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See All of Google's April Fool's Day Pranks

Emerald Catron — Mon, 01 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 cas

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Zeitgeist 2012 – Google's Year in Review [VIDEO]

Andree Valentine — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:05:33 +0000

At the end of every year, Google compiles a list of the most searched events and people and created a video featuring all of them. The video shows events such as protests from, Hurricane Sandy, the 2012 Olympic Games, famous celebrity deaths, Felix Baumgartner who jumped from space, and even overly attached girlfriend and Honey Boo Boo

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Find Out How Old Google Thinks You Are

Emerald Catron — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:25:25 +0000

Good news, bad news. The bad news is that Google has been monitoring all your online activity and is using it for their own personal gain. The good news is at least it's fun to see if they guessed your age, gender and interests correctly. That's pretty good news ... right?

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Privacy is Dead — Big Brother is Here

Jim Bell — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:59:26 +0000

Earlier this week we learned it's possible for someone to read your text messages off your i-Phone screen from as far as 200 feet away.

Today we learn that everything you write on Facebook could show up in Google Search results.

And we learned that the CIA is now monitoring Tweets and Facebook. Really.

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Google to Buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 Billion

Jade Walker — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:58:58 +0000

Google announced on Monday that it would acquire Motorola Mobility Holdings for $40 a share, or $12.5 billion. The offer is the search engine giant’s largest acquisition in its history.

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The Google+ Project Takes Aim at Facebook [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:10:19 +0000

After several prior failed attempts to challenge social media behemoth Facebook, Google introduced a new service on Tuesday that it hopes will finally do the trick.

Called the Google+ project, it’s currently only available to a select group of Google users — they’ll soon be able to invite others — and it will let people share and discuss status updates, photos and links, just like they do on Facebook.

But there’s one key difference: Google+ allows you to share with select groups — like co-workers, friends or the moms in your child’s playgroup — instead of with everyone. It features what it calls “circles,” which are small groups of friends based on how you know them. Google+ also offers group text messaging and video chat.

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