours first emerged just before Christmas that Google was planning on creating its own brand tablet. The firm has produced its own smartphones – or got Samsung to – with the Nexus range, so it isn’t too much of a stretch to imagine it has.. more