In celebration of Mohandes Gandhi’s 150th birthday, Google has created a new logo doodle which appears on their homepage, subbing Gandhi’s round, bald head as the letter G.
We have no doubt that CEO Eric Schmidt is also honoring his memory by locking himself in a cell and eating only one grain of rice.
In honor of an event that will only happen once this century, Google has ceremoniously altered their logo in honor of 9/9/09 at 9:09 AM, the only time in 100 years where the time and the date will feature the exact same amount of 9s in the same placement.
Google didn’t take the ornate path this time, opting for a simple boxed digit design added to the bottom of their everyday logo. But at least this is one mystery that is solved without days of speculation, much like when Google added a UFO to their logo only days ago, launching speculation for Google’s reasoning.
In honor of Comic-Con and the introduction of comic-theme designs to your personalized iGoogle pages, Google has an awesome new logo design today. Perhaps the coolest Google design yet? Perhaps the geekiest?
I duuuuuunnno. There’s been some fiercest competition.
Feeling a little insecure without the friendly Gmail beta logo to keep you warm (if you haven’t heard or noticed, it’s gone, baby, gone)? No worries. Google Labs has already got you covered. Featured under their lab tools is a new widget called “Back to Beta,” which adds the “beta” signifier back to the logo, making you feel all snugly warm and clean again.
Change is confusing. Luckily, it’s avoidable.
