Google adds ‘Bacon Number’ easter egg to its search engine

Google adds 'Bacon Number' easter egg to search, adds a certain degree of movie obsession

Adding to the fun and games already hidden within its search box, Google’s new not-so-secret addition gives you a quick way to calculate exactly how many degrees your favorite (or most obscure) actor falls from Kevin Bacon. Sure, it may take half the debate out of it, but at least the definitive answers are now out there — just type in “bacon number” followed by your thespian of choice.

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Google reforms ‘I’m Feeling Lucky’ button, lets you savor other emotions

Google reforms 'I'm Feeling Lucky' button, lets you savor other emotions

While many of us simply gravitate towards the companion search box or address bar to tap into Google‘s wealth of search know-how, anyone still visiting the original homepage should give that second button another glance. If you float your cursor over the randomized “I’m Feeling Lucky” button, the text will now spin through a handful of new options, reducing its arbitrary nature a little and, as AllThingsD note, guiding you to other Google services within the results, including location data, restaurant reviews and even its collection of doodles.

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Nexus Q app throws in voice-powered Magic 8 Ball mode

Nexus Q app throws in voicepowered Magic 8 Ball mode

No stranger to throwing in some extra, if not-that-functional, additions to its products, Google’s new audio orb packs its own Easter egg — a Magic 8 Ball mode. Tapping the Nexus Q’s image in its companion Android app will throw up a new screen, offering voice input to take your existential questions. Replies are certainly of the Magic 8 Ball caliber, although there’s no accelerometer-based shaker — at least not yet.

Nexus Q app throws in voice-powered Magic 8 Ball mode originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 Jul 2012 06:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google includes Jelly Bean easter egg in Android 4.1: yes, it’s cute (video)

Google includes Jelly Bean easter egg in Android 41 yes, it's cute video

In Gingerbread, those tapping repeatedly on the version number with Android’s “Settings” menu were greeted with a picture of “zombie art” by Jack Larson. In Honeycomb, a bee found its buzz. In Ice Cream Sandwich, we saw an image of the Android robot dressed up in an Ice Cream Sandwich, which grows in size when you long-press it until it transforms into a Nyan Cat-style animation. Today, we grabbed hold of a Galaxy Nexus equipped with Jelly Bean (Android 4.1), and sure enough, the tradition continues. This time, we’re graced with a cutesy bean, and when long-pressed, you’re presented with a game that encourages you to flick candy around a gravity-less location… for eternity. Care to see for yourself? There’s a video just past the break.

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Google includes Jelly Bean easter egg in Android 4.1: yes, it’s cute (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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