New Delhi: On the occasion of the 46th anniversary of Star Trek: The Original Series the Google doodle goes where "no man has gone before". The interactive doodle that appears on the Google home page on Saturday shows the characters of the cult science fiction television series that aired on NBC in the US from September 8, 1966 to June 3, 1969 as letters of the Google logo and also...
07:45 PM, Sep 07, 2012
New Delhi: Friday's doodle on the Google home page honours Maria Montessori on her 142nd birth anniversary. Montessori was an Italian physician and educationalist best known for developing the Montessori educational system. Montessori education is practised in thousands of schools around the world. The Google doodle marking her birthday depicts the Google logo in the form of educational tools common in Montessori schools. The Montessori system of education tries to...
10:01 AM, Aug 31, 2012
New Delhi: Educational tools adorn the Google home page on Friday in honour of the Italian educator Maria Montessori on her 142nd birth anniversary. Montessori is best known for developing an educational system that bears her name and is practised in thousands of schools around the world. The Montessori system of education tries to uncover a child's creative potential and gives emphasis on independence. Born on August 31, 1870, Maria...
04:56 PM, Aug 30, 2012
New Delhi: India's national bird, the peacock, adorns the Google home page on India's Independence Day. The peacock curves its neck backwards to form the 'G' of the Google logo. The other letters of the Google logo appear in ornate styling behind the peacock's plume. Google has been commemorating India's Independence Day with a doodle on its home page since 2003. Most of the Google doodles had the Indian national...
09:06 AM, Aug 15, 2012
New Delhi: Google is honouring American chef, author, and television personality Julia Child on her 100th birth anniversary on Wednesday, August 15, with a doodle on its home page featuring a table full of food items, including a cake, fish and turkey, arranged in a way to form the letters of the Google logo. The doodle shows the chef Julia Child holding a fork. To the left of Julia is...
05:48 PM, Aug 14, 2012
New Delhi: After 17 straight days of Olympic frenzy some users might experience withdrawal symptoms not finding a doodle on the Google home page. London 2012 is said to be the first social media Olympics played under the full glare of Facebook and Twitter. What made London 2012 more fun for Internet users were the four interactive doodles that let users participate in the armchair Olympics and flaunt their scores...
06:51 AM, Aug 13, 2012
New Delhi: With the view to bid farewell to the London 2012 Olympics, Google is going to come up with the London 2012 closing ceremony doodle, which is apparently the last Google doodle this Olympics, on Sunday. It is the seventeenth doodle by Google during the London 2012 Olympic Games. The doodle features a spate of athletes from different Olympic sports celebrating the last day of the world's biggest sporting...
05:31 PM, Aug 11, 2012
New Delhi: After posting four interactive Olympic doodles is a row, Google is again back to static. The London 2012 rhythmic gymnastics doodle posted by Google on Saturday is a non-interactive doodle, and does not let you play and score. The doodle has a gymnast with her ribbon that swirls to form the two Os of the Google logo. Today's doodle is the sixteenth doodle posted by Google during the...
11:37 AM, Aug 11, 2012
21-year old Francesca Jones of Great Britain finished at a disappointing 24th place as she missed out on the final of the individual all-round event of Rhythmic gymnastics. Jones held the last spot, finishing with a total of 94.625 after 23.900 and 21.975 with the ribbon and clubs respectively. She was following on from Friday's hoop (24.200) and ball (24.550) routines. This was Jones' first Olympics which ended on a...
08:38 AM, Aug 11, 2012
New Delhi: After four back-to-back interactive avatars, the Google is going back to static for the London 2012 rhythmic gymnastics doodle on Saturday. Rhythmic gymnastics is one of the two female-only sports in the Olympics. The other is synchronised swimming - that Google celebrated in its 10th London 2012 doodle on August 5. After the constant tippity tap of the keyboards, the weekend will be relatively silent and graceful with...
05:13 PM, Aug 10, 2012
Mexico's Dos Santos to miss final London: Mexico forward Giovani Dos Santos will miss the Olympic men's football tournament final against Brazil on Saturday because of a right hamstring injury. The Mexican Football Federation made the announcement Thursday after Dos Santos had an MRI, saying he will be sidelined for two weeks. The player picked up the injury during Mexico's 3-1 win over Japan in the semifinals Tuesday. Playmaker Miguel...
02:44 PM, Aug 10, 2012
London: Brazilian players were treated to a barbecue with relatives to celebrate having reached the Olympic final for the first time in 24 years. It was the most relaxed moment so far in a month that's been all business as they try to win the nation's first gold in football. Now it's time to get back to work. After some rare time off, the Brazilians returned to practice on Thursday...
02:20 PM, Aug 10, 2012
The 15th day of the Olympics is in progress and the 15th doodle is of football, the world's most popular sport. The doodle, in its fourth 'playable' version, has come out with a doodle goalkeeper trying to save a few penalties. Football has had a history of producing some immaculate scripts ever since its inception. But one aspect of the game that has seen provide excitement, adrenaline, agony, ecstasy and...
01:02 PM, Aug 10, 2012
New Delhi: In the virtual Olympics that is also parallely underway on Google's home page, Friday's scheduled event is football. After a wrist-wrecking paddling in slalom canoe on Thursday, Google now wants to test your goalkeeping skills in with its interactive London 2012 football doodle. Football is the fourth sport in Google's armchair Olympics. After 11 static doodles, Google debuted an interactive hurdles doodle on Tuesday, followed by basketball, then...
06:45 AM, Aug 10, 2012
New Delhi: If your wrists are aching from all the canoeing on Thursday, Google has a new game for you to play that is not as taxing on your wrists. You can play the London 2012 football doodle using either the keyboard or the mouse or even a combination of both. Adding a fourth sport to its armchair Olympics, Google takes you to the the football field, where you as...
06:22 PM, Aug 09, 2012
New Delhi: Google's keyboard onslaught continues for the third consecutive day with a game of London 2012 slalom canoe as its 14th daily doodle during the ongoing Olympic Games. Curiously, this is the first doodle this Olympics by Google that has been posted after the featured event was over. Also playing the game can leave users with a pain in their hands. This interactive doodle features a paddler in a...
05:51 AM, Aug 09, 2012
New Delhi: After getting you to jump hurdles and netting basketballs, Google takes to the water course for a wrist-wrecking game of slalom canoe. The London 2012 slalom canoe is the 14th doodle (and the third playable doodle) posted by Google during the ongoing London 2012 Olympics. This interactive doodle, which features a paddler with a yellow-coloured canoe, lets you paddle a canoe down a water course that has 10...
06:21 PM, Aug 08, 2012
