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Google Celebrates Christmas and 'Festivus' With New Easter Eggs

Donald Deane — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:16:50 +0000

In celebration of the most wonderful time of the year, Google recently added a brand new Easter egg for Christmas. But for those fed up with the over-commercialization of the holiday, there’s also an homage to our favorite fake alternative — Festivus. Type “Christmas” into Google and you’ll notice a string of colorful lights spanning [...]

Fiat Photobombs Volkswagen Headquarters By Parking Fiat 500 on Google Street View

Danny Gallagher — Sat, 19 May 2012 21:00:42 +0000

Fiat and Volkswagen have had a long standing rivalry between them and not just with their car sales.

Both companies' headquarters are located in Sweden and Fiat noticed a Volkswagen speeding in the front of their building on Google Maps' Street View. So they got the ingenious idea to do the same to their neighborly competitor.

Google's 'Let It Snow' Feature Is a Fun Easter Egg for the Holiday Season [IMAGE]

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:02:20 +0000

Whether or not you’ll be getting a white Christmas is still up to the weather Gods, but treating your computer screen to some digital snow this holiday season is as easy as typing “Let it snow” in Google’s search box. That simple command will trigger a rapidly escalating pixel blizzard which will eventually white out your entire [...]

'Do a Barrel Roll' and Other Fun Google Easter Eggs [IMAGES]

Donald Deane — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:07:51 +0000

Did you know that internet mainstay Google, the search engine that gets 1 billion visitors each month, contains several carefully-hidden easter eggs? It’s true. Google doesn’t just return web pages, images, video and information about your old grade school pals. Depending upon the search term, users can make Google do a variety of amusing things. [...]