It was once possible to find R’lyth, the home and resting place of Cthulhu, on Google Maps and on Google Earth. The video at the end of this post acts as evidence. Today it’s not possible to find R’lyeh on either of those two properties. Aww, shucks, Google. I hope you had good reason for […]
Google’s viral campaign for Science Fair
Google has launched a video campaign to promote their new Science Fair. The Science Fair is an online competition for students aged between 13 and 18. As usual, Google is looking is for creative ideas and offering scholarships and job opportunities. This is great for all geeks. Good to have a powerhouse like Google support […]
Cute Android phone charm… er, androidy!
I’m not often won over by phone charms but this cheeky chap has a certain character. He’s far from expensive either coming in at less than $3.00 and with free shipping. I’ve not checked but I suspect this doesn’t include international. Today, of course, is a big Android day with Verizon and Motorola announcing the Droid […]
Google impresses with Hubble Tour in Google Earth
Search engine Google has given all space geeks a real treat. They’ve combined their awesome map technology with footage from the Hubble Telescope. If you’re a Google Earth fan download the tour straight to your machine. With a flirt towards Star Trek fans Google describes this as the Final Frontier.
“Who is Princess Leia?” charmingly spoofs Google’s Superbowl ad
The busy people at College Humor have a new Star Wars video that’s bound to go viral – at least among we Geeks. It’s a Google/ Star Wars mashup that is a mild mannered spoof of “Parisian Love”. Parisian Love is the video that Google used as its first TV ad ever – the one […]
Quake II in HTML5. Thanks Google!
Flash isn’t everyone’s favourite tech. Some web designers like it because it can make cool effects and allows you to show off videos. Apple keeps it banned from the iPhone and iPad because they say the software crashes too often. Google has made attempts to integrate Flash into Android and Chrome but they’re also very […]
A ninja unboxing of the Nexus One
Google’s got the cash to splash on a bit of viral marketing. Viral marketing is always tricky. You can’t force something to be viral. You have to do your best to produce something catchy and then hope the enough of the rest of the web agrees. How well do you think they’ve done here? By […]
Doctor Who End of Time Part 2 Torrent goes Volcanic on Google
Google publishes an hourly list of the most popular searches in America. Typically we see celebs, singers and sports featuring in here. There’s nothing like a celeb death rumour when it comes to generating a Volcanic buzz. In last few hours, in what must be a good sign for the series, we’ve got [doctor who […]
