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'Doodle 4 Google' Winner Depicts Moving Soldier Homecoming

Kyle Dowling — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:17:40 +0000

Who's ready for some tears? Oh, good!

Every year, Google holds an annual "Doodle 4 Google" contest, in which they ask students (from kindergarten through grade 12) to submit drawings based on a specific theme. This year's theme was "My Best Day Ever," and it's hard to imagine one more deserving of that title than this.

Google Celebrates 107th Anniversary of 'Little Nemo' With Gorgeous Doodle

Emerald Catron — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:00:23 +0000

In case you were wondering what the deal is with today’s Google Doodle, it turns out today marks the 107th Anniversary of Winsor McCay’s ahead-of-its-time ‘Little Nemo’ comic strip. You might not be familiar with the comic strip, but perhaps you remember the movie ‘Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland.’ In case the ‘E.T.’ soundtrack accompanying [...]

Google Boldly Goes Nerdy With 'Star Trek' Doodle

Emerald Catron — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 18:50:55 +0000

Today marks the 46th anniversary of 'Star Trek,' and Google is commemorating it with a pretty awesome playable Google Doodle adventure. The tale takes players to three separate locations and offers a very quick tip of the hat to the Gorn Cannon scene from the 'Arena' episode. What? You didn't know that? Congratulations for having friends in high school! Here's a guide to today's Google Doodle.

Celebrate Julia Child's 100th Birthday With This Snazzy Remix and Google Doodle

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:55:20 +0000

Before all the celebrity chefs with their agents and their fancy hair there was Julia Child. The Grand Dame of American cooking would have been 100 today. While Child didn’t need a lot of bells and whistles to make compelling TV, the auto-tuned remix of her classic show — created by the folks at PBS [...]

Top 5 Google Doodles of the London 2012 Olympics

Lisa Bernier — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:51:54 +0000

Google Doodlesare awesome because unlike school, they make learning random facts cool. More importantly, they allow you to waste endless amounts of time. So, naturally Google had to get in on the Olympics fever by doodling away. In honor of the Olympics coming to a close, here are the Top 5 Google Doodles of [...]

Google Doodle Honors Amelia Earhart's 115th Birthday

Donald Deane — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:09:27 +0000

After disappearing over the Pacific Ocean 75 years ago, pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart has finally been found on Google’s homepage. The search engine honored the pilot with a nifty Doodle today on what would have been her 115th birthday. Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan vanished in 1937 while flying from New Guinea to Howland Island, [...]

Nostalgic Google Doodle Honors the 79th Anniversary of Drive-In Theaters

Donald Deane — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 18:38:40 +0000

Thanks to the rising cost of real estate, the advent of color TV, video rentals and other factors, drive-in movie theaters are few and far between these days. But Google is honoring the 79th anniversary of drive-ins with a cool doodle that evokes their heyday in the 1950s. Just click on the ticket and a [...]

Playable Google Doodle Honors Bob Moog, Creator of the Moog Synthesizer

Donald Deane — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:47:25 +0000

We thought we’d seen it all with Google’s interactive zipper doodle a few weeks back, but now comes a doodle honoring the 78th birthday of electronic music pioneer Robert Moog that’s the coolest ever. Today’s doodle is actually a playable Moog synthesizer, just like those that Moog first created back in the sixties. In can [...]

Unzip Google With Latest Creative Doodle

Donald Deane — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:23:59 +0000

Today marks the 132nd birthday of Gideon Sundback, a Swedish engineer who helped create the modern zipper. As a way to commemorate the event, Google has replaced its normal homepage with a seriously nifty doodle of a large interactive zipper. Go ahead and pull. You know you want to. Just head to Google.com, grab the [...]

Watch Google's Sweetly Romantic Valentine's Day Doodle

Alex Staub — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:36:20 +0000

The folks over at Google never miss an opportunity to add some sort of clever Easter egg or doodle to their homepage. So it comes as no surprise that in honor of Valentine's Day, Google made a heartwarming short cartoon doodle to remind us that we're single.

Google Doodle Honors Groundbreaking Scientist Marie Curie [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:19:03 +0000

To celebrate the 144th anniversary of pioneering scientist Marie Curie’s birth, Google dedicated its latest creative doodle to her — giving the famed researcher a spot among other great “doodled” minds like Thomas Edison, “father of genetics” Gregor Mendel and “Vitamin C” scientist Albert Szent-Györgyi. France and Poland already declared 2011 as the Year of [...]

Google Staff Carves Giant Pumpkins For Halloween Google Doodle [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:04:52 +0000

Several Google employees recently swapped their laptops for carving knives and spent the day whittling six enormous pumpkins with the letters of the search engine’s name. The result? The Halloween Google Doodle, of course. In the timelapse video below, you’ll see the carvers cheered on by costumed co-workers and Pegman, Google’s Street View mascot. Sophia [...]

Google Doodle Honors Legendary Disney Artist Mary Blair [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:41:02 +0000

Friday's Google Doodle should delight not just Disney fans, but anyone with an interest in graphic design.

As an early animator and concept artist for Disney, the late Mary Blair provided the look of Disney classics like 'Alice in Wonderland,' 'Cinderella' and 'Peter Pan.'

Gumby Creator Art Clokey Honored in Nostalgic Google Doodle

Andrea Rosen — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:41:36 +0000

Visit the Google homepage today and you might recognize a familiar face: Gumby is in the Google Doodle spotlight. The doodle, which commemorates the 90th birthday of late Gumby creator Art Clokey (he passed in January 2010), is also animated -- clicking on the colored balls of clay reveals the whole Gumby gang, including Pokey the horse and the Blockheads.

Celebrate Google's Birthday With Every Google Doodle [ART]

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:03:19 +0000

Google turned 13 Tuesday, and the search engine celebrated its big day the same way it has every year since 2002 — with a special anniversary doodle. This year’s effort, a staid, retro birthday party scene, doesn’t quite seem befitting of a newly-minted teenager. But, then again, 13 is pretty ancient in Internet years. It’s a testament to [...]