Google is honoring the life of of Charles Dickens with a special Google Logo, aka Doodle, for his 200th birthday. The logo contains several characters from some of his more well known works. The characters include: Nell and her grandfather in the The Old Curiosity Shop Several characters from Little Dorrit Oliver and his friends from Oliver Twist Estella and Pip from Great Expectations A French aristocrat as a reference to his eventual death by guillotine. Ebenezer Scrooge And a vivid depiction of London in the background. The Googler Doodler who made this Google logo fo [...]

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Did you know that today, 125 years ago, in Fort Keogh, Montana, the largest snowflake was documented and placed in the world record book? The snowflake was 38 centimeters in diameter! But honestly, I am even more amazed that someone actually documented this as a world record. And even more amazed Google has a special logo, aka Doodle, to remember the special day. This may go into the world record book as one of the weirdest Google logos ever dreamed up by a Google Doodler? More Google Logos: Google Gumby Logo For 90th Birthday Of Creator Art Clokey Google Logo Honors M [...]

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Google has launched its fifth annual "Doodle 4 Google" contest, and this year's version appears to be bigger than ever and easier to enter. This year's contest theme is "If I could travel in time, I’d visit...". Students in grades K-12 have until March 20th to enter, and it's even easier this time around -- no registration is required. All of the entry details can be found at google.com/doodle4google. Other changes this year include the naming of five finalists and one winner from all 50 states. Celebrity judges this year include Katy Perry, Jordin Sparks and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh - crea [...]

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As promised earlier, Google has voiced its opposition to two bills currently being discussed in Congress that the company says -- and countless critics around the world agree -- would censor the web and hurt U.S. businesses. While some sites like Wikipedia are going black for the day on Wednesday, Google has instead chosen to cover its logo in black and add a short message on its home page: Tell Congress: Please don't censor the web! The message links to a new End Piracy, Not Liberty page where Google is encouraging visitors to sign a petition against the legislation and sharing this [...]

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Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the U.S., and Google is marking the day with a special logo that includes a couple lines from his famous "I have a dream" speech. King's birthday was yesterday -- he would've been 83 years old -- but the U.S. celebrates his holiday on the third Monday of January no matter what the exact date is. MLK Day was signed into law in 1983 and was first observed in 1986. Today's doodle is the work of African-American artist and author Faith Ringgold. Yahoo does not have an MLK-themed logo today, but Bing's homepage photo is of the Martin Luther King J [...]

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