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Google Doodle today: Nicolas Steno’s 374th Birthday

Sandeep — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:11:54 +0000

Google is celebrating 374th birthday of Nicolas Steno. Google has changed their logo for this celebration today i.e. 11th January, 2012.

Nicolas Steno 374th birthday Google doodle

Learn more about Nicolas Stone: Nicolas Steno (11 January 1638 – 25 November 1686) was a Danish pioneer in both anatomy and geology. Already in 1659 he decided not to accept anything simply written in a book, instead resolving to do research himself.He is considered the father of geology and stratigraphy. Early career Nicolaus Steno was born in Copenhagen on New Year's Day (Julian calendar), the son of a Lutheran goldsmith who worked regularly for King Continue reading...

Happy New Year Google doodle today

Sandeep — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:03:39 +0000

Google is celebrating new year with doodle. Google has changed their doodle with colorful celebration doodle.

Happy New Year Google doodle today

Happy New Year

Google doodle today: Happy holidays Google doodle plays jingle bells for Christmas

Sandeep — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 04:13:24 +0000

Google doodle today 24 December, 2011: Happy holidays Google doodle plays jingle bells for Christmas. It is an interactive doodle on the eve of Christmas, playing the celebration tune of 'jingle Bells'. Making the 'Happy Holidays' Google doodle musical and interactive, Google wishes us Merry Christmas, bringing us in a festive mood.

Google doodle today 24 December, 2011: Happy holidays Google doodle plays jingle bells for Christmas

The happy holidays doodle has six glowing buttons. Each button plays a sound from the musical notes of 'jingle bells', when we click on it. Once we click on all the six buttons, it shows a button with a musical note Continue reading...

Happy Holidays from Google!: Google Doodle today December 23, 2011

Sandeep — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 03:18:34 +0000

Happy Holidays from Google!: Google Doodle today December 23, 2011

Google has changed its doodle today with happy holiday doodle.

Happy Holidays from Google!

In the United States, "Happy Holidays" (along with the similarly generalized "Season's Greetings") has become the most common holiday greeting in the public sphere within the past decade, such as department stores, public schools and greeting cards. Its use is generally confined to the period between United States Thanksgiving and New Year's. American use of the term "Happy Holidays" to replace "Merry Christmas" dates back at least to the 1970s. Use of the term may have Continue reading...

Google doodle today: Robert Noyce 84th birthday Google doodle

Sandeep — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:57:57 +0000

Google is celebrating 84th birthday of Robert Norton Noyce with their doodle. Google has changed their logo (doodle) to show their dedication towards Robert Norton. Read more about Robert Norton below:

Robert Noyce Google doodle today December 12, 2011

Robert Norton Noyce (December 12, 1927 – June 3, 1990), nicknamed "the Mayor of Silicon Valley", co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel in 1968. He is also credited (along with Jack Kilby) with the invention of the integrated circuit or microchip which fueled the personal computer revolution and gave Silicon Valley its name. Noyce was also a mentor and father-figure to an entire Continue reading...

Who was Diego Rivera: Google doodle 8 December 2011

Sandeep — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:28:32 +0000

Google is celebrating 125th birthday of Diego Rivera with their doodle today. Google has replaced their logo with the colorful image as dedication to great Mexican painter.

Diego Rivera google doodle 125th birthday 8 Dec 2011

Diego Rivera was one of Mexico's most famous painters. He rebelled against the traditional school of painting and developed a style that combined historical, social, and political ideas. His great body of work reflects cultural changes taking place in Mexico and around the world during the turbulent twentieth century. The young artist Diego Maria Rivera and his twin brother Carlos were born Continue reading...

Google Doodle Today December 8, 2011: Diego Rivera’s 125th birthday

Sandeep — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:26:07 +0000

Google is celebrating 125th birthday of Diego Rivera with their doodle today. Google has replaced their logo with the colorful image as dedication to great Mexican painter.

Diego Rivera google doodle 125th birthday 8 Dec 2011

Google Doodle Today: Marie Curie’s 144th Birthday

Sandeep — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:29:27 +0000

Google is celebrating 144th Birthday of Marie Curie with their doodle. They have replaced the logo with a doodle dedicated to Marie Curie.

Marie Curie Google doodle

Marie Sk?odowska Curie (7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a Polish–French physicist–chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry. She was the first female professor at the University of Paris. She was the first woman to be entombed on her own merits (in 1995) in the Paris Panthéon. She was born Maria Salomea Sk?odowska in Warsaw, in Russian Poland, and lived there to the age of 24 Continue reading...

Amazon: profit falls, forecasts disappoint, the stock falls

Sandeep — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:53:29 +0000

The American online distribution Amazon reported on Tuesday a collapse of 73% of its net income in the third quarter to 63 million, and advanced forecasting deemed a fair bit by the market, which responded with drop the title. Based on the number of shares, the benefit amounts to 14 cents, while analysts expected 24 cents. The turnover is in turn very close to expectations, up 44% to 10.88 billion dollars (10.93 billion dollars against expected). The forecast is also a bit disappointing for the quarter holiday season, traditionally crucial, with a turnover of between 16.45 and 18.65 announced billions of dollars against 18.10 billion expected by analysts, the title was immediately severely punished. The action fell by 12.39% to $ 199 in electronic trading after the Continue reading...

Thailand: Floods bring their share of health threats

Sandeep — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:51:37 +0000

Floods in Thailand, which last in some areas for weeks and threatened to continue, posing serious health problems, from electrocution, drowning and risk of epidemics. Besides the possible meeting with unsavory animal. International agencies point out that conditions are ripe for a humanitarian disaster and call to respect the elementary rules of hygiene. "We're talking about the health system: clean drinking water, hand washing, ensure that where you wash your hands are separated from those where they defecate," said Matthew Cochrane of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. "Do not create a mass panic," he estimated so far. Agencies distribute materials, clean water and toilets sometimes removable to tens of thousands of people, at home or in shelters. But everyone is reaching a Continue reading...