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Google Morphs into Topeka, One of Many April Fools’ Day 2010 Gags

April 1st, 2010 | No Comments

More than any other Internet company, Google has a blast with April 1, also known as April Fools’ Day. The search engine has turned the faux holiday into high art, ripping off blog posts and new Web pages for almost every segment of its business from search to YouTube to Google Docs and other sites. Google may have shattered its own record for gags in 2010, with such winners as changing its name to Topeka and Google Jail for Communities. Google won’t be mistaken for The Onion anytime soon, but you may get a chuckle or two from some of these goofs, which include human notifiers for Google Wave and Google Translate for Animals. Want some Google April Fools’ history going back to 2000? See Silicon Alley Insider’s list here. Enjoy Google’s 2010 gags in this slide show.
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Google Broadband Test Has U.S. Cities Vying for High-Speed Internet

March 21st, 2010 | No Comments

When Google said that it will build broadband networks that zip 1 gigabit of data per second to users’ computers in a handful of regions in the United States, the search engine touched off quite the competition for its experiment. Google asked communities interested in being its guinea pigs for the test to volunteer for the test by March 26. With that deadline hurtling near, counties are ratcheting up the rhetoric, making their cases for why they should be among the chosen few. Mayors in Sarasota, Fla. and Topeka, Kansas renamed their cities Google and pulled wacky stunts to draw attention. Others just built Web sites. Check them out.
– When Google last month
pledged to build and test ultra high speed broadband networks, it touched off
quite a competition among city leaders from the East coast to the West coast who
want their municipalities to be among those to go Google.
Google Feb. 10 said that it will build broadband netw…


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Google Broadband Sought by Topeka, Boulder, Other U.S. Cities

March 4th, 2010 | No Comments

Google plans on testing one or more high-speed broadband networks in a select number of midsized U.S. cities, and has asked interested municipalities to provide information about their communities that will allow Google to make its decision. That has led Topeka, Kan., to change its name temporarily to Google, and other towns such as Grand Rapids, Mich., to launch massive social networking campaigns. Google, however, is choosing to keep its decision-making process under wraps.
– Pop quiz: What do the cities of Topeka, Kan.,
Boulder, Colo.,
Aspen, Colo.,
Park City, Utah,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
and an increasing number of U.S.
cities have in common? They are all either competing or mulling over whether to
compete for a contract to test-market a Google broadband service. T…


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How Long Will the Cold-Snap Last?

January 7th, 2010 | No Comments

The following sample of stories from the past year show that much of the world has been experiencing a cold spell:Heaviest snowfall in Northern China in six decades (and 2008 was called “the coldest winter in 100 years”)Britain facing one of the coldes…

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