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Google Doodle – Confucius’s Birthday, China

Google Doodle – Confucius’s Birthday, China

Confucius, lit. “Master Kong,” (traditionally September 28, 551 B.C.E. – 479 B.C.E.) was a Chinese thinker and social philosopher, whose teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Vietnamese thought and life. Want to see more Google Doodle?

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Happy 11th birthday, Google

Happy 11th birthday, Google

It’s Google’s 11th birthday today, September 27th: YAY…. to celebrate, the company has changed its logo to a version that turns the letter “L” into the number 11. Happy birthday Google!

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Google Doodle: Ilya Repin’s Birthday – Russia

Google Doodle: Ilya Repin’s Birthday – Russia

Ilya Yefimovich Repin (5 August [O.S. 24 July] 1844, Chuguyev, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire – September 29, 1930, Kuokkala, Viipuri Province, Finland) was a leading Russian painter and sculptor of the Peredvizhniki artistic school. An important part of his work is dedicated to his native country, Ukraine. His realistic works often expressed great psychological depth [...]

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Google Doodle: Ramón Gómez de la Serna’s Birthday – Spain

Google Doodle: Ramón Gómez de la Serna’s Birthday – Spain

Ramón Gómez de la Serna (1888-1963) was a Spanish writer, dramatist and avant-garde agitator. He influenced Luis Buñuel to a considerable extent. Ramón Gómez de la Serna was especially known for “Greguerías” – a short form of poetry that roughly corresponds to the one-liner in comedy. The Gregueria is especially able to grant a new [...]

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Dont freak out, Gmail is an year older – turns five today!

Dont freak out, Gmail is an year older – turns five today!

It was five years ago yesterday that Gmail launched by giving out a gig. Back then, a typical webmail account could only store about five megabytes of mail. It’s hard to remember what those days were like, considering that today, you can send a single 20 megabyte attachment, four times the size of an entire [...]

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Rumor: Gmail with translation for the 5th Birthday

Rumor: Gmail with translation for the 5th Birthday

As the PCWorld reported, Google users will be given a gift for the 5th Google Birthday. The report states: “Google opened on Monday a further step in the evolution of Gmail, a new product with a European multilingual aspect announce. At a meeting in Brussels will be the impact of the Google Cloud Computing at [...]

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Never miss another birthday again – Orkut friends birthday shows in Google calendar now

Never miss another birthday again – Orkut friends birthday shows in Google calendar now

Now, in conjunction with Google Calendar, you can see all of your orkut friend’s birthdays for the whole year. If you’ve already used Google Calendar before, you will shortly see a link (right below the “upcoming birthdays” section) where you can add your orkut friends’ birthdays to your Google calendar. Once you’ve added your orkut [...]

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