Google Pacman

Now Google have given us some cool pieces of artwork and nice twists on the Google logo in the past to celebrate anniversaries but their latest one is the best ever!

Go to google.com now and witness and play for yourself....GOOGLE PACMAN! I kid you not!

Enjoy!!!!

p.s. i just found out if you click 'insert coin' underneath the game you can play 2 player! Player 2 uses W,S,A,D to move and has Ms Pacman as the character.

Doodle 4 Google

Google set up an art competition for kids (in the U.S) to design Google artwork based on the theme 'If I could do anything, I would....'.

You can visit the Google 4 Doodle website and vote for regional finalists. Some of them are pretty damn good! It's hard to believe some of the artists are just 7...I'm just hating though because my artwork doesn't extend far beyond stickmen :)

Google's Latest Race Storm

Anyone who has ever used Google (probably 100% of anyone reading this) will have no doubt witnessed the "autocomplete" feature at work when you type in your topic. It's simple, just start typing your search and you are offered suggestions based on what the most popular searches are at the moment. I'd be lying if I said I had never played around seeing what crazy things people may have been searching for.

Moving swiftly to the point, what if this functionality was being abused? Well try going to Google, typing the word "why" in the search bar and then see what you are presented with. You will find the following results...


Hmm...well what can you say about that? Well let's break it down.

Surely this is Google's fault and it's up to them to remove it? I'd say no. They have algorithms in place to determine what appears in their lists and if they start interfering with content then they will be acting against their own principles. I imagine a person or group of people have managed to work out how to work the system and use it in whichever way they choose....shame they couldn't have done something that was actually funny.

Does it stop there? Nope...type "why is there" and see what appears from that entry.

This isn't the first time Google have come under fire for having racist content on their front pages. Not too long ago their was a debate raging due to the first image appearing when searching for images of Michelle Obama being a photoshopped picture of her with a monkeys face.

There was also the email which went round for the "white people stole my car" incident where apparently Google was returning a suggestion of "did you mean black people stole my car?". If anyone bothered to check though this was a hoax and not true although that didn't stop hundreds and thousands claiming they would boycott Google as they are "racist".


On reflection i'd say yes someone has obviously been playing a joke. Is it funny? No. Yes I did laugh but it was more in amazement! Is it Google's fault? nah. We want freedom of speech don't we so if that's the way some people wish to use their skills it's an interesting reflection on them. Let's just hope there aren't too many impressionable youngsters out there who would easily believe this is serious.