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You can tell a TV show is doing something right when a fictional character hits the mainstream and becomes an instant icon.  CBS has pulled off just such a feat, with one of its characters going viral on Google, Twitter and the like.
On Monday, the show How I Met Your Mother [...]

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Looks like the Google logo designer is having a bad day…(actually the last one in my personal favorite, we added that one for good measure)…

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This is one of the most epic Google Suggest fails I’ve seen in a long time.
How does Google Suggest work, and where do these “suggestions” come from?
The short answer:
The suggestions are taken from searches previous users all over the world have done on Google, as well as searches you’ve done, sites in Google’s search index, [...]

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Just when you thought Google couldn’t possibly get any bigger, the company announced on Monday that it has agreed to acquire AdMob, a fast-growing start-up company that places advertisements on mobile phones, for $750 million in stock.
You’ve most likely seen AdMob advertisements on those free iPhone apps that you’ve downloaded.
Google says this acquisition will help [...]

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UPDATE: The final logo has now been included in this post.
The barrage of Sesame Street Google images continued on Monday with a sixth logo honoring the popular show’s 40th birthday.
The actual anniversary date is November 10, so we will likely see another honorary Google Doodle on Tuesday as well.
Today’s Doodle features The Count with each [...]

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Google continued it celebration of Sesame Street’s 40th birthday by featuring Bert and Ernie in today’s Google Doodle.
Google’s logo has taken on a different look over the last few days as part of its celebration.  First. we saw Big Bird’s legs, then Cookie Monster’s eyes.
Now Bert and Bernie, two more classic favorites from the classic [...]

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It seems that the folks over at Google read Blippitt.  If you recall, yesterday we commented on the Big Bird Google Doodle and mentioned the following…
It’s nice to see Google getting into the spirit of things, but personally, I would have liked to see Cookie Monster’s eyes used in place of the “OO”s, but that’s [...]

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Google is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street. The company’s logo today features Big Bird’s legs in place of the “L”.
It’s nice to see Google getting into the spirit of things, but personally, I would have liked to see Cookie Monster’s eyes used in place of the “OO”s, but that’s just me.
Sesame Street [...]

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On Wednesday night, Google OneBox was born. U.S. users are now one click away from listening to a full-length song in that you are now able to stream songs directly from Google’s results page.
Google OneBox will let users stream songs directly from the Google search results page and will also include additional information such [...]

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Still trying to figure out what the heck Google Wave is all about? Check out this brilliant mashup video that utilizes Samuel L. Jackson quotes to show off Google Wave’s functionality.
Along the way we see instances of chat, wikis, and embedded videos, games, and even maps.
Warning: The language here is most definitely NSFW…but it’s [...]

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