Google doodles the Queen's Diamond Jubilee

Google doodles the Queen's Diamond Jubilee New Delhi: It is the 60th anniversary of the coronation of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Google is commemorating the event with a special doodle on its homepages in the countries of the Commonwealth realm. The doodle features a blue silhouette of Queen Elizabeth II (looking to the right), dressed in her royal finery. The Queen's long flowing blue robe is has diamond patterns and a golden border. The two...
07:00 PM, Jun 01, 2012

The story of Peter Carl Faberge's first egg

The story of Peter Carl Faberge's first egg New Delhi: Peter Carl Faberge, the famed Russian jeweller who is the subject of Wednesday's Google doodle, in his position as the the court jeweller to the last of the Russian Czars, designed his first Imperial Easter egg in 1885. [Images] The Romanovs had a tradition of presenting elaborate eggs on Easter. Czar Alexander III wanted something special to gift the Czarina Maria Feodorovna and asked Faberge for a special...
05:13 PM, May 30, 2012

The story of Peter Carl Faberge's first egg

The story of Peter Carl Faberge's first egg New Delhi: Peter Carl Faberge, the famed Russian jeweller who is the subject of Wednesday's Google doodle, in his position as the the court jeweller to the last of the Russian Czars, designed his first Imperial Easter egg in 1885. [Images] The Romanovs had a tradition of presenting elaborate eggs on Easter. Czar Alexander III wanted something special to gift the Czarina Maria Feodorovna and asked Faberge for a special...
05:13 PM, May 30, 2012

Pics: Peter Carl Faberge's exquisite eggs

Pics: Peter Carl Faberge's exquisite eggs New Delhi: Six gilded Easter eggs adorn the Google home page to mark master Russian jeweller Peter Carl Faberge's 166th birthday. Faberge was the court jeweller for the last two Russian Czars and the bejewelled Easter eggs were his speciality. Since the very first egg that contained a jewelled hen in 1885 Faberge made a total of 54 eggs in 37 years for the Romanovs. Only 47 of the Faberg...
01:36 PM, May 30, 2012

Who was Peter Carl Faberge?

Who was Peter Carl Faberge? New Delhi: The doodle on the Google home page on Wednesday honours Peter Carl Faberge on his 166th birthday. Faberge was a renowned Russian jeweller best known for his ornate Easter eggs that he created for the last two generationns of the Russian imperial family - he Romanovs. [Images] Born on May 30, 1846 in St. Petersburg, Peter Carl Faberg honed his jewellery skills in Germany, France and England and...
10:41 AM, May 30, 2012

When Peter Carl Faberge's eggs came to India

When Peter Carl Faberge's eggs came to India New Delhi: A set of six ornate eggs pay tribute to the master Russian jeweller Peter Carl Faberge on the Google home page on the occasion of his 166th birth anniversary. The Easter eggs on the Google doodle have been inspired by the designs of actual Faberge eggs. These eggs were the prized possessions of the Romanov Dynasty. (Read: Google doodles eggs for Peter Carl Faberge's 166th birthday). About three-and-a-half...
08:01 AM, May 30, 2012

Peter Carl Faberge: Google doodles Easter eggs

Peter Carl Faberge: Google doodles Easter eggs New Delhi: A set of six exquisite jewelled eggs adorn the Google home page in honour of Peter Carl Faberg. Wednesday is the 166th birth anniversary of the the legendary Russian jeweller. [Images] Born on May 30, 1846 in St. Petersburg, Peter Carl Faberg is most famous for his trademark Faberg eggs. Having honed his jewellery skills in Germany, France and England, he joined his father's business in 1870. It...
12:01 AM, May 30, 2012

Battle of the doodles: Bob Moog vs Les Paul

Battle of the doodles: Bob Moog vs Les Paul New Delhi: Today, Robert Moog's Google doodle gave us an opportunity to compose music on a synthesizer, record and play it back. Most of us are quite amused with this interactive and playable doodle. But do you know that this is not the only playable musical Goodle doodle from Google? This is for the second time that Google replaced its usual homepage logo with an interactive musical doodle. Last year,...
09:02 PM, May 23, 2012

Dissecting the Robert Moog synthesiser doodle

Dissecting the Robert Moog synthesiser doodle New Delhi: The Google doodle marking the 78th birthday American electrical engineer Robert 'Bob' Moog had the online world hooked trying out their keyboard skills. The interactive doodle, the second interactive musical instrument doodle since the digital guitar on Les Paul's 96th birthday, has some cutting-edge Web technologies behind it. The Bob Moog Google doodle is powered by JavaScript, Closure libraries, CSS3 and tools like Google Web Fonts, Google+ API,...
06:03 PM, May 23, 2012

Google using Bob Moog doodle to promote Chrome

Google using Bob Moog doodle to promote Chrome New Delhi: While you were busy creating new tunes with the Google doodle version of the Moog Synthesizer on your non-Chrome Web browser a little link below the doodle may have missed your eye. It says "Upgrade to a modern browser and see what this doodle can really do" and leads to a Google Chrome download page that suggests that Google doodles are best experienced on Google Chrome. With the...
04:56 PM, May 23, 2012

Robert Moog's 78th birthday: Rare childhood pictures

Robert Moog's 78th birthday: Rare childhood pictures New Delhi: Google today replaced its homepage logo with an interactive synthesizer doodle to mark the 78th birth anniversary of Robert Arthur 'Bob' Moog, who is better known as the self-described geeky-toolmaker-turned-visionary. Born on May 23, 1934 in Queens, New York, Bob Moog had a strong passion for electronics, and used to consider himself a geeky, socially awkward kid. Bob's father George Moog was an electrical engineer for Con Edison....
02:32 PM, May 23, 2012

Watch: How to use the Robert Moog Google doodle

Watch: How to use the Robert Moog Google doodle New Delhi: To commemorate Robert Moog's 78th birth anniversary Google, today, replaced its usual homepage logo with an interactive synthesizer doodle.The doodle includes a synthesizer to let users compose music of their choice. To the right of the synthesizer is a 4-track tape recorder that lets you record, play back the recorded music and share songs via short links or Google+.You can use your mouse or keyboard on the Moog...
01:35 PM, May 23, 2012

Google's musical doodle: Who was Robert Moog?

Google's musical doodle: Who was Robert Moog? New Delhi: With the view to mark the 78th birth anniversary of Robert Moog, Google, today, replaced its usual homepage logo with an interactive synthesizer doodle. This interactive doodle features a synthesizer to let users compose music of their choice. To the right of the synthesizer is a 4-track tape recorder that lets you record, play back the recorded music and share songs via short links or Google+. You can...
11:24 AM, May 23, 2012

Bob Moog's personal statement from when he was 17

Bob Moog's personal statement from when he was 17 New Delhi: Robert Arthur Moog, popularly known as Bob Moog is the subject of Wednesday's innovative Google doodle. A personal statement written when he was only 17 and a student at Bronx School of Science in New York reveals the spirit that with be a characteristic of his life. Bob Moog is best known for his invention the Moog Synthesizer. R. Moog 10/10/51 When I was six years old, I...
09:42 AM, May 23, 2012

Google doodles Robert 'Bob' Moog's synthesizer

Google doodles Robert 'Bob' Moog's synthesizer New Delhi: Millions of manhours will be at stake at workplaces around the world as Google honours the American electrical engineer Robert 'Bob' Moog with a digital replica of the Moog electronic music synthesizer on his 78th birthday. The first Moog synthesizer, which went on to revolutionize music in the 1960s and 70s was first introduced in 1964 and the 2012 Google doodle version bring the abilities of innovative electronic...
12:39 AM, May 23, 2012
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