For its 15th birthday, the search giant has returned from the party store with a candy-filled pinata to hang on its home page.
(Credit: Google/Screenshot by CNET)
It's a truth universally acknowledged: the older someone gets, the harder it can be to come up with a fresh birthday idea. So it is with Google.
For its 15th birthday, the search giant has returned from the party store with a candy-filled pinata to hang on its home page. It's a celebratory flourish Google has used before -- a pinata also graced the page for the company's ninth birthday.
But this is no ordinary regifting. Where the pinata in 2007 was (apparently) static, though it cleverly incorporated the numeral 9, this year's pinata swings into action. It's a miniature video game.
Set it in motion, and the second O becomes a star-shaped pinata, while the second G dons a blindfold and wields a stick. Using your space bar or your mouse, you can spur that G to swing away at the pinata -- which picks up speed as you strike it. You'll have about 10 seconds to knock pieces of candy free from the battered target. Try again (and again and again) if you're hopeful to set a new personal best.
Fun and games and empty calories are all well and good, but if you're still hungry for more on this Google birthday, consider these entrees:
* Google celebrates 15 years of its biggest product: You * At 15, Google's ambitions remain unbridled * Easter egg lets you Google like it's 1998
news by September 27, 2013 at 09:16PM
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