There’s no denying that Google StreetView has made our lives easier. There’s always a difference between knowing where something is on a map and seeing the surrounding landmarks with your own virtual eyes, and Google Maps has gone a long way toward bringing the world to our living room.

While we’ve seen a fair share of superheroes, unique vehicles and the like, our hats have to go off to the crew in the animated GIF seen after the jump. There is no elaborate set up or costume, just two guys who really wanted to be on Google StreetView. Go ahead – see it for yourself. Read the rest of this entry

Despite being one of the most profitable companies in the world, Google Inc. has had its share total failures. In addition to its flagship search engine, Google has launched dozens of products over the years - many of which are now dead, gone and largely unmourned.Let’s take a walk through the Google graveyard. Read the rest of this entry

There’s no doubt Google has a sense of humor — its excellent April Fools jokes are a testament to that. But there’s a wealth of funnies that can found any time of the year too. Here we pull together a handy list of Google “Easter eggs” that you can uncover right now.

Bearing in mind we’re working up another list covering surprises that can be found in Google Maps, Earth and Street View, have we missed any other tricks from those crazy Googlefunsters? Do share in the comments below. Read the rest of this entry

When it comes to the Internet, it just doesn’t get much bigger than Google.Google has conquered the search engine world so completely that its very name is synonymous with Internet search. How many companies (besides Xerox, of course) are recognized by Merriam-Webster’s dictionary as a verb?

Success on this scale is bound to attract some attention, and Google’s success has garnered a lot of it. In fact, an enthusiastic press corps and caffeine-fueled blogosphere scrutinize Google’s every move. Is Google buying Twitter? Is it going to launch its own cell phone network? Is it thinking about removing blueberries from the Google cafeteria’s fruit salad?

The following is a list of some of the most popular myths about Google, Inc., in no particular order. If any of these rumors sound too weird to believe, don’t take our word for it. Google it. Read the rest of this entry

YouTube, one of the largest and most popular video sharing site has turned five . With the celebrations on the move, company officials claim that the site gets over two billion hits daily which is almost the double the amount of the people who tune into US’s TV stations combined. YouTube has launched a new video channel called ‘YouTube 5 Year Channel’ to mark its fifth birthday.

With more than 2 billion views a day, YouTube is by far the biggest video-sharing site. As YouTube celebrates its fifth birthday, here’s our list of 10 key stats about the service. Read the rest of this entry

Have you been wondering how you can watch full-length movies on YouTube? Do you look forward to seeing more content on YouTube which has been carefully planned, acted and produced? Well, you can. Plus, it’s easy and free.

Luckily the folks at YouTube have tried to make it easy for us to find all the full-length movies available – and then they did their best to hide the fact that they’d done this. So, it’s now time to fix this problem and let you all know where YouTube have hidden the movies. Read the rest of this entry

YouTube might have bought us a step closer to Barack Obama, the Iran elections and the Queen, but for some reason, the site remains best known for videos of cats doing silly things.

As much as we try to pretend that we don’t love cat videos, we’ve got to admit that every once in a while they do make us giggle. And we know that the rest of the Internet has a serious cat obsession, so we decided to compile this list of the 10 funniest and cutest cat on Youtube. Enjoy! Read the rest of this entry

YouTube is celebrating the fifth anniversary of the first video ever uploaded onto the site – which has since become the world’s most popular propagator of videos online.

On 23 April, 2005, Jawed Karim – a founder of YouTube - uploaded ‘me at the zoo’ and sparked an internet sensation.The 19 second clip was filmed at the San Diego zoo, and also features elephants and a very loud goat alongside a very nervous Karim. Read the rest of this entry

YouTube is the undisputed king of video sharing services. Yeah! It turns out that its quite popular and you happen to visit and use it quite often.

YouTube would probably be a popular Internet destination even if it were only a video database, but the site is much more than that. YouTube constantly develops and shares new features and applications that make the user experience more enjoyable. Read the rest of this entry

Hey iCorian! I thought I would share with you what I have learned about Blogger’s Blogspot blogging platform over the last 8 months or so. I jumped into the new Blogger almost immediately after its beta launch and then I wanted to customize it – You know, make it my own.

So I went out looking for how to do it. And here is that wisdom I uncovered. Consider it a gift from me to you. Poor old Blogger gets a bad wrap, namely because people do not know how to manipulate it. I hope this article helps you guys out and if you have any others please let me know in the comments… Read the rest of this entry