Google’s tradition of dropping little interactive games for holidays and special occasions shows no signs of stopping for Valentine’s Day 2022. The doodle for Valentine’s Day this year features two hamsters whose love knows no bounds – that is, except for the treacherous maze separating them that is in the shape of Google’s logo. Your mission is to help these two crazy kids reunite by pulling a series of levers and switches until Google’s logo is complete. Is this game as difficult… Source link
Read More »Google honors first woman to play professional baseball with animated doodle
Wednesday’s Google Doodle honors Negro Leagues’ second baseman Marcenia “Toni” Stone, who overcame gender and racial discrimination to become the first woman in history to play professional baseball full-time in a men’s major baseball league. Google began to pay tribute to Black historical figures on its homepage on Feb. 1 as part of its celebration of Black History Month. Wednesday’s illustration was created by San Francisco-based illustrator and animation director Monique Wray, Google Source link
Read More »West Virginia born Toni Stone featured in Wednesday’s Google Doodle
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — A woman born in West Virginia is featured on Wednesday’s Google Doodle on Google’s homepage worldwide, paying homage to her trailblazing in baseball. In honor of Black History Month, Google is celebrating Marcenia “Toni” Stone, who became the first woman in history to play professional baseball as a regular in a men’s major baseball league. Stone was born in 1921 in Bluefield and later moved to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1931 and became a star on the baseball field… Source link
Read More »Toni Stone recognized with Google Doodle
It’s been a big few years for the legacy of the late Toni Stone, a Negro Leagues second baseman who was the first woman to play regularly in a major American men’s professional sports league. A play about her career — called, simply, “Toni Stone” — debuted off-Broadway in 2019 and has since shown in several U.S. cities. She was recognized by her hometown paper in 2021 with induction into the Star Tribune’s Minnesota Sports Hall of Fame. On Wednesday, Stone got her most… Source link
Read More »Google Doodle welcomes Lunar New Year 2022: the Year of the Tiger
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Read More »Stephen Hawking would have been 80 today. Google Doodle honors famous physicist.
The pioneering work of physicist Stephen Hawking is honored in a Google Doodle today (Jan. 8), including a video with Hawking’s quotes about everything from cosmology to disability. On what would have been Hawking’s 80th birthday, the cosmologist was cited not only with his work in probing the fate of the universe and the nature of black holes, but also his quick wit, his ability to engage popular audiences around the world, and his living example to people with disabilities. “Today’s… Source link
Read More »Google Doodle celebrates the life of cosmologist Stephen Hawking for his 80th birthday
The pioneering work of physicist Stephen Hawking is honored in a Google Doodle today (Jan. 8), including a video with Hawking’s quotes concerning everything from cosmology to disability. On what would have been Hawking’s 80th birthday, the cosmologist was cited not only with his work in probing the fate of the universe and the nature of black holes, but also his quick wit, his ability to engage popular audiences around the world, and his living example to people with disabilities. “Today’s… Source link
Read More »Saturday’s Google Doodle Celebrates Physicist Stephen Hawking
Today’s Google Doodle features a short animated version of Stephen Hawking’s life story. Google Today’s Google Doodle honors the late physicist Stephen Hawking on his 80th birthday. Hawking was a renowned cosmologist, and he spent his career theorizing about the origins of the universe, the underlying structure of reality, and the nature of black holes. But he became a household name for the way he communicated those ideas to the public through books and TV… Source link
Read More »Google’s Stephen Hawking Doodle includes narration in the physicist’s voice
This weekend, Google will release a Doodle celebrating what would have been Stephen Hawking’s 80th birthday. The two and a half minute-long video will go live in the US at midnight ET tonight (9pm PT) and includes a narration in the physicist’s own computer-generated voice (created and used with permission from his estate) outlining his work and painting a message of hope for the future. Hawking’s digital voice was one of the most recognizable characteristics of the late physicist,… Source link
Read More »Happy New Year: Google welcomes 2022 with animated doodle
As people around the world welcome the new year, Google, too, joined in on the celebration with its latest doodle — a giant candy that pops to greet 2022. In an extension of their New Year’s Eve doodle, the giant purple party popper with 2021 inscribed on it, finally burst at the stroke of midnight, marking a new beginning. “And just like that, 2022 is here—Happy New Year’s Day!” the tech giant wrote on its blog unveiling the year’s first doodle, which has a worldwide… Source link
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