Because Google has pretty much already dominated Earth, they’ve decided to move on up. Way up.
Reading While Eating for December 17: Baby, It’s Cold Outside
Celebrate the weekend with slow jams and fast fame.
Culturomics: Google Tracks Culture Trends Through Books
Want to know if the Beatles really were bigger than Jesus? Then head over to the Google Books NGram Viewer.
Smile, You Work for Google: The 50 Happiest Companies in America
The Internet giant tops the list of shiny, happy places to work, as compiled by careerbliss.com.
Chatroulette, Justin Bieber and Haiti: Google’s 2010 Year in Search
Here at TIME, we just finished putting together our annual exhaustive compendium of this year in the news. In the same spirit, Google is giving a look behind the search curtain at the top queries from the past 12 months.
The United States of Autocomplete: How Google Sees America
If you were to type into Google the names of the 50U.S. states and allow the autocomplete search algorithm to generate your answers how would the map of America look?
Student Googles Himself, Finds Out He’s Wanted for Murder
The good news is that he’s innocent. The bad news is that he’s wanted for murder.
Remembering Rosa Parks: Google Doodle Marks Arrest Anniversary
On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give a white man her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Ala. Google is celebrating the civil-rights pioneer with its daily “doodle.”
Kim Kardashian Is Bing’s Most Searched Term Of 2010
America’s fascination with low-brow celebrity continues on, as Bing announced yesterday that its most-searched term of 2010 was reality starlet Kim Kardashian.
Let’s Make a Deal: Google Eyes Groupon?
Today in tech: Google eats Groupon. Or thinks about it. The price tag? Billions. Unless, of course, Groupon offers some sort of a discount… (via Techland)
Reading While Eating for November 29: Sneakers, Scams and Steve McQueen
Monday’s links shake off the holiday weekend with Pee-Wee Herman and chats about God.
Google Street View Captures Birth of Baby on Sidewalk. Or Does It?
The image shows a woman lying on her back, legs ajar, as a man cradles a newborn.