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Category: Consumer

Google Introduces A Metronome Easter Egg In Search To Help Musicians Keep In Time

There is a new Easter Egg available on Google for those who love finding fun things on Google’s search engine.  The company has designed a cool hidden feature that helps musicians keep beat – a metronome. This feature was spotted by the Google Operating System blog, and found that by doing a Google search for [fusion_builder_container […]

Bing’s “Search Wave” Showcases Search Volume For 2016 Presidential Candidates

On February 29th, Bing has decided to gear up for the August 1 Super Tuesday state primaries with the launch of its new “Search Wave” feature, which is a search tool that showcases search volume for each  of this year’s presidential candidates. Bing says that the new election feature, which is built on the Bing Elections that rolled […]

Why Do We Have A Leap Day? This Google Doodle Sheds Light on Leap Year’s Extra Day

Today, February 29, 2016, is Leap Day, and that means we will be getting a special a Doodle four years in the making  This Doodle celebrates a day that comes around every four years with an animated set of three bunnies in a row. Leap Day, which is also explained on Google’s Doodle blog, is […]

Bing’s CelebsLike.me Finds Your Oscar Doppelganger

Last week, Bing launched their Guide to the Academy Awards, and to help celebrate the launch of this guide, they added a new feature to the mix with its CelebsLike.me – a site that finds your look-alike celebrity. This feature allows users to upload a photo of themselves to the site, or share one that is already online, […]

Lunar New Year Google Doodle Welcomes In The Year Of The Fire Monkey

Today, Google is celebrating the first day of the Lunar New Year by giving us a doodle that rings in the year of the Fire Monkey. The logo, which was drawn by Alyssa Winans, was drawn using the same fiery red color as the traditional red envelopes that is usually exchanged during Asian holiday. The Lunar […]

Yahoo Redesigns Home Page & App To Deliver Consistent Experience With More Relevant News

On January 28, Yahoo announced that they were rolling out a new home page today in the US, as well as a refresh to their app.  Yahoo says that the updates will offer a more consistent experience, which will make content easier to find and consume. “You no longer need to open individual articles in multiple browser […]

John Logie Baird Google Doodle Marks TV’s 90th Anniversary

Today, Google’s logo has transformed into another unique image to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the first demonstration of a television, which, if you click on it, leads you to a Google search for “who invented the mechanical television.”  The Google result that you land on includes the quick answer: John Logie Baird. Here’s the low-down […]

For Festivus, Google Once Again Provides A Festivus Pole

Yesterday, December 23rd, was the fictional holiday invented by the Seinfeld television series, Festivus, a day where you air out your grievances, then putting up the Festivus pole.  During that day, Google provided to everybody their very own Festivus pole. When I first did a search for Festivus on Google, I did see the pole […]

Bing Top Trends In 2015: Serena Williams, Refugee Crisis & Pluto Searches Surge

Ever since the release of Bing’s release of their top searches of the year, they have released a quick overview of its top trends which highlights the search topics that had the largest spike in search volume this year. Just like the Bing top search results, it looks like women have gotten pretty popular this year, including the […]

Bing Gears Up For 2016 Elections With Candidate Pages, Political Index & Timeline

In a race to be the first to take advantage of next year’s political Bing managed to be the first to launch 2016 election-related search results.  In their search results, you’ll find a variety of voter resources, including presidential candidate pages, a timeline for the upcoming election events and the new Bing Political Index (BPI). When […]