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Google Maps 8-Bit

Google Maps 8-Bit

It’s not yet April 1st, but we suspect the guys at Google released one of their pranks early, with the new Google Maps for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Click “Quest” in the upper right to try it.

Evolution of an Image

Evolution of an Image

(Briefly NSFW) Sebastian Schmieg took a single image and fed it into Google Image Search, then picked its top “similar image” over and over, gradually morphing through over 2950 images.

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Google Doodle Store

Google Doodle Store

Think Google is going to let all those awesome Doodles go to waste? At the Google Doodle store, you can order the doodles as prints, on T-shirts, mugs and even stamps and skateboard decks.

Google: Zeitgeist 2011

Google: Zeitgeist 2011

Google looks back at the year’s most popular searches, which – by virtue of the company’s ubiquity – might as well be the year’s biggest issues. Song is Sooner or Later by Mat Kearney.

The Evolution of Search

The Evolution of Search

…aka “The Evolution of Google.” The company takes a look at the past, present and future of search, promising faster, more natural and more accurate results. Learn more here.

Address is Approximate

Address is Approximate

A lonely toy takes a journey through the great outdoors, thanks to a little help from his friends, his owner’s iMac, Google Street View, and a sense of imagination from The Theory.

Google Halloween Doodle

Google Halloween Doodle

You won’t find Google’s Halloween doodle online, because the search giant decided to get with tradition and carve its logo out of real – and huge – pumpkins, a process that took over 8 hours.

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Freddie Mercury Google Doodle

Freddie Mercury Google Doodle

Today would have been the 65th birthday of Queen frontman and vocal genius Freddie Mercury. Google pays tribute to his artistry and showmanship with this awesome animated Google Doodle tribute.

Google Earth Carpets

Google Earth Carpets

David Hanauer’s WorldWide Carpets are made out of repeating patterns of the bird’s eye view screenshots from Google Earth. Size and patterns can be customized. Price available upon request.

Website Propaganda Posters

Website Propaganda Posters
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There’s a war on the Web, and netizens are divided into three camps – Facebook, Google and Twitter. We think 4chan will disagree, but we’d rather not imagine what their posters would look like.

Google Search by Image

Google Search by Image

Google continues to evolve the core of its search engine, this time offering the ability to search by starting with an existing image on the web, or uploading one from your computer.

GTA IV Street View

GTA IV Street View

The Google map of Liberty City at fan site GTA4Net is already impressive, but their recent addition is plain mind-blowing: a Street View – of a fictional city! – made from nearly 80,000 screenshots.

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Google Android Zoetrope

Google Android Zoetrope

On display at this weekend’s Maker Faire 2011, Gary and Danny Aden’s zoetrope features 60 Android mascots spinning rapidly in front of a strobe light to give the impression of movement.

Angry Birds for the Web

Angry Birds for the Web

Google and Rovio have teamed up to bring the popular physics game to your browser. Although still in beta, it does have exclusive unlockable Chrome levels. What are you waiting for?

Samsung Chromebook

Samsung Chromebook

The Series 5 Chromebook runs Google’s Chrome OS. Has a 12.1in screen, dual-core 1.66GHz Intel N570 CPU, and 16GB SSD. Drops 06/15/11, $429 for the WiFi only, $499 for WiFi+3G.

Google Android @ Home

Google Android @ Home

A framework that transforms Android devices into home automation controllers. Skip to about 43:00 in the video to see the presentation, including a very promising use of NFC technology.

Google Music Beta

Google Music Beta

Google beats Apple to the punch with their cloud music service, letting you upload your tunes to the Internet, playing them from all your computers and Android-based gadgets. Request a beta invite here.

Android Market

Android Market

We’re not sure what’s taken so long, but here it is. The Android Market finally gets a web store. It has a neat feature that will have iOS users green with envy: apps are automagically installed wirelessly.

Google Art Project

Google Art Project

We’ve been able to explore the Earth, our streets and even our bodies all for free, thanks to Google. Their most recent project lets us visit museums and view works of art with just a few clicks.

Google Goggles Sudoku Solver

Google Goggles Sudoku Solver

We’ve thrown all our Sudoku puzzles out of sheer frustration. Too bad we didn’t have this Google tech in our hands. It can grab an image of a puzzle and solve it faster than a human Sudoku champ.

Android 3.0 Honeycomb

Android 3.0 Honeycomb

Honeycomb features lots of apps and widgets. An ever present status bar with virtual buttons helps with navigation. Apps include Google eBooks, a tablet-optimized GMail app and Google Maps 5.0.

Android in Space

Android in Space

Google’s world domination has made its way into space. They recently launched Android figurines, Nexus S phones, and GoPro HD cameras to 100,000 feet to capture data (and this cool video).

Google Body Browser

Google Body Browser

After enabling us to explore the Earth, the sea and the streets, Google is thinking smaller. From the company’s Labs comes the Body Browser, which is basically Google Earth for the human body.

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