Another day, another batch of things you're not supposed to see on Google Street View, starting with this person who just happened to have a rough night and ended up at the right place, time to be captured for the internet to see. Click here for more. Continue reading to see the real Street View guys.
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That's right, Google researcher Sanketh Shetty says that the "key to the formula is how people express their mirth: 'We noticed that viewers emphasize their reaction to funny videos in several ways: e.g. capitalization (LOL), elongation (loooooool), repetition (lolololol), exclamation (lolllll!!!!!), and combinations thereof.'" Continue reading to watch YouTube's most popular video.
Comments posted for No No No No Cat certainly reflected this, with kayleighzoe1 writing 'lololololollololololol' and muretto89 saying 'XD LOL XD'. Google also took other factors into account such as how videos were described by the uploader and tagged and whether audible laughter can be heard in the background.[via DailyMail]
Sure, Google is just looking out for you, but sometimes, it's better to stop finishing other peoples' sentences. However, we're sure that students and office workers alike wouldn't mind if they started offering essay / presentation suggestions. Click here to see more of today's most popular images, courtesy of Imgur.com. Continue reading to see Jennifer Aniston's new $21-million house.
File this under: funny Google suggestions. Yes, even Google hates when spiders just sit there on walls and act like they pay rent. Click here to see more of today's most popular images, courtesy of Imgur.com. Continue reading to watch an epic Lord of the Rings medley.
File this under: funny Google suggestions. This time, it's a suggestion found in the translations section of Google, and shows who they think should clean the house. Click here to see more funny FAILS, courtesy of Failblog.org. Continue reading to see a video of one of the first fail compilations of 2012.
File this under: funny Google suggestions. Sometimes, you may not find what you're searching for, but Google may suggest things that are just plain strange, like "I hate it when I'm making a milkshake", etc. Click here to see more of today's most popular images, courtesy of Imgur.com. Continue reading to see trees covered by giant spider webs.
Google has earned a reputation for serving their employees only the best of the best gourmet foods, thanks to the world class chefs they hire. Here are some of the dishes that the employees get to enjoy for free on a daily basis. Click here to see more. Continue reading for a video tour of the Venice, CA Google Cafeteria.
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So, you've seen the funniest autocorrect messages and Twitter tweets of 2011, now here's a batch of Google search suggestions from 2011 that are interesting to say the least. Starting off, the dinosaurs were apparently made up by the CIA to discourage time travel. Click here to see more. Continue reading to see how you can graph with Google Search.
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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]
Similar to the Google Zurich headquarters, their new digs in London does not disappoint. Featuring "multiple cafes/eateries, Starship Enterprise-like corridors complete with whiteboard walls, futuristic seating areas, and a faux indoor park." Click here for more pictures. Continue reading for the BBC news report.
A very important component to its global operations, Google London will be looking to add hundreds of new employees in the near future, so this dreamlike workplace may soon be reality for a select inventive few.[via HypeBeast]
