Enter a city name above to discover tours in that city. Once you enter, Google proposes a tour for three days through the city. The overview can be found next to the monuments or museums, including how long it takes to get from one to the other reaches. A map provides an overview of where [...]
China blocks google.cn and google.com again
Google is currently unavailable in China. Both the Google.cn and Google.com homepage cannot be accessed from china and the reason here again is the communist government. It raises the search engine “disseminating pornographic, vulgar and obscene content” and thus a violating of the laws in the People’s Republic. “We are investigating the matter and hoped [...]
Google Doodle: Seven Sleepers
The Roman Martyrology mentions the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus under the date of 27 June, as follows: “Commemoration of the seven Holy Sleeper of Ephesus, who, it is recounted, after undergoing martyrdom, rest in peace, awaiting the day of resurrection.” The Byzantine Calendar commemorates them with feasts on 4 August and 22 October. They are [...]
Michael Jackson (1958-2009) – RestInPeace
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American recording artist, entertainer, philanthropist and businessman. The iGoogle Watch team was deeply saddened to learn of the sudden death of Michael Jackson. We would like to offer our heartfelt condolences to the families and friends.
Google Doodle: First day of Summer Northern Hemisphere, Father’s Day, First day of Winter Southern Hemisphere…
While in the northern hemisphere today the summer starts and the southern hemisphere winter begins. The summer doodle for example is for locations like Germany and the winter doodle for the locations like Australia. Plus, some people celebrated Fathers day and hence the Google doodle for fathers day!! Father’s Day is a day honoring fathers, [...]
Gay Pride Doodle: Rainbow in Google
When looking for gay or lesbian on Google this week a rainbow in the bar above the search results shows in the background which signifies the Gay Pride.
Google Doodle: Acropolis Museum – Greece
The Acropolis Museum houses the archaeological findings related to the Acropolis Hill and was purpose-built by architect Bernard Tschumi in Athens, Greece. It lies at the foot of the Acropolis, on Dionysíou Areopagítou Street. The Organisation for the Construction of the New Museum is chaired by Aristotle University Professor Emeritus of Archaeology, Dimitrios Pandermalis.
Nature iGoogle themes for your iGoogle page!!
New set of iGoogle themes released today. Drawing on the arrival of summer and the spectacular beauty of the world around us, Google’s new iGoogle themes focus on nature. To create these themes, Google worked with organizations and photographers who capture the world’s best nature photography, including National Geographic Society, BBC and Ansel Adams Gallery. Here’s [...]
Embed, share and customize Google books for your own website.
Google launches a host of new features in Google Books that give you more ways to browse and share the content from the Google Books collection. For example: A feature that allows you to embed previews of books in your blog or website, so you can share pages of your favorite books as easily as [...]
Google Translator now supports translating Persian (farsi)
Google added Persian (Farsi) to Google Translate. This means you can now translate any text from Persian into English and from English into Persian — whether it’s a news story, a website, a blog, an email, a tweet or a Facebook message. The service is available free at http://translate.google.com. Google Feels that launching Persian is [...]
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