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Four 'birthday' stories September 2011 - September 2015

Google celebrates the birthday of Super Mario Bros. w/ new Easter egg [Video]

Stephen Hall Sep 14 2015 - 8:58 am PT

It was the birthday of Super Mario Bros. yesterday, and Google is celebrating with a new Easter egg in search. It’s not as extravagant as some other permanent jokes (like the infamous “Do a barrel roll”), but it’s pretty cute nonetheless.

Head over to Google and search for “Super Mario Bros” and then check out the right hand side of the page. Right below the box art and screenshots, you’ll find a familiar question mark box. Of course, clicking it will get you 200 points.

Check out the video below:

Google does its own Gmail infographic celebrating 9 years

Jordan Kahn Apr 10 2013 - 10:38 am PT

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Gmail is officially turning nine years old this month after originating as a project created on an employee’s spare “20% time” and launching on April 1st as an invite only beta in 2004. To celebrate, Google has put together the info graphic below showing some of the milestones for its massively popular email service:

Google hopes to bring December back to Android 4.2…by December?

Jordan Kahn Nov 20 2012 - 10:07 am PT

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Those that updated to Android 4.2 might have noticed a bug that prevents users from selecting December for events like birthdays inside of the People app. Google has now officially addressed the issue in a post on the Android Google+ page by confirming that it plans to fix the bug before December:

We discovered a bug in the Android 4.2 update, which makes it impossible to enter December events in optional fields of the People app (this bug did not affect Calendar). Rest assured, this will be fixed soon so that those of you with December birthdays and anniversaries won’t be forgotten by your friends and family.

Chrome turns three, Google posts interactive infographic of browser innovations

Jordan Kahn Sep 1 2011 - 1:58 pm PT

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While it might feel like yesterday in comparison to the other browsers, Chrome is celebrating its third birthday this month after having launched the Windows beta in September of 2008. In celebration, Google has posted an interactive HTML5 graphic charting innovations of Chrome that you can check out here.

They’ve also posted some of Chrome’s highlights over the years including innovations in prerendering technology, the Chrome Web Store, hardware accelerated 3D CSS, and the launch of the Chromebook.

Chrome has come a long way in just three short years, having released support for Mac and Linux a year in with its sixth release, and not long after moving to a six-week release cycle. Recent stats have Chrome steadily growing in market share and recently benchmarked as the fastest browser for real world use.

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Google celebrates the birthday of Super Mario Bros. w/ new Easter egg [Video]

Google does its own Gmail infographic celebrating 9 years

Google hopes to bring December back to Android 4.2…by December?

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Chrome turns three, Google posts interactive infographic of browser innovations