Google Doodle

plural Google Doodles

1. InternetA periodic alteration of the logo on Google's homepage that is intended to celebrate achievements, events, holidays, and noteworthy people.

   Today, a Google Doodle has celebrated the 66th anniversary of the creation of the game-changing institution.

   2017 October 18, David Hughs, “Studio for Electronic Music remembered with Google Doodle – why the German institution's 66th anniversary is worth celebrating”, in The Sun

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   American graphic designer and filmmaker, Saul Bass, has been given a video Google Doodle to mark what would have been his 93rd birthday.

   2013 May 8, Luke Howard, “Google Doodle celebrates work of graphic designer Saul Bass with Video Tribute”, in The Independent

   The Quintanilla-inspired Doodle comes after Google's homepage artwork has been criticized in the past for its lack of diversity. A report from advocacy group SPARK Movement found in 2014 that 62% of people featured in Google Doodles from 2010 through 2013 were white men.

   2017 October 17, Lisa Eadicicco, “New Google Doodle Celebrates Iconic Singer Selena Quintanilla”, in Time