What Does Today's Google Logo Mean?
Google UK users (and perhaps other countries, too) were greeted to an amazing sight today: an interactive logo made out of colored balls. But why? Is Google demonstrating the power of HTML5? Celebrating the birth of kiddywinks’ ball pits?
They’ve only done several interactive logos since their hugely successful playable Pac-Man game back in May. Saturday the 4th of September celebrated the 25th anniversary of the discovery of the buckyball, the carbon dome. The second “o” in Google showed a spinning ball which could be spun with the cursor—check it out in the first YouTube video below.
According to a tweet made on the 5th, he sold over 10,000 sets in just 24 hours. At $30 per unit, that’s over $300,000 revenue, thanks to Google.
Speculations and Guesses
So what does today’s logo mean? Normally Google’s logos mark a birthday or anniversary, but so far everyone’s scratching their heads over today’s. There’s no click-through for seeing relevant search results pertaining to the logo, and it’s doubtful it’s celebrating a Google birthday—they were founded on September 4, 1998, and the second birthday for Google Chrome was on the 2nd of September last week. I don’t think it’s related to Android either, with the announcement of the first Android phone, the G1, being on the 23rd of September, 2008. Answers on a postcard (or below in the comments), please…
Latest Updates
UPDATE: It appears to be available to US and UK users of Google, depending on browser versions. UPDATE 2: Reader Jon pointed me towards the Guardian’s article on the logo, claiming it’s in aid of Google’s 12th birthday.
Buckyball logo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmgeUx0bOLM
Analysis and Future Predictions
The Galaxy Z Flip 6 and Z Fold 6 will trade Google Assistant for Gemini. Plus, The Galaxy Watch 7 is getting Wear OS 5. Just as Google kills off its Google One VPN service, it will now help all account holders discover if their SSN or password is leaked online. Starting tomorrow, your only option will be the Fitbit phone app. A young baby was also reportedly sent soaring into the air. We’ll likely be waiting until 2025 for the Nintendo Switch sequel, but Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa promises the scalpers won’t win this time. Leaked renders of the Galaxy Z Flip and Fold 6 look familiar, but a new watch and buds resemble the Apple Watch Ultra and AirPods.
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