File this under: cool Google tricks. The company has just unveiled its latest Easter Egg and it involves lots of snow along with ice. Simply put, "typing 'let it snow' into Google.com will return the normal search engine results for YouTube videos of Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra singing the classic song; but then, a few snowflakes will start falling from the top of the screen until all the search results are obscured by a digital blizzard." For those who can't access Google, continue reading to watch a video preview of the frost effect.
To see the snowy results, don't put quote marks around the phrase. The trick does not appear to work on mobile devices; nothing fancy from an iPhone 4 running iOS 5.
[via PC Mag]
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Just about everyone who isn't new to the internet knows about Google, but sometimes, it takes some tinkering to figure out all of its features. Continue reading to see ten of the coolest Google tricks / features that we've come across.
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Never heard of Google X? Neither have most people. It's a top secret lab in the Bay Area where Sergey Brin along with other Google employees work on classified projects that aren't quite ready for the internet masses. These are the people behind "the driverless car, and New York Times reports that Google is considering manufacturing the cars in the US." Video after the break.
Many projects are related to Android @ Home, an initiative announced this year that tries to make everyday objects smarter. "We want to think of every appliance in your home as a potential I/O device," said Google's Joe Britt. Google tries to build the "Web of things" by connecting home accessories, wearable objects to the Internet.
[via Google System]
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