Happy 14th Birthday, Google, And Thanks For All the Doodles

Google, the world’s biggest Internet company, celebrated its 14th birthday Thursday.

Google’s birth date is the subject of some controversy. According to some accounts, the company was created on Sept. 4; but in the last couple of years, Google itself has been celebrating its birthday on Sept. 27, which lands on a Thursday this year.

Since 2002, Google has been celebrating with special birthday doodles. Today’s doodle is an obvious one: an animated cake with 14 candles for you to “blow” out.

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Google pays tribute to Austrian symbolist painter with doodle

Internet giant Google on Saturday paid tribute to Austrian symbolist Gustav Klimt on his 150th birth anniversary, with a doodle depicting one of his more prominent works.

Visitors to Google's homepage (www.google.com) Saturday were greeted with an image of "The Kiss," Klimt's painting of a couple kissing.




As in the past, clicking on the doodle will bring the visitor to a Google Search Results page for "Gustav Klimt."

Klimt, born July 14, 1862 and who died on February 6, 1918, was one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement.

He spent much of his childhood in poverty and trained at the Vienna School of Decorative Arts.

While he had a liking for gold, silver and marble in his creations, not all his patrons could afford his expensive creations.

Klimt's major works include paintings, murals, sketches, and other art objects, with his main subject being the female body.

A separate article on IBN Live noted "The Kiss", a 1907-08 oil and gold leaf on canvas painting, was Klimt's most famous work – and one that many believe was Klimt's only self-portrait.

It said Klimt was also a marketing wizard, allowing others to produce copies of his work to increase his reach and impact.

Also, it said Klimt was reputed to have many lovers, including designer Emilie Floege.


He died in Vienna on February 6, 1918 after contracting Spanish flu during the 1918 flu pandemic. — LBG, GMA News

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Google honors computer scientist Alan Turing with brain-teasing doodle

Google honored renowned computer scientist Alan Turing on his 100th birth anniversary Saturday with a doodle that could leave even geeks racking their brains.

The Internet giant's latest doodle, an interactive virtual version of the Turing Machine, greeted visitors to its home page (www.google.com).

A link will appear on the doodle explaining to visitors that the doodle is for what would have been Turing's 100th birthday.





Clicking on that link would take the visitor to a Google Search Results page on Alan Turing.

An article on tech site Mashable said the doodle is a concept that helps explain how a computer central processing unit (CPU) thinks in binary, or 1s and 0s.

"The doodle is incredibly hard to figure out if you’re not a comp sci geek, so we hope it isn’t giving too much away to tell you the aim of the game is to spell out 'Google' in binary," it said.

A video on YouTube explained how to work the doodle.

Turing, born June 23, 1912 and died on June 7, 1954, was highly influential in the development of computer science, according to online encyclopedia Wikipedia.

He is credited for formalizing the concepts of "algorithm" and "computation" with the Turing machine, which played a significant role in the creation of the modern computer.

Also, he is considered the father of computer science and artificial intelligence.

Turing worked for the Government Code and Cypher School (GCCS) at Bletchley Park, Britain's code-breaking center, during World War II.

He mapped out techniques to break German codes, including the bombe, an electromechanical machine that could find settings for the Enigma machine.

After World War II, he worked at the National Physical Laboratory, where he created one of the first designs for a stored-program computer.

On the other hand, his homosexuality resulted in a criminal prosecution in 1952, at a time homosexual acts were still illegal in the United Kingdom.


On September 10, 2009, following an Internet campaign, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made an official public apology on behalf of the British government for the way in which Turing was treated after the war. — LBG, GMA News

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Google doodle pays tribute to artist Keith Haring

Internet giant Google on Friday paid tribute to artist and social activist Keith Haring, who was a big influence in the New York art scene and whose work carried visions of unity, before he succumbed to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome-related diseases in 1990.

Visitors to Google's home page were greeted with a series of figures inspired by Haring's works, which spelled out the word "Google."

Haring, who died in 1990 at age 31, would have turned 54 Friday.

As in the past, clicking on the doodle will bring the visitor to a Google Search Results page on Haring.

In his work, Haring had tackled the concepts of birth, death, sex and war. His artworks became a widely recognized visual language of the 20th century.

A year after Haring was diagnosed with AIDS in 1988, a foundation was established in his name to assist AIDS-related and children’s charities.

The Keith Haring Foundation also maintains the largest resource of archives on the artist.

"Haring's bold lines and active figures carry poignant messages of vitality and unity. His legacy made an impact on late 20th century art and grants us all a vision for the future," said the website Haring.com. –KG, GMA News

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Google Doolde on Labor Day

Google homepages are notable for inviting eyeballs. I'm Pretty sure that a lot of us internet users already know that Google always celebrates holidays and special events in a very classy and illusive way. I remember the first time i saw a Google doodle was Albert Einstein who is a Theoretical Physicist . Now, Here in the Philippines, Labor Day is an Official Holiday Celebrated in the Philippines and i guess it is commemorated not only with parades and celebrations, but also with rallies and demonstrations.

May 1st, t People in the Philippines are celeberating this occassion for public and private sectors and this is to support all the hardworking people mot only in the Philippines but in the whole World. It's is an old northern hemisphere spring festival an frequent holiday like a public holiday, its also a traditional spring holiday in so many Cultures.