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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Google Squared launched earlier this year amid lots of hype.
Google Squared is a project from Google Labs that takes search results for any query, such as “U.S. presidents,” and presents the results as a table with to help you more easily sort the results.
Despite, the excitement over the product, its launch was met [...]

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UPDATE: Google has responded by pointing out AT&T’s hypocrisy here.
The FCC is now going to officially investigate complaints by AT&T that Google Voice blocks calls to rural communities where local phone companies often charge higher connection fees.
Investigators sent a letter to Google on Friday requesting more information about Google Voice, which allows users to sign [...]

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Here they are, in all their viral glory.
Want to know what’s buzzing?  Blippitt’s got you covered.
These are the top 10 viral videos online as of RIGHT NOW, in real-time.  Go spread them some more!  Enjoy…
10. Stephen Harper sings Beatles song with Yo Yo Ma
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Stephen Harper gets by with a little help from his friends [...]

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Today is the big day. If you want to participate in the new Google Wave, you need get your hands on one of the exclusive 100,000 invites being doled out by Google on September 30th (today).
The company made the announcement on its blog on Tuesday, and the tech world has been going crazy about [...]

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Today, Sunday, September 27th, is Google’s 11th birthday! To commemorate the occasion, the company has added an “11″ to its logo where the letter “L” normally is.
Google’s official date of birth has been an item of contention for some. In fact, some say that the company was actually born on September 15th 1997, [...]

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