Google Doodle Celebrates 1969 Moon Landings

Hello there, its been a while.

Enough about me, back to Google. They’ve decidede to mark the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11’s famous moon landing.

Google Chrome Officially Leaves Beta

Google’s party-crashing browser Chrome has officially dropped its Beta tag and is a fully fledged release.

Google posted the news this morning as Chrome took the odd step of leaving Beta (we covered not long ago that 45% of Google products are in Beta, including Gmail after 4 years!)

Zeitgeist 2008: Google Tells Us What We’ve Searched This Year

Today Google told us what the world has been looking for in the past 12 months: the annual Zeitgeist list has arrived.

The release of the list of the worlds most popular searches has steadily improved in popularity in years and this year even  made the BBC News homepage.

As the year comes to a close, it’s time to look at the big events, memorable moments and emerging trends that captivated us in 2008. As it happens, studying the aggregation of the billions of search queries that people type into the Google search box gives us a glimpse into the zeitgeist — the spirit of the times.

Google have made the move this year to present their findings for country searches as well, so you can see what was top in the UK, US and even the Philippines. And it would seem that Sarah Palin has had her moment in the sun…

Fastest Rising (Global) Search Terms

1. sarah palin
2. beijing 2008
3. facebook login
4. tuenti
5. heath ledger
6. obama
7. nasza klasa
8. wer kennt wen
9. euro 2008
10. jonas brothers

Google Add To Do List Task Manager To Gmail

I use my Gmail account to send myself reminders. I use my Gmail to make notes on certain subjects. I had to do this by sending myself an email (very egotistical). However, the days of that are now over!

Google have released a task manager widget for Gmail. This can handle to do lists and notes and appears as a pop-up within the window of your Inbox.

Free Google Gmail Stickers

It may have been revealed around 4 days ago, but Google are offering people free Gmail stickers.

Arielle Reinstein,Product Marketing Manager for Gmail, explains:

Google Release Gmail Desktop Widget

Google desktop has been customising users desktops for years, with the latest widgets enabling XP users to create Vista-esque sidebars, with clocks, docks and apps. However, after countless requests, Google has finally announced the release of a Gmail desktop widget.

Google Buy 20 Million Digitized Historical Newspapers

Back in September, Google sounded out their intention to put more old newspapers online and available for search. This week they came a step closer to realising that mission as they purchased newspaper digitizing company PaperOfRecord.com.

SearchEngineWatch’s blog announced the deal on Tuesday and Nathania Johnson goes on to tell us more about PaperOfRecord.com: